Day 31

Image Name: Liza's Party

Day 30

I know this photo breaks a lot of rules and is not something I would normally do... But I honestly love the beauty of this photo. The clean composition is one of my favorite aspects of it knowing I created this photo while my camera was sitting on my dash.

Image Name: Night Commute

Camera: Nikon D800
Lens: 50mm

Photo specifications: 1/5 Second f/7.1 Iso 3200
Focal Length: 50mm

Day 29

First day of my two night classes. This was a quick shot from my car tonight at Cypress College. I have spent many years at this school and God has carried (or dragged) me a long way from when I first started here. This will be my last semester here but I'll never forget all the lessens I learned and some good friends made along the way.

Image Name: Lot 9

Camera: Nikon D800
Lens: 50mm
Tripod

Photo Specifications: 1/2 Second f/5.6 Iso 400
Focal Length: 50mm

Day 28

A shot of some veggies and fruit I was juicing for some breakfast this week =D It's a little hot and I should have retouched it but was just having fun with placement and wanted to juice.

 

Day 27

I have been really behind... I am sick and was super busy this last week :/ here is a shot a made with my iPhone.

Day 23

Kind of looks like some kind of sea creature to me.

Image Name: Towel Hanger

Camera: Nikon D800
Lens: 50mm f/1.8

Photo Specifications: 1/125 Second f/2 Iso 4000
Focal Length: 50mm

Day 22

Image Name: My puppy

Camera: Nikon D800
Lens: 50mm

Photo Specifications: 1/30 f/1.8 Iso 4000
Focal Length: 50mm

Day 20

I'm cheating and using a photo from yesterday because I got caught up with things today and really like this shot. Pun not intended...

Image Name: Dead On

Camera: Nikon D800
Lens: 50mm

Photo Specifications: 1/1000 Second f/9 Iso 320
Focal Length: 50mm

Day 19 

This was taken near my friend's cabin in the Paso Robles Wine Country. I really loved the blue skies that day contrasted on the dry brush; simple but relaxing to look at.

Image Name: Paso Roble Hills

Camera: Nikon D800

Lens: 50mm f/1.8

Photo Specifications: 1/1000 Second  f/9 Iso 320

Focal Length: 50mm

Day 18 

I'm out of town and don't have access to a computer. This is a photo of the gum wall in San Luis Obispo taken by my iPhone.

Day 17

We have two of these solar lights hanging from our shed and I love the contrast.

Image Name: Solar Light

Camera: Nikon D800
Lens: 50mm f/1.8

Photo Specifications: 1/1000 Second f/1.8 Iso 320

Day 16

Working on a construction site you see a lot of random things. With the right composition they can be seen as pretty interesting.

Image Name: Old Wood

Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: 18-135 f/3.5

Specs to come later...

Day 15

Just a simple shot of what I see before I sleep... I took this with my iPhone 5c as a result of being very tired there is no editing and no filters. Just sloppy and fun today so I can get some sleep :)

Day 14

I quick edit of a photo I created during an engagement photo shoot today with Kelsey & Robbie.

Specs to come...

Day 13

This is a little Canon I have had on my shelf for many years. I believe I got it at a Civil War reenactment up in the mountains somewhere...

Image Name: Canon

Camera: Nikon D800
Lens: 50mm f/1.8

Photo Specifications: 1/15 Second @ f/5.6 Iso 1000
Focal Length: 50mm

Day 12

I always get these little guys when I am down in Mexico! I have several more but they didn't make as good of a photo. The light coming in from the right is my iPhone.

Image Name: Bobble Heads

Camera Nikon: D800
Lens: 50mm f/1.8

Photo Specifications: 1/50 Second @ f/3.5 Iso 3200
Focal Length: 50mm

Day 11

Was in a rush to take this photo because I was spending time laughing with my family after a party and realized what time it was... wish I used a tripod and wider aperture.

