Friday, September 17, 2010
The Power of Black & White
We all see the world in color. But there are times when B&W better captures your subjects feeling and mood.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Master Guitarist
David Jerome
David Jerome is an amazing Guitar player! I had the good fortune to meet David last week.
Here I am talking with David. Not only is is a great musician, he's a real nice guy too! You can see that I have two CD's in my hand. I bought both for only $10 each! My wife and I have listened to both CD's a few times already. Wonderful and refreshing music!
If you like great Guitar music, or just good music in general, check out David's website:
Jeromeguitar.com
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Yes, Music Allowed!
We went to see the "Dennis Jones Band" last night at Dos Lagos. While, as you can see from the picture below, there are a few things you can't do at Dos Lagos, music is definitely allowed!
This band was great! Awesome blues and Jazz. Dennis Jones can really play that guitar!
Dos Lagos is having free concerts on Friday and Saturday nights form 7 pm - 9 pm. Located just off of the 15 fwy about 7 miles south of the 91. It's worth the drive.
Had to get a B & W in here. The sound man checks "the sound"
Thursday, August 12, 2010
South Coast Winery
We are members of SCW. A few days ago we went to pick-up our membership wine.
South Coast Winery is located in Temecula California. SCW was voted best overall winery in California for 2008 & 2009.
The vines are full with grapes right now. Grapes will soon be harvested to make wine. If you get the chance, Temecula wine country is worth the drive!
Here are a few photos of the grapes:
We also did some wine tasting. A must when you go to a winery.
South Coast Winery is located in Temecula California. SCW was voted best overall winery in California for 2008 & 2009.
The vines are full with grapes right now. Grapes will soon be harvested to make wine. If you get the chance, Temecula wine country is worth the drive!
Here are a few photos of the grapes:
We also did some wine tasting. A must when you go to a winery.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Hangin' with the locals
We spend the day in Idyllwild on Tuesday. Idyllwild is a beautiful mountain town in the San Jacinto mountains (that huge mountain range on the right side on the way to Palm Springs). We met some of the locals there:
Here I am talking with Mike and his buddy Frankie. Mike, the big guy next to me, is the owner of the Red Kettle, cool Diner that serves great burgers and awesome malts!
This is Mikes Harley. He rides it everywhere!
The Harley keeping an eye on Mike and Frankie!
Frankie's boots. He's 91 years old and still kicking strong!
If you're ever in Idyllwild, be sure to stop in and say hi at the Red Kettle!
Friday, July 16, 2010
Selective Focus, Fast Lenses & High Speed Sync
I made a decision a long time ago to only buy fast, pro lenses. Here are a couple of portrait examples of why fast lenses allow you to be more creative. The drawback is that these lenses are bigger and heavier, and can cost 5 to 10 time as much. Ouch!
Both of these photos were shot in bright daylight at an f-stop of 2.8 @ 70mm. Slower consumer lenses at f/4.0 or higher would render both subject "in focus." In order to get great looking skin tones with no shadows in bright daylight, you need to add some type of fill light. Be it a reflector or flash. Notice the nice catchlight in her eyes. There was a flash positioned off camera right with a warming filter attached to give a warm skin tone. The flash was on high speed sync using a shutter speed of 1/640 of a second. Without high speed sync on your flash, you could not get this shot.
Both of these photos were shot in bright daylight at an f-stop of 2.8 @ 70mm. Slower consumer lenses at f/4.0 or higher would render both subject "in focus." In order to get great looking skin tones with no shadows in bright daylight, you need to add some type of fill light. Be it a reflector or flash. Notice the nice catchlight in her eyes. There was a flash positioned off camera right with a warming filter attached to give a warm skin tone. The flash was on high speed sync using a shutter speed of 1/640 of a second. Without high speed sync on your flash, you could not get this shot.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Dos Lagos
So, last night we decided to go to Dos Lagos. A nice outside shopping and event center in South Corona.
The three images I posted here were all shot with the Nikon D3 and Nikon 16-35 f4 lens.
This beautiful horse. was busy pulling her carriage around the event grounds. Shot at f4 @1/20 ISO 200.
The band that was playing was great! Playing beautiful spanish style music. Maybe they were just happy because Spain is going to the World Cup Soccer finals for the first time ever!
I really like this picture because of the kids running around having fun. I wanted to capture their movement so I shot this at a slow shutter speed of 1/10 of a second. Not bad for a handheld shot. what do you think?
My wife, who is also an excellent photographer, took this shot with the D3. I love how she captured the shape and scale of that bamboo covered walkway. This, like the previous shots, was taken using only available light.
The three images I posted here were all shot with the Nikon D3 and Nikon 16-35 f4 lens.
This beautiful horse. was busy pulling her carriage around the event grounds. Shot at f4 @1/20 ISO 200.
The band that was playing was great! Playing beautiful spanish style music. Maybe they were just happy because Spain is going to the World Cup Soccer finals for the first time ever!
I really like this picture because of the kids running around having fun. I wanted to capture their movement so I shot this at a slow shutter speed of 1/10 of a second. Not bad for a handheld shot. what do you think?
My wife, who is also an excellent photographer, took this shot with the D3. I love how she captured the shape and scale of that bamboo covered walkway. This, like the previous shots, was taken using only available light.
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