Finally got out with my camera! Been way too long. I took advantage of some nice big surf late in the day and took the 500 to Ventura Point to do some surf photography. The session was awesome and was able to shoot the sunset with the 500 which is a first. The color on the sunset is how the camera rendered it, just had to do a compositional crop. As always I welcome the comments and likes!

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Feeling a little like a zombie right now. It was a late night last night for a school night, but the opportunity to shoot the Milky Way was too good to ignore.  I joined follow photog, Ormond Beach expert and guide, Carla Cahill. While not the pure darkness that we get on Figueroa Mountain on a moonless night, it was still a great chance as there was no marine layer and after the moon set around 10:30, the only light pollution came from the Port Hueneme naval base and a fishing boat or two. There are three photographs with this post. One, a square crop, was shot with the GFX 50s medium format with a TSE 17mm at f4 (effective focal length was a little under 14mm) exposed for 30sec. The moon photo and the other Milky Way photo were shot with the canon 1dx with a Sigma 20mm 1.4. It is pretty cool how much more these cameras can see than the human eye. It was an extraordinary session and it makes me a little hungry for a go at the Milky Way on the next moonless night or two from the cabin where it is so dark that Ben and I have walked into trees that are right in front of our noses. That may or may not be entirely attributable to the darkness. Please feel free to leave your comments or questions below or just let me know your favorites.

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Needing to smell the sea breeze and clear my head from many concentrated hours at the computer I headed to Ventura Point beach with camera and tripod to see what could be captured. No June gloom for a change with just a few clouds. The light was exquisite and the time spent in this spot brought my awareness back to simplicity. This is a series of six photographs that include some long exposures utilizing various ND filters.  Please feel free to leave your comments or questions below or just let me know your favorites.

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After a very busy week, I looked forward to the long weekend and a chance for some photography. I did manage to complete a small photo shoot for a recently completed custom kitchen remodel last week so I did get my hands on the camera. Not quite the same though as getting outside and feeling the immersion. The perceived problem though, was our weather here at this time of year, May grey, June gloom, constant marine layer. In other words, foggy, overcast and cool. Not typically conducive for a vibrant sunset or that wonderful golden light at the end of the day. Come Monday though I saw that a pattern emerged, where the marine layer would recede briefly right at the end of the day only to move back in as the sun went down. At the end of the day I had to get out and was hoping the magic would unfold. Sure enough, the sun came out briefly before the marine layer moved back onshore as the sun went down, transforming everything into a dreamy blue hour. I stayed with it into that blue hour doing some long exposures at the pier to smooth out the waves and sky as the beach was again wrapped in the blanket of grey. Not disappointed, it was fun to capture the magic that was there for me. Please feel free to leave your comments or questions below or just let me know your favorites.

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Woke up before dawn this morning so headed to the beach for the sunrise before a storm due mid morning. Worth the trip.  Exquisite color and lighting.

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