We had a plan. It was a good plan. There are many iconic scenes in Iceland, we wanted to capture as many as possible. That was our plan, 15 days, two major photo shoots per day, rewarding us with 30 wall-worthy, gallery-worthy photographs of iconic scenes. Unfortunately, our plan was thrown out the window on…
Minimalism
Church of Budir One of the iconic shots I wished to capture in Iceland was the northern lights over the Church of Budir, also known as the Black Church. Just before our trip, I found an article that mentioned there was a hotel next to the church and that they would wake you up in the…
Tack sharp or not?
When downloading my photos from a photo shoot, the first thing I check for is sharpness. I zoom in to inspect the details. If a photo is not sharp, it does not get a second chance. It is quickly discarded. There is no amount of sharpening that can save a blurry photo. For landscape photography,…
New York City From the Inside
We are in New York City for five days, hoping to stretch our photography skills by shooting things we don’t normally shoot. Instead of the gorgeous landscapes of the Southwest or the recently visited Iceland (if you haven’t read our posts or seen our photos of Iceland, you are missing out), we wanted to try…
An Orgy of Temples
There are almost too many temples in Siem Reap, an orgy of sorts, with over 50 in the Angkor alone. With only a few days visit we could hardly visit them all. The ones we did visit each had its own unique charm. More importantly, each of these had its own photographic charm. Ale’ made…
A Bad Habit
The Habit We have a bad habit. We find something we like and we just have to do it. It doesn’t matter the cost or inconvenience, we do it. Take pizza in Rome, for example. Some number of years ago we discovered a place that serves delicious gluten free pizza, an oxymoron of sorts. Jumbo…
Experiencing the Light
We started our latest journey in Barcelona, a city of art and unique architecture. Arriving early at Logan airport, our Air France check-in agent was able to put us on an earlier flight, granting us an additional 5 hours in this amazing city. Little did we know, that our luggage would not join us on…
Christmas Lights on the Waterfront
Capturing the colorful Christmas Lights on the Waterfront There aren’t many lakes in Arizona, at least not many with water in them. The city planners in Tempe (just south of Scottsdale) decided a real lake was needed. So, they made a lake. Doubling as a reservoir the 225 acre lake is lined with walking and bike…
Inspirational Mission
Although our sunset shoot was a bit disappointing when we couldn’t find our saguaro forest, we were not done shooting. Looking for inspiration, we headed to the San Xavier Mission. The San Xavier Mission is a National Historic Landmark founded the late 1600s with the Church constructed in the late 1700’s. It is the oldest intact European structure…
Bodie – A Golden Oldie
A ghost town now, Bodie was once one of the largest mining towns in the U.S. In the late 1800’s upwards of 8,000 residents lived in this remote town east of the Sierras. The take? It is estimated that 35 million dollars in gold and silver was mined here before the town’s eventual decay. Today,…
