Tide Pool

Yes there is sea water down there and I am photographing through the water.

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Dark Side Sawdust

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Sawdust Hot Glass

Getting a good photo of the glass makers at the Sawdust Festival is difficult. Light is bad at anytime of the day or night. You either shoot through thick clear plastic or the wire barrier you see in this photo. In the past I would focus on the glass maker but this time I focused on the wire barrier.

I may try the same photo again but focus on the glass maker. We will see.

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Suzie Starbuck

This is an experiment. Here at the beach it has been overcast like this for too many days. So while down at the beach today I was trying to come up with something a little different. Enter Suzie Starbuck.

Has anyone else noticed that if you want to be on one of the big sites you need a gimmick. So Suzie Starbuck it just one on the ideas I was fooling around with down at Main Beach, Laguna Beach, Ca.

Problem One: I need the cup in focus. For some it doesn't matter but for me it will always matter. Do I need to keep the cup level with the horizon?

Problem Two. Do I want Suzie Starbuck coming in from all sides of the frame or just the bottom? Worth trying.

Problem Three: Need to determine the smallest f-stop for complete sharpness. Along with that I need to determine what focal length I want to use and use that focal length for all Suzie Starbuck images.

More on Suzie Starbuck in the future or am I wasting useless time?

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Sawdust Forest

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I'm Getting Thirsty

I was reminded, after this post went up, that it was Hemingway's birthday on July 21. So an alternate title for this post could be: 'Happy Birthday Papa.'

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Sawdust Morning

It's a weekday morning and the crowds haven't arrived. Don't worry they will.

The Festival of Arts, which was yesterday's posting, generally doesn't get busy until after 5PM on the weekdays. The Sawdust Arts and Crafts Festival will start getting busy as early as Noon on weekdays and even earlier on the weekends.

The Sawdust is not an easy shoot. There is color everywhere. Nothing is aligned with anything else. And the light, it's either in your face or missing altogether. The Sawdust is a much better place to shoot when it's busy. People. Kids. Crowds. That makes for opportunities around every corner. And there are plenty of corners.

I've never photographed the Sawdust at night. Don't know why but maybe I should. Like real soon. O.K. tomorrow will do. Can't rush these thing.

Didn't edit this photo much. Just a twitch on the exposure.

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I No Need No Stinking HDR

That's right I recovered the shadows with sight over-exposure and the use of Lightroom 4 RAW editor. The highlights were brought back to where they belong with Lightroom 4 RAW editor.

You like Ms Green Face? It wasn't just me. Anytime someone started taking photos of the painter she would cover her face. No big deal but it did add some humor to an otherwise boring morning.

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Henry Wessel What Were You Thinking?

Henry Wessel Travel Photography

Laguna Beach Gothic

Gothic: pertaining to or designating the style of painting, sculpture, etc., produced between the 13th and 15th centuries, especially in northern Europe, characterized by a tendency toward realism and interest in detail.

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Yes, Yes, I Also Do Verticals

I've been asked why I don't do vertical photographs. Well I do but you have to look inside to see them. Here's one with three vertical pictures.

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Sunrise

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Main Beach, Laguna Beach

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Nobody Waits Anymore

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