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I'm in the front -- pumpkin patch in Half Moon Bay
Through a friend at work I got hooked up with another friend at work who's really into photography. I thought I was into photography but Willie is *really* into it, and I might be a little jealous. He's the guy who figures out the best light, the best time of day, the best day, and does all the calculations to figure out where to be and when. I went to Yosemite with him last month to shoot Horsetail Falls and I was able to make it over to Half Moon Bay with him to shoot sunset at Gray Whale Cove on Friday. The photoshoot almost got cancelled because of the (sad) earthquake in Japan. The tsunami hit California in the morning and most of the beaches were closed but by sunset we were able to hit the coast and catch some big waves. I arrived at Gray Whale Cove and Willie was already setup with his super wide lens for the perfect photo. His shot (see Flickr) came out great, but mine, with my less wide lens, is what it is. I'm not too happy with it and I had to do some fancy post-processing to get this to work but the final product isn't too bad. This is a blend of 2 photos (not an HDR): I took an under-exposed photo to get the sunset, and took a normal photo to get the water motion. Willie really taught me how useful it is to have a good set of filters (graduated filters) with a filter holder. Time to go spend some of that good hard earned cash (hey, maybe I'll win the lottery and buy some gear and donate the rest to charity?). I liked this photo because the moving water shows some movement through the photo that draws your eye through this.
Whale's Last Touch Gray Whale Cove Half Moon Bay, California While digging through my archives the other day I came upon some of my Gray Whale Cove photos that I hadn't posted. I also noticed I had this photo which I had dismissed but a couple months later, I'm starting to digg. I've really been trying to get away from HDR now that I bought a set of ND Grad Filters but this shot became an HDR due to the fact that I *didn't* have filters during this photo shoot and I was going to miss the sunset in the sky if I didn't exposure blend. I love the movement of the water in this shot, but in my original version of this I thought the rocks had a little bit too much HDR feel. I went back and re-edited this to blend in the normal exposure rocks and make it more life-like. Back in March I went on over to Gray Whale Cove in Half Moon Bay to shoot sunset. The photoshoot almost got cancelled because of the (sad) earthquake in Japan that had happened a couple days prior. The tsunami hit California in the morning of our photoshoot and most of the beaches were closed, but by sunset we were able to hit the coast and catch some big waves. I arrived at Gray Whale Cove and Willie was already setup with his super wide lens for the perfect photo. This is a blend of 2 photos (not an HDR): I took an under-exposed photo to get the sunset, and took a normal photo to get the water motion. During this photo shoot I realized how useful a filter holder and set of graduated filters really was. Willie got some great shots and all I got was a blown out sky! It was this photoshoot that convinced me to go buy my set of soft ND grads. After taking the photos by a set of rock outcroppings at sunset I decided I wanted to try a different spot with water going over the rocks. You couldn't really see much of the colorful sunset, since there wasn't much color in the sky, but I did take a couple photos and came out with this one. I liked the finished product. Nikon D300s w/Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8 ED-IF AF-S: 28mm, f/10, 0.6 sec, ISO 200, Tripod
Through a friend at work I got hooked up with another friend at work who's really into photography. I thought I was into photography but Willie is *really* into it, and I might be a little jealous. He's the guy who figures out the best light, the best time of day, the best day, and does all the calculations to figure out where to be and when. I went to Yosemite with him last month to shoot Horsetail Falls and I was able to make it over to Half Moon Bay with him to shoot sunset at Gray Whale Cove on Friday. The photoshoot almost got cancelled because of the (sad) earthquake in Japan. The tsunami hit California in the morning and most of the beaches were closed but by sunset we were able to hit the coast and catch some big waves. I arrived at Gray Whale Cove and Willie was already setup with his super wide lens for the perfect photo. His shot (see Flickr) came out great, but mine, with my less wide lens, is what it is. I'm not too happy with it and I had to do some fancy post-processing to get this to work but the final product isn't too bad. This is a blend of 2 photos (not an HDR): I took an under-exposed photo to get the sunset, and took a normal photo to get the water motion. Willie really taught me how useful it is to have a good set of filters (graduated filters) with a filter holder. Time to go spend some of that good hard earned cash (hey, maybe I'll win the lottery and buy some gear and donate the rest to charity?). After taking the photos by the rock at sunset I decided I wanted to try a different spot with water going over the rocks. You couldn't really see much of the colorful sunset, since there wasn't much color in the sky, but I did take a couple photos and turned this HDR (I hate doing HDR's these days but this photo needed it … to get the sky and the movement in the water). I liked the finished product. This one is kinda boring since you can't see the sunset at all, but i liked the movement in the water. See the next photo for the zoomed in water movement/water-falls.
Mesmerized Susannah Oberdorf Half Moon Bay, California
Model: Susannah Oberdorf Taken on August 1, 2010 in Half Moon Bay, California. Susannah brought a bunch of props with her to make the shoot a bit more fun and I couldn't pass up on the chance to shoot her butterfly dress with wings on her! This isn't my favorite photo but I *had* to post at least one shot of this :)
Model: Susannah Oberdorf Taken on August 1, 2010 in Half Moon Bay, California.
Blue Cop Susannah Oberdorf Half Moon Bay, California
Model: Susannah Oberdorf Taken on August 1, 2010 in Half Moon Bay, California.
I'm in the front -- pumpkin patch in Half Moon Bay
I'm in the front -- pumpkin patch in Half Moon Bay
I'm in the front -- pumpkin patch in Half Moon Bay
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