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Orange Skies of Santa Monica
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Orange Skies – Santa Monica Pier

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  • April 12, 2024
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This photo is of the Ferris wheel at the Santa Monica Pier Amusement Park. I love sunsets when there are no clouds in the sky. You get nice even colors that are easy to tweak. Shot with the Canon 5Dmkii and the 24-70mm f2.8L USM lens. I tweaked the exposure in Lightroom. Created a silhouette and shifted the sky to be more orange than it already was. A very simple composition and color edit leaning into what was already there.
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Queen Mary with the Canon 40mm Pancake

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  • April 12, 2024
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The Queen Mary during the 4th of July fireworks show. About 30 minutes after the show, they set off another brief round of fireworks that I could capture further down with my Canon 40mm f2.8 pancake lens. 
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5+ Great HDR Photography Tutorials For Your DSLR

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  • April 15, 2024
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Achieving a good HDR photo can be challenging and take a lot of time and finessing. You really need to learn the post-processing software inside and out to get it right and to find your own style.
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Lake Mead at the Hoover Damn
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Lake Mead at the Hoover Dam

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  • January 18, 2025
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This photo is of the top of Hoover Dam, looking out at Lake Mead on the border between Nevada and Arizona. The white rocks are where the water used to be. It has gotten very low. It doesn't look like it, but it's also about 105 degrees out. Very hot. 
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Cheonggyecheon River
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Cheonggyecheon River – Seoul Korea

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  • April 12, 2024
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This is an HDR photo of the small waterfall at the Cheonggyecheon River in Seoul, Korea.  This river runs through the heart of the city and at this spot is decorated with lights and awesome architecture. It's a very pretty location.
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Lesser Flamingos – San Diego Wild Animal Park

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  • April 13, 2024
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Lesser Flamingos from the San Diego Wild Animal Park. Did you know their feathers' pink and reddish color comes from the carotenoid pigments in the algae and crustaceans they eat? I didn't realize that until I read it on a bit of board posted in front of the Lesser Flamingo exhibit. Now I do. And now you do, too. It's freaky how red their eyes are. It almost looks like they could have built-in lasers. 
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Seven Gods of Fortune
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Seven Gods of Fortune (Shichifukujin) – Nanzoin Temple, Japan

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  • April 12, 2024
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I found these little guys when I was at a Nanzoin Temple in Sasaguri, Japan. They are the Seven Gods of Fortune, or Seven Lucky Gods, or Shichifukujin in Japanese.  The gold symbol behind them means treasure. The resident priest of this temple won the lottery and built the world's largest bronze statue at this site. The Reclining Buddha. This temple has become a hotspot for people who want good luck with money or to win the lottery.
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UV Filters – Should You Use Them?

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  • January 8, 2025
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Should you use a UV filter? Let's dive into why having one on your camera can be helpful and when it's simply not required.
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Santa Monica Pier HDR
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Santa Monica Pier – HDR

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  • April 12, 2024
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This was my first time shooting the Santa Monica Pier on my Canon 5Dmkii. It's a very popular spot for photographers but it's rare to get the timing of the lights right. If you plan on going here to shoot the amusement park on the pier, the best time I've found is to shoot after the sun goes down. Unless of course there is an amazing sunset happening which only occurs a few times a year in Los Angeles. Most of the time it looks like this. 
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Mudstones at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley
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Canon 70-200mm F2.8L IS II Review and Sample Photos

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  • October 2, 2025
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The Canon 70-200 f2.8L II lens should be in every Canon shooter's kit. It's one of those must-have lenses. The image quality is just so beautiful, and owning this lens immediately improved my portfolio. It's heavy, it's expensive, but it's a Canon, and it's worth every penny.
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