Vintage Gabe
Backlit by the sun, with a well-placed parking garage…
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Photo highlights from Hawaii
It was a lovely trip, and gave me a chance to shoot things I probably otherwise wouldn’t. I tend to do more “people” shots but this was (of course) a big opportunity for landscapes (and seascapes!), nature stuff, and baby photos. And skimboarding! Enjoy.
Where (and when) will the moon come up?
I posted a few weeks ago with links and instructions for figuring out where the sun will go down. While in Hawaii I wanted to take some moonrise shots, so did some research on how to do the same sort of thing for the moon. One major difference here is that while the sun moves Read more…
Victoria Skimboards Dangerous Shorebreak 2010
One of the coolest things I did in Hawaii (this time) was stumble upon the Hawaii Amateur Skimboarding League’s Victoria Skimboards Dangerous Shorebreak competition at Sandy Beach. If you’re unfamiliar with skimboarding, or specifically with dangerous break skimboarding, this video shows some of last year’s competition. I was shooting into the sun (which was high Read more…
Baby, Shrimp, Beach, Gun
Four things united only by their presence in this post. Well, that, and the fact that I’ve photographed them in the last couple of days. My…uh…neice-in-law? The infamous Shrimp Truck (Giovanni’s, of course): The beach at Kaena point – at this point my polarizing filter was covered in mist, but I actually quite like the Read more…
Kitesurfing at Kailua beach
It was windy as can be today, but I HAD to get to the beach. Adam and I went down there to check it out and the water was FULL of kitesurfers. So awesome! I used my 70-300mm craptastic Sigma lens for this. This is the first lens I ever bought, when I was in Read more…