Pull Over!

Driving to Staples in Orange this evening with my daughter and had to pull over to grab a shot of the sunset. Love playing with longer exposures, and also trying out a new travel kit that I put together with a Canon G11, small Slik tripod and backpack. I don't like to keep my 50D and L lenses in the car, but this will work for those impromptu moments.

Laguna Beach Winter Sunset

Went down to Moss St. in Laguna Beach to capture the sunset. This image was captured using 3 exposures (one properly exposed, one +2 stops, and one -2 stops). I then used all three exposures to create an HDR image using Photomatix. Just a bit more post processing via Photoshop.

Two more from this shoot on my Flickr Photostream. http://www.flickr.com/photos/36092537@N04/

Happy Holidays!

Newport Beach Christmas

Went to the Newport Beach boat parade this week. Gorgeous sunset. Too bad they have Plexiglas all around the shore by the Balboa Bay Club. I snapped this shot threw one opening, but couldn't get around the rails to the dock. If I cropped out the rails, I think I would lose too much of the composition's grounding. Still a great evening and memory!