Click on the pic for another view Here is another one of the California Zephyr that I photographed this past weekend. This is one of the passenger cars. You can read the complete back story on this adventure on my previous post, The California Zephyr. With this shot I decided to go black and white. …
This past Saturday I lucked out with a few hours to go out shooting. The family had decided to take naps so I jumped on the chance to head out. Sunday would be busy and offered little chance of getting out, so “seize the day”. My original plan was to shoot the Tempe Arts Center. …
To supersize click the pic This shot is from our trip to northern Arizona. Our first stop that morning was Two Guns, an old ghost town east of Flagstaff and just off I-40. Our merry group consisted of Mike Olbinski, Rick Young, a guy named Ken, and Scott Wood (would join us later). From the…
You ever have one of those shots where you are not sure where to begin the “style post processing part”? For me this is one of those images. I found myself going round and round on what to do with it. At first I was convinced black and white would be the way to go. …
Click pic to supersize! Here is a shot from our recent night photo walk in Phoenix. This was captured at the infamous “green alley”. I think almost everyone in the group that night got at least three or four shots out of this alley. The green light there is just crazy and has to be…
Click the pic to Supersize I probably should have titled this Arizona highways image “An Ode to Mike” since fellow photog friend Mike Olbinski is always posting cool road shots. Last weekend I made a trip out toward one of my favorite places, Lost Dutchman State Park. We had just had rain and with the…
This is my 3rd post from our trip to northern AZ. Our first stop was an old ghost town called Two Guns. It is roughly 30 miles east of Flagstaff AZ. Two Guns has a torrid past dating back to the old west. Today there a few remains from days past. One of those remains…
Here is my 2nd post from our recent trip to northern AZ. This was an all day trip that began at 3am and ended at 10pm that night. Our first stop was Two Guns AZ just east of Flagstaff. Two Guns has a long chaotic history stemming from the wild west days to the early…
This past weekend took me to northern AZ where I was able to pursue one of my true passions of photography, shooting landscapes. Nothing better than capturing a piece of Mother Nature looking her finest. In this case it was Grand…
Yes, this is a post about an Allen wrench. Why? Because the lack of this little tool caused me some grief on our recent night photo walk. About half way into our walk I noticed my camera was moving within the quick mount of my ball head. I checked the locking lever to make…