Image Name: Boots

Camera: Nikon D800
Lens 50mm f/1.8

Photo Specifications: 1/25 Second @ f/1.8 Iso 3200
Focal Length: 50mm

Day 10

Disclaimer... I am having trouble getting this photo upload properly. It is much shaper then what you are seeing... This almost looks like a painting :/

This image may not be all that appealing but what is pretty fascinating to me is the power behind the sensor of my camera... Let me explain. This photo was all done at an Iso of "high 2.0" for my camera this is four settings higher then Iso 6400. This is pretty impressive to me because the grain is virtually not there... I also took this picture at 1/30 second and was holding it in my hand. I am continually blown away by the power of the Nikon D800.

Image Name: Shofar

Camera: Nikon D800
Lens: 50mm f/1.8

Photo Specifications: 1/30 Second @ f/5.6 Iso high 2.0
Focal Length: 50mm

Day 8

Just a simple picture of my hike with a friend out to Holy Jim Falls.

Image Name: "Holy Jim Trail"

Camera: Nikon D800
Lens: 50mm

Photo Specifications: 1/160 Second @ f/5.6 Iso 250
Focal Length: 50mm

Day 7

God's creation takes my breath away every time I look at it... Days like today are hard to avoid and trying to recreate a sunset through a camera tends to be one of the harder categories in photography for me. This is just one of the many moments from tonights breath taking sunset.

Image Name: Newport Sunset

Camera: Nikon D800
Lens: 50mm f/1.8

Photo Specifications: 1/50 Second @ f/10 Iso 200
Focal Length: 50mm

Day 6

Sometimes as humans I think we post only the highlights of our lives or the world around us... This picture represents both for me. The messiness of my bed shows that I slept in (7:10am) and had to rush to an approximately twelve hour day at work. This speaks valume to the fact that life moves faster then we can handle at times. The highlights from this photo is I have a warm bed to return to after a long day at work and my good old pal Tiger eagerly awaits me! Don't be afraid to show your unpolished edges at times. Biggest (there are more then one) photo critique of the day; for my self... Use fill card for extra subject light! Oh well...

Image Name: Tiger

Camera: Nikon D800
Lens: 50mm f/1.8

Photo Specifications: 1/60 Second @ f/1.8 Iso 3200
Focal Length: 50mm

Day 5

This little guy became my friend and model today at Mile Square Park! This is by far one of my favorites.

Image Name: "Friendly Squirrel"

Camera: Nikon D800
Lens: 50mm f/1.8

Photo specification: 1/600 Second @ f/1.8
Focal Length: 50mm

Day 4

This photo will probably remain one of my least favorites in regards to technicality but I spent most of the time goofing off with my nephew! So even though it doesn't have that initial "WOW!" factor it gets ideas turing in my head and will definitely spark memories of spending time with Jo! I'm probably going to expand on this photo so be looking forward to a much better improvement if this sparks your interest at all...

Image Name: Sunset Bike

Camera: Nikon D800
Lens: 50mm f/1.8

Photo Specifications: 10 Seconds @ f/10
Focal Length: 50mm

Day 3

Unfortunately I had a really long day at work and I left my camera in my dad's truck... But luckily I captured this photograph yesterday at the sometime of the sewer photograph from yesterday. I really enjoy creating silhouettes of people, trees, animals... Actually just about anything that has character of some kind.

Image Name: Villa Park Silhouette

Camera Nikon: D800
Lens: 50mm f/1.8

Photo Specifications: 1/800 @ f/10
Focal Length: 50mm

Day 2

Every once in awhile I catch myself trying so hard to look for beauty in our area and not being content with what God has surrounded me with. This normally leads to me saying "I wish I was here or there"... But then I am reminded that there is beauty everywhere we turn in life even in little things like the light from the sunset catching the bumps and grooves of an old sewer cover.

Image Name: "Sewer Cover"

Camera: Nikon D800
Lens: 50mm f/1.8

Photo Specification: 1/320 @ f/4
Focal Length: 50mm

Day 1

I'm keeping it simple for the first day because I spent most of the day cleaning my room and learning how to use the blog. This is a quick photo I took of my dad's California Pepper Tree in our front yard.

Camera: Nikon D800
Lens: 50mm f/1.8

Photo Specifications: 1/1600 @ f/2
Focal Length: 50mm