Description:  No real story behind this one, just an image that caught my eye and the rest was history.  You can only take pictures of things you see if you have your camera with you and ready to go. Location:  Financial District, San Francisco, California Date Taken: January 8, 2010 Camera:  Canon 20D Lens:  Canon 18.0-200.0 mm […]

Description: I was going back through some old pictures and had the idea to crop this image several times, as well as process each crop differently, to make a montage type of display.  Well, I didn’t really like how it turned out, but I liked this crop.  Sometimes experimentation with cropping is all it takes to […]

Description:  I recently read that the Canon 18.0-200.0 mm lens, when shooting at 200mm, works very well as a macro lens.  So, I put it to the test here.  I found it doesn’t exactly do “macro” exactly, but does allow you to get up close and personal with your subject while providing an awesome depth […]

Description: Another photograph from a random page in my Flickr photostream.  This one was taken while exploring the Castro neighborhood almost a year ago.  The two yellow Muni cable cars lined up perfectly for me as I was capturing other photographs from the Muni platform. Location: Castro, San Francisco Date Taken: July 21, 2008 Camera: […]

Description: I had a little fun processing this photo and I am very pleased with the outcome.  I was experimenting with a process I’m calling “Lightroom HDR.”  It’s not technically HDR (High Dynamic Range), but it tends to have that appearance.  This photo was captured during the same outing as Night Train to Nowhere at […]