Napa Valley

These shots were taken in Napa Valley at the Robert Mondovi

winery.  This is a unique technique that properly exposes the foreground while

still rendering the sky blue even while shooting directly at the sun.

 I can assure you this requires some patience and an external flash unit. 

Golden Gate

This is a sunrise HDR shot of the Golden Gate bridge taken from Battery Spencer in the

 Golden Gate National Recreation area.  Battery Spencer existed in the late 1800's

 as a fortified defense site for the Golden Gate area.  It was initially armed with two 

M1888 12-inch breech loading rifles in 1897.  These guns had barrels in excess of 35' and

 an effective range of over 8 1/2 miles.  The battery was decommissioned in 1942 at the 

start of World War II.  Today the battery is still a popular place for "shooting" the

 Golden Gate bridge with San Francisco skyline rising in the background.   

Blank Canvas

Painters use pigment.  Sculptors use clay.  Writers use words.  And photographers use light.  "Painting with light" is a technique that I have always wanted to try.  Now I may be hooked. 

 Let's see how deep the rabbit hole goes...