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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.
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The American Falls
This photo is from last year when I went to Toronto, Canada. It’s of the American Falls taken from the Canadian side. To the right of this is the Niagara Falls. This is one of those sites that is just breathtaking in real life. It’s hard to really capture the scale of this in the…
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Redondo Beach Pier
The different beach cities all along the coast of California all seem to have their own little vibe. And Redondo Beach is no different. For this shot, a thick marine layer blocked most of the sun. A few minutes after this, the light from the sun was pretty much gone, even though the sun was…
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Two Seagulls in a sea of Mussels
This is an HDR photo of two seagulls relaxing in a sea of mussels during sunset. It was a very low tie, so the mussels were all exposed. I’m sure the seagulls were looking for an easy meal with all the other animals that were exposed. I’m on a 16mm shot in this photo, and…
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How to Shoot Better Photography with a Tripod
I’ve started shooting many more landscapes, long exposures, cityscapes, and HDR Photography in the last few years. Using a Tripod has taught me a great deal about why and how to use a tripod and other photography techniques.
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Beach Photography
Like most people, I love the beach, I love shooting there, and I always love great ocean and beach pictures. I grew up on the beach and have spent a lot of time in the water—hours a day surfing on summer break or between semesters. It’s safe to say I’ve learned a thing or two…
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Victoria Beach Tower
This Photo is of the Victoria Beach Tower, which is actually a 60-foot spiral staircase built with reinforced concrete that leads up to a house on the top of the cliff. This was built in 1926 as part of California Senator William Edward Brown and his wife’s summer vacation home so they could escape the…
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Hermosa Pier Sunset
This shot is of the Hermosa Pier right before the sun went down. The sun is there but very small in the shot because I’m on a really wide lens. This photo is just before the sky turns to a deep purple color, which created a totally different look from the one found in my…
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Beneath the Hermosa Pier
My experience photographing the Hermosa Pier was much better than when I went to the Santa Monica Pier. Parking was much easier in Hermosa, with fewer people and photographers crowding around. I basically had the whole purple hour to myself. The purple hour is the hour after the sun goes down when the sky transitions…