As much as I love Southern California for the wonderful weather, there are some things that I miss out on, like seasons. I had the opportunity to visit PA for the first time ever a few years ago with my boyfriend (now husband) during the Fall and experience Fall colors in the East Coast for…
Tag: getoutdoors
A Stare Down
One of the perks of having a compact lightweight camera ( I have a mirroless)is the portability and the ease it is to travel with. In fact, my camera plus all my gear still weights less or about the same as a DSLR alone. It’s definitely a benefit on long excursions as I’m not carrying…
The Fall of Tunnel Tree
With great sadness, I learned that the “Pioneer Cabin” tunnel tree over at Sequoia National Park was brought down by the storm over the weekend. It’s a little upsetting to hear. For one, it is such an iconic part of Sequoia. I remember seeing it as kid when I went on a road trip with…
Road Trip on the Volt
I’m not one to plug for cars, but I did a photography road trip to Arizona last week with my friends Chevy Volt (see his pic and link to his blog below). We had quite a robust agenda: Zion, Bryce Canyon, Horseshoe Bend. So, prior to our trip and unaware that the Volt has a…
Firsts
I’m dedicating this posts to “firsts”. To clarify, I’m talking about that very first shot you took with your first “real”camera. I got a new camera recently, the Sony a6300 and I thought it would be a nice gesture to feature a floral shot as my very first picture because my very first picture I…
Laying Low
The temperatures during the Summer in Southern California have been getting higher and higher every year and there are some days where it is unbearable. Lately it has been in the high 80s to 90s, and I live 10 miles from the beach. I can’t imagine how awful it must be inland. These are the…
Weekend Warrior
Here’s a flashback shot to when I went on an impromptu weekend trip to Arizona. Who would have thought me asking a friend “what are you up to this weekend?” would end up in me joining him on a two day road trip? I’m way too old for this….or am I? I know how some…
That Darned Rogue Wave
My friend Elizabeth and I headed down to the beach last week when we had one of those rare cloudy evenings (quite rare so, in the summer) that is a photographers paradise. I was a little anxious because one of my friends lost his camera to the Ocean just the weekend before, when a rogue…
Channeling Ansel
Going to Yosemite made me think a lot about Ansel Adams and his stunning black and white photography of the Yosemite Valley. He is right: there is something about black and white that captures the beauty and detail of a photograph that color sometimes distracts us from. So here is my attempt at channeling Ansel:…
Mandy On Earth 