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HDR Photo of The Pasadena City Hall
The Night HDR photo of the Pasadena City Hall’s courtyard. A pretty awesome place.
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Yosemite’s Half Dome From 2012
Earlier this year, I went to the Yosemite Half Dome. Back then, I was still more of a hobby photographer, not really taking it seriously, just shooting for fun. Unfortunately, I didn’t shoot a single HDR photo.
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Utah’s Million Dollar View
As you drive into Utah coming from Arizona, you’ll come across this spot called the Million Dollar View. It’s technically a little higher than this, but these are some of the mountains in that view. I just got down and got a closer look. For a point of reference, Lake Powell is a few hundred…
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The Whaley House of Old Town San Diego
The Whaley House of Old Town San Diego is the most haunted house in the United States. It’s also the oldest brick house or the first of its kind in San Diego.
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Glen Canyon Dam
This dam is a hydroelectric plant that creates Lake Powell, which is the second-largest man-made reservoir in the country. This dam was finished and built around 1966. In 1983, it nearly collapsed from all the flooding that occurred that year. It seems like it’s a bit bigger than the Hoover Dam, the much more famous…
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One Foot from Death
This is a photo I took while standing on the edge of the cliffs overlooking the Horseshoe Bend in Arizona – not the smartest thing I’ve ever done.
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Mud Jeep – Canon 5DmkII
This little masterpiece is a great example of why you should always take your camera with you everywhere.
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Grand Canyon – View from Mather Point
A year and a half later, I returned to the Grand Canyon with two new lenses. This time, I had a little more time—about two hours. I was able to use my tripod and switch my lenses a couple of times. This photo was taken on my Canon 70-200mm f2.8L IS II. The Grand Canyon…
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Santa Barbara Orange Reflection
The other night, I was in Santa Barbara taking photos around the Pier. I’m slowly collecting all the piers of Southern California. While walking down to get a nice wide shot of the pier, I looked across this dirty little inlet lagoon thing that smelled really bad and saw all these trees and this little…
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Tower Pizza of The Danish Town Solvang
A couple of miles out of Santa Barbara, California, is a small Danish town called Solvang. It feels as though Vikings built it one hundred years ago or something. Actually, they probably did, but I haven’t done my research on the place yet.