Layers and Lines
San Jose, CA
Last year I spent some time photographing Cathedral of Saint Joseph that is located near where I work in downtown San Jose. I went back to that location several times, but I don’t think that I captured the spirit of that building quite yet. I love this old structure, because it stands apart from all [...]
Whenever I visit Yosemite, I usually make a short hike to the Mirror Lake. In fact, this is probably the easiest hike in all of the park. It’s about a mile long one way, but paved with the asphalt all the way. We haven’t hiked since we had our second child last fall, but decided [...]
I love that the spring weather in Yosemite is actually in June. Nikon D300 200mm, f/9.0, 1/6 second, ISO 200 Singh-Ray Gold-N-Blue Polaraizer
What made last week’s visit to Yosemite was the water level. As I wrote before, the weekend marked the peak of water levels for the season. We had an usual amount of rain in this past winter and spring. Coupled with melting snow up in the mountains, it was a beautiful show. On our way [...]
After few months of Lightroom 3 Beta testing, today Adobe released the official version of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3. It’s available for trial, purchase or updgrade through Adobe’s web-site. Personally, I have not spent as much time playing with beta version of the software as I could have, because I had no reason to start [...]
I can’t think of a better place to watch a sunset within the driving distance from where I live than Yosemite. This is where we spent the Saturday with the family. The purpose of the trip was not really photographic, and I did not visit any unique spots. We simply wanted to go hiking and [...]
My last upload from the outing to the Mare Island last week. Night shooting can be very tricky, as I learned. It’s hard to previsualize the shots, and I have to wait a while to get the exposure I want. This one for example is 5-minutes long and it was followed by five more minutes [...]
I’ve been upgrading my gear here and there in the past few months. I prefer buying things new, because I’m a strong believer in warranties and reselling goods later. However, as I was shopping for a couple of new lenses, I learned a few things about the used photo gear market. I thought I might [...]