Tag: HDR Photography

Shores of Laguna

A rare and beautiful sunset on the unique shores of Laguna Beach. I remember visiting these beaches as a kid to skimboard along the beach breaks. I feel like no other place in Southern California has waves and beaches like these. It’s such an awesome place with a unique Southern California Vibe. For the last…
Maximus Shopilius

This shot is from Las Vegas on the Strip. I went up there for a day, and it was Hot! Driving out there, it was 120 degrees at times. The A/C quit working for a bit, then mysteriously started working again. And on the way back, the idler pully broke, destroying one of the belts.…
Japanese Temple Near the Gokasa Gawa

I’m not sure the name of this site exactly, but it was just outside the Takachiho Gorge along the Gokasa-Gawa (river). This is an important place in ancient Japanese culture and beliefs, near the cave where Japan was born. This is one of my texture HDR photos, which you’ve probably seen me doing more and…
Rice Huts of Bali

In the middle of these rice fields in Bali, about two miles from town, is a small all-organic restaurant called Sari Organik. It’s pretty cool because you’re surrounded by these rice fields filled with these small little huts. So we ate, napped, and took photos until the rain clouds came in. It was a pretty…
The Great Yosemite Valley

This HDR photo is taken from the view right as you enter Yosemite Valley. It’s pretty breathtaking in real life. There is so much scale and scope to this place that you feel so small driving through it—kind of like the Grand Canyon. I like this place better, though. There is more to do. I…
Low Tide at Miyajima Japan

I like shooting HDR. It allows you to pull so much more color and shadows out of a scene. I shoot HDR in a lot of my photos, but I try to avoid that ‘HDR Look’ since that’s not really my thing. I do encourage people to shoot HDR, though, so they can get deep…
Jungle Rice Fields of Bali

While touring a temple deep in the jungles of Bali, we immersed ourselves in this awesome sight. There are some rice fields in the clearing. It seems that in Bali, Indonesia, where there are no trees, you can almost always count on there being rice fields.
Looking up at the Yosemite Falls

I was lucky enough to get to go to Yosemite for the second time this weekend. One of the many great things about being married to my Japanese wife is when her friends and family visit from Japan, they always want to go on awesome road trips. We considered going to the Grand Canyon this…
Photomatix Pro Review and Sample Photos

Photomatix Pro is software designed to create stunning HDR Photography by taking several photos captured at various exposures and combining them together into a single HDR image.
Bridge to the Westfield Century City Mall

I live only a few miles from Century City, maybe two, but I’ve never been there to take photos. I’ve been to China, Indonesia, Japan three times, and the Grand Canyon twice, but I haven’t been to this cool little place only two miles from my house. Funny how that works. Century City is pretty…