Friday
Jul312009
The Wrestlers
Friday, July 31, 2009 at 7:11AM | in California, Culture, HDR, Travel 
This sculpture was located between two guest houses at Hearst Castle
Welcome
to my personal blog. Here I post examples of my photography and writing. I specialize in making unique and highly detailed photographs. Notice I said making and not taking. Yes I take photos but a lot of time and work is involved in pushing and punishing the pixels in my images to achieve the look I like.
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Entries in HDR (368)
Friday, July 31, 2009 at 7:11AM | in California, Culture, HDR, Travel Thursday
Jul302009
RA-5C Vigilante
Vietnam era reconnaissance aircraft photographed on the flight deck of the USS Midway in San Diego, California. It was a beautiful, cool and sunny day. The clouds were particularly dramatic and made a perfect background in addtion to the skyline.
1 Comment | tagged Aviation, California, HDR, Midway, RA-5C, San Diego, Travel, Vigilante | Share Article Permalink Email Article Thursday
Jul302009
Inside the Pyramid
This is a 12 shot HDR Pano/Vertorama of the Luxor hotel in Las Vegas. A total of 36 exposures make up this combined image. I was thinking that a security guard would tell me I couldn't use my tripod inside the hotel but they never said a word.
Post a Comment | tagged HDR, Hotel, Las Vegas, Luxor, Panorama | Share Article Permalink Email Article Thursday
Jul302009
F-86 Sabre
Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 10:26AM | in Aviation, California, HDR 
This spit polish F-86 was spectacular and quite difficult to photograph without becoming part of the image. I've visited the Chino Planes of Fame museum many times but have never seen this aircraft before. I think it may have been on a short term loan. It would be amazing to see it fly!
Saturday
Jul112009
Lockheed P-38J Lightning
Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 5:52PM | in Aviation, California, Creative, HDR 
World War II's Pacific theater's premiere fighter the Lockheed P-38J Lightning.
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Jun242009
Heavy Metal 2
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 10:55PM | in California, Cars, Creative, HDR, Whittier 
Heavy Metal 2, originally uploaded by big_pixel_pusher.
Wow what a very cool truck this was. I wish I had taken even more images of it. It was super clean and had a very reflective paint job. This is also one of the first HDR images I ever took. I've learned quite a bit in the past 10 months and Flickr has been a great source of inspiration and information. Thanks to everybody who comments on my images and who have shared their photography and techniques with me. If you grabbed me by the collar 10 months ago and told me that I would soon have my own photography blog and be writing a book about my photo processing techniques I would have thought you were crazy. I'm looking forward to seeing what the future brings although I'm not really sure what form it may take. I can feel the ground giving way and I just want to go with it.
2 Comments | tagged California, Car, Creative, HDR, Whittier | Share Article Permalink Email Article Monday
Jun222009
Outside looking in
Monday, June 22, 2009 at 10:44PM | in California, HDR, San Francisco, Street Car, Travel 
Outside looking in, originally uploaded by big_pixel_pusher.
The Fisherman's Wharf Walgreens store is reflected in the windows of this San Francisco Municipal Railway streetcar. All of the F line cars park at this spot for about 5 to 10 minutes making this a fantastic place to take photos of them. I can setup my tripod and in an hour capture images of several different streetcars.
Monday
Jun222009
Rude Wagon
Monday, June 22, 2009 at 9:41PM | in California, Cars, Creative, Culture, HDR 
This is an absolutely clean Chevy station wagon I spotted at the Uptown Whittier 2008 car show. The owner was really cool and let me take whatever shots I wanted, lowered the hood for me. The engine was cherry too. Very nice for a "Rude Wagon"
1 Comment | tagged California, Car, Creative, Culture, HDR, Whittier | Share Article Permalink Email Article Sunday
Jun212009
Streetcar 1052 [Explored]
Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 11:36PM | in California, HDR, San Francisco, Street Car, Travel 
Streetcar 1052, originally uploaded by big_pixel_pusher.
Explored: June 22, 2009 - Highest position: #2 on June 24, 2009
San Francisco's Municipal Railway's streetcar no. 1052 awaits passengers at Fisherman's Wharf before departing for the Castro district. I can't seem to take enough photos of these amazing streetcars.
2 Comments | tagged California, HDR, Night, San Francisco, Street Car, Travel | Share Article Permalink Email Article Sunday
Jun212009
Bechellis
Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 10:39PM | in California, Creative, HDR, San Francisco, Travel 
Resturant in the San Francisco's marina district. Kathy and I were tired after a very long walk to the Palace of Fine Arts and decided to stop here for lunch. As I remember, it was very good food and a welcome rest.