This was our first trip to Japan and we choose Osaka/Kyoto. It started out a bit rough, what should have taken 1 hour to commute from Kansai Airport to the hotel actually took 2 hours. The train/subway system was intimidating at first. What greeted us at the Premier Cabin Hotel was a small comfy room …
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Philippines 2019
I haven’t been to the Philippines in 10 years so what better occasion to revisit then Geo & Azee’s wedding. The whole Philippine portion of our vacation was plagued with photographic mistakes, but rather than give you the what or excuses I’ll just present them as they are. Our first stay was at the Cocoon …
London 2019
We took advantage of an opportunity to visit London for a long weekend with Sandy’s former coworkers. We arrived late afternoon and after a short break we met up with the girls for some fish and chips at Moor & Hitch. We got the full London weather experience the following day, gloomy & wet. At …
Ging
Today we had a visit from Sandy’s cousin Ging. It’s hard to believe this is the 1st time I’ve met her. We tried something different this time, a constant light in a softbox with a clamshell configuration using a Westcott Eyelighter for fill. Sandy was shooting the photos remotely with an iPad Pro.
June Lake 2019
Time for our annual trip to June Lake with the Harrigans. We did the traditional early Saturday morning Mono Lake shoot. A failed attempt at getting to the columns of Crowley Lake (high clearance 4WD needed). A nice boat ride on Gull Lake courtesy of Stinky. We stopped in for a drink at the Tiger …
Shark Fin Cove II
Work took me down south, so I stopped by Shark Fin Cove again.
GRFX Studio
Just downloaded a free version of GRFX Studio. I used it to replace the boring sky in the Shark Fin Cove photo below. Yes, this can be done in Photoshop, but this software just makes it easier. I liked the result so much I had it printed 20×30.
Natural Bridges State Park
After work in Santa Cruz I ran over to Natural Bridges State Park to shoot a few.
Pescadero II
We took an impromptu trip out to Pescadero Beach again.
Rock City
I’m embarrassed to admit I’ve never been to Mount Diablo State Park. So we took a quick drive to Rock City and can’t wait to go back to explore the area further (see Sandy in the background of the panorama).