Overview As eluded to in the first post (Cleburne State Park) in this series covering my spring photo trip, Dinosaur Valley State Park was my actual intended target for my first stop along my route through Texas. Unfortunately I was unable to get a camping site at the park, however I did do a quick drive through the camping area and found the area to be quite nice and certainly on my list for a future weekend or longer camping trip. If you’re looking for a State Park to visit …
Long Exposure Landscapes
Photographs have the ability to not only show the world as it is – but also show the world as it would be if the eye was infinitely adaptable and controllable. After all, that is essentially what a camera is, an eye that the photographer can control in ways to capture the world in ways well beyond what any human eye can. From capturing the Milky Way in all of its detail and beauty, or freezing the exact moment a Great Blue Heron snatches a fish from the shallows, or …
Show and Tell – Barbed Wire Silhouette
It was September of 2012, the blistering heat of August had finally started to decline and the evenings still had enough light left for me to sneak out on the bike for a short ride before dark. On this particular night I slipped my Canon S90 into my jersey pocket and head out down through the Oak Point Nature Preserve and connecting bike trails – sticking to the trails because my wife was out of town and didn’t want to end up getting hit by a car while riding on …
Processing Possibilities
Something a little different for today’s Show and Tell post. Instead of talking about one specific finished photo, going to do a little compare and contrast for a number of photos of the same subject. The subject of the discussion is the historic train depot in Paris, Texas. I visited Paris, Texas on my drive to Broken Bow Lake in Oklahoma earlier in the summer. Sun was high, not exactly the most ideal time for landscape photography, but determined to make the most of my trip. Thankfully the sky had …