Category: Photography

  • Borla ATAK on Durango Hellcat

    This is the sound file from Borla. This is the Durango Hellcat with the Borla ATAK installed.

  • Christmas Card Ideas

    Christmas Card Ideas

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  • Focus Stack – Sony’s Perfect Answer

    Focus Stack – Sony’s Perfect Answer

    This is perfect, makes life very easy, means I don’t have to adjust focus. I can simply focus on my composition and let the camera handle the focusing. On the A1ii, set the left dial to BRK to invoke the bracketing set in the menu. Otherwise, use the asterisk.

  • Four Pillars of Landscape Photography

    These will not be perfect every time, but the goal is to get as close to perfect on each one each time. Each is equally important. Black and white photography depends on gradients from pure black to pure white. Look for wow factor, intrigue, the values that nature brings to your mind. If you aren’t…

  • Voltage Trailer Checkup

    3 October, 2025 — We haven’t used the trailer for 3 years, and finally went to the storage facility to check on it. Removed the old tarp that was covering the trailer, and took a load of garbage including the tarp to the dump. Need to bring the trailer home and give it a good…

  • Maximum Contrast Photography

    Maximum Contrast Photography

    To the maximum contrast when shooting photos, choose a background color directly opposite the color of the subject. So, these are the colors that contrast the greatest: Purple – YellowYellow – PurpleRed – GreenGreen – RedOrange – BlueBlue – Orange Example, blue car on orange background provides maximum color contrast.

  • Reservoir Sunset Clouds

    Reservoir Sunset Clouds

    13 September, 2025, taken from the Oso Reservoir overlook. Shooting photos in uncompressed RAW provides unlimited data for post processing in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop with Adobe Camera Raw. Photographs are far from what the eye can see, but can be manipulated to create specific intention. For example, the clouds and sky in this photo.…

  • Blown Glass

    Blown Glass

    This is my first edit of a RAW image. The image was provided as part of a course I purchased on using Photoshop to edit seascapes. This is the image after my edits in Photoshop Camera Raw and Photoshop proper. I don’t have the before shot, since it was a RAW file, and I didn’t…

  • Starburst Photo

    Starburst Photo

    Took this September 6th, 2025. Starbursts are fun to do and sometimes they come out pretty nice.

  • Disneyland & California Adventure

    Disneyland & California Adventure

    Images from September 4, 2025. Sony A1 ii with Sigma Art 28-105 lens.