a little fun
Over the past few days I've been keeping myself busy by playing around with Squarespace. Squarespace is my new website host so far has been working great and it's also fairly simple to use. Tonight I made my banner and little logo guy. That's me jumping at one of the places I have visited. I like to take a jumping photo once I reach a certain peak or location on a trip. I'm pretty sure I took this logo from a photo in Death Valley. It's just a thing I do...
I'm looking through my catalog of images to find a good shot someone took of me with my camera on a tripod. I know I have to have at least one somewhere on my hard-drive. If not then I will just get Laura to take one of me next time we go out.
The photo's below are from Balboa park, outside the botanical garden. Every time I visit Balboa park I always find something new to photograph. Balboa park is also a very popular place for photographers to take clients for portraits because of the historic architecture and other picturesque surroundings. If you are ever visiting San Diego make sure to check the park out.
I also posted these two photos as a test for my watermark/logo on the photos. I think the logo turned out pretty well, but I'm sure I will change it fifty more times. The more I look at it the more I think I'm roller-blading...
On the subject of roller-blading, Airborne just became available on Netflix Instant Streaming. Getting stoked to roll down Devil's Backbone!
-Justin
A near death experience
Let's just get to the point here and say that I was in no harm physically but that I almost died emotionally last night after my camera fell into the ocean after a wave hit. The past few weeks have been pretty cloudy here in San Diego and every few nights of the week the sun would set and make some amazing colors over the Pacific. When I get out of work the sun is just starting to set so I finally remembered to bring my camera to work yesterday and headed to Sunset Cliffs on my way home from work.
I got there a little late because of traffic and only was able to shoot for about 10 minutes. I know the area well so I knew exactly where to set up. Everything seemed to be going as planned and the colors in the sky were great, then out of no the water rushed in and tipped over my tripod. I was in a rush and knew my tripod was not as stable as it should be but I wanted to take as many shots as I could.
...and here is the picture that was taken as the camera fell
As the title of this post says, it was a NEAR death experience and the camera still works! My lens is a little tight from the sand but that should work itself out after a few uses. I guess that new body will have to wait for another day...
Justin
I got there a little late because of traffic and only was able to shoot for about 10 minutes. I know the area well so I knew exactly where to set up. Everything seemed to be going as planned and the colors in the sky were great, then out of no the water rushed in and tipped over my tripod. I was in a rush and knew my tripod was not as stable as it should be but I wanted to take as many shots as I could.
...and here is the picture that was taken as the camera fell
As the title of this post says, it was a NEAR death experience and the camera still works! My lens is a little tight from the sand but that should work itself out after a few uses. I guess that new body will have to wait for another day...
Justin