At the end of August, my sister and I took a road trip to spend a week in Lakeside, Oregon with a family friend. We decided to drive home along the PCH, camping along the Navarro River in Northern California for one night and camping south of Big Sur, California for the next. I absolutely loved the scenery along the way as we traversed down the Pacific Coast.
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Montaña de Oro State Park, Los Osos, California /
I photographed a sunset a few weeks ago at Montaña de Oro State Park along California’s central coast. It was my last sunset before I headed home from college for the summer. It ended up being a real pretty sunset to finish off the year.
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Last Sunday I drove up to San Simeon, California for sunset and stopped at a pullout along the PCH a little south of Hearst Castle. I was excited to get a colorful sunset since the last four or five times I’d gone out to photograph had been incredibly overcast.
Anyway, here’s a few of my favorite images from the evening. They were all made using a Canon 5D Mark IV and a 16-35mm lens. I used Adobe Lightroom and either Nik Color Efex Pro or OnOne Photo Raw to edit them.
Morro Rock, Morro Bay, California /
On Tuesday evening, I met a friend at Morro Rock in Morro Bay, California and we photographed the sunset. It was a bit cloudy, but we still got some nice color as well as some unique clouds.
All the images were created using a Canon 5D Mark IV along with a 16-35mm lens. They were edited in Adobe Lightroom and then processed with either Nik Color Efex Pro or OnOne Photo Raw.
Read MoreUnderstanding ISO /
The final piece of the photographic triangle is ISO. ISO refers to how sensitive the camera’s sensor is to entering light. Creative, interesting photographs are a result of the careful combination of aperture, shutter speed, and ISO.
Read MoreYosemite National Park /
A couple weeks ago, I went on a road trip to Yosemite National Park with two friends. We camped for three nights, did several hikes, watched sunrises, and captured some beautiful photographs. Below are some of my personal favorites from the trip.
Read MoreUnderstanding Shutter Speed /
Understanding shutter speed is an important concept to comprehend in order to create creative and interesting photographs. Specific shutter speeds are often effective in certain circumstances to create a desired effect. Almost all present day cameras, including point-and-shoot cameras, offer several different shutter speed choices. The function of the shutter speed is to admit light onto the camera’s sensor for a specified duration of time in order to create a properly exposed image.
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