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Category Archives: Nature

Photos of Japanese Tsunami Hitting the Santa Cruz Harbor (Natural Disaster Photography)

I woke up this morning to helicopters overhead, thinking – hmm, that can’t be good. Bleary eyed, I picked up my iPhone, loaded Facebook and realized that Japan had had a massive earthquake, and tsunamis were headed to our west coast. My wife had already left to take our eldest daughter to school, so I…

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Louis and Freneau – Musicians (San Francisco Portrait Photography)

Louis and Freneau are a loving couple that also happen to create some great spiritual music. Their goal for the photo shoot was to get some cover-worthy art for their next album. They picked the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco for the grand setting, where we met near sunset for our session. They…

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PotD (Photo of the Day) – Painting Nature with Light

PotD: 2010.10.13 Date Taken: 2010.07.05 Photo Specs: Nikon D700 + 28-70/2.8 lens @ 50mm, 30 sec, f/8,  ISO 1000, no flash (lighter photo taken @ 28mm, ISO 200) Why it’s cool & how I got it: OK, so I’m including two pics – the second photo is the one I originally wanted to write about,…

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Walton Lighthouse @ Seabright Beach (HDR)

I walked to the beach this late afternoon with my family, and took 10 minutes away to walk around and get some handheld five-shot HDR photos of the lighthouse and surrounding area. Usually I do HDR with a tripod because all the photos have to line up, but I managed ok for most of the…

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Almaden Quicksilver County Park, A Photo Essay

My Wave Magazine coworker Mitchell Alan Parker and I took a half day break from cubicle-land to “research” one of the locations in our upcoming Sports & Adventure hiking story. If you drive south down Almaden Expressway, it turns into about three different versions of Almaden roads before you finally get to “New Almaden” –…

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