Scripps

So on Sunday I went to Scripps Pier to take a specific shot I've been eyeing to do with my new gnd filters. The photo I took didn't turn out the way I thought they would and I'm not sure if that had to do with the tide level, the bad sunset, or just my horrible exposure settings I had. I was looking for an hdr type of effect but without the hdr processing. Fortunately I live very close to the beach so I can come back here whenever I like... lucky me.

On a side note... I cannot wait until daylight savings time, on March 13th, to start taking photos again after work, and not just wait until the weekend.

That hdr plan I talked about didn't work out but what I did shoot, in my opinion, did turn into some pretty nice photos. Below is one of those shots processed into a b&w to go with my "grey weekend" theme. I'll be posting more pictures from this weekend throughout the week.

Also on Saturday I fly to Hawaii for... EIGHT DAYS! I'm can't wait to overload this site with photos from this trip. A special advance thanks to my brother Josh for shipping me out his underwater p&s for some hopefully sweet snorkeling shots.

A Grey Weekend

This past weekend's weather was pretty bland here in San Diego. Between the on & off showers and high winds, I was hoping for a small break in the weather, to get some good light at sunset, but unfortunately that did not happen. 

Here's a video of the wind I was dealing with while trying to take my pictures...

and here's a picture of my umbrella losing a battle to mother nature...

After braving the wind and rain, I wasn't pleased at all with how the photos were turning out. I came home and after looking through them all, I decided to just choose a handful and turn them b&w. I'm not too happy about the outcome but I guess I can't have perfect sunsets everyday.

I told myself that I will post a few photosfrom everytime I go out and I'm sticking to that, so below are a few not so glamorous photos that hopefully portray the kind of weather we had here this weekend.

La Jolla edits

Messed around in photoshop tonight with the photos I took this past weeken. I like the close crop of the first image. It's a crop from the last image of the previous post.

The other two photos are just a basic lomo effect that I found online a while ago. If I remembered where I got the action from I would post a link but I can't. If you're interested in the action I would just suggest you google "free lomo photoshop plug-in" and see what you find.