Workshop Highlights

Saturday I took my very first workshop through the Aperture Academy.  My only regret is that I wish I had taken this workshop  a year or two ago since the group focused on basics such as shooting with manual settings and understanding aperture, shutter speed, and ISO… things I know and have been doing. That, however, boosted my confidence as I tend to underestimate myself ;) .  The whole day though was an absolute blast and I appreciated the great feedback from the instructors on my compositions as well as help in using filters.  It was also a neat opportunity to shoot with pros and  visit locaitons I have never shot at. I would love to take another workshop!

Here are a few highlights from the day… See a few more here.

  

 Thanks Stephen, Scott, Brian, and Jim for a fun day! And little m of course too ;)

Into the darkness…

Sorry I’ve been absent but I’ve been out shooting. Yup, I took a photography workshop yesterday and boy was it fun! The whole week I’v been excited about it and prepping for it…and it was a blast! I’ll write more about it later and show pics…I still have yet to see what I shot.  The workshop was through Aperture Academy!

My tripod does not go all the way to the ground so I had to lay on my belly for this shot. lol

Tikki says: “You look delicious!”

LOL. Another silly painted creation.  A photo of my kitty cat tediously hand-painted in Photoshop using my wacom tablet. I love the cartoon effect this technique offers while having the originality not always afforded by filter presets. You can see more digital paintings at the bottom of this page.

Golden Brown…

“…texture like sun” – Stranglers

Took a walk the other day up San Bruno Mountain near sunset. Although doing our best with time, we were obviously irritating the ranger who was waiting on us to close the gates to the park…lol.  All the smiles and waves and “thankyous” in the world were not softening him up. lol.  I thought the forms and colors were pretty in this mini scene…

Help! Tikki is on the controls!

(5 shot montage) Man, I tell you, having a cat in the house with a mini clone frockling about is dangerous! lol (you kinda need to view large) You can see another close encounter with Tikki here.

Windswept cypress…

Boy, the Autumn light right now sure makes everything glow, and we have had a few gorgeous evenings. This is my favorite tree at the end of the sea wall, so elegantly windwept by eastwardly sea winds. It is fun getting used to my new wide angle. I had to climb into a crevice to shoot this angle and found my legs constantly getting in the way of my composition. Determined, I persevered, only to look up to find passerbys smirking at my strange contortion in the ice plant. lol. Ahhh well…I like the shot. lol.

Not what it seems…

A piece of beach wood I thought looked remarkably like a snake!  Amazing the things you find while just stumbling along…