Trip to Portlandia

Here is some of the standout photos from my trip to "Portlandia" last week. I had a great time in Portland, I could see myself living there sometime in the future. Portland is also a great place to take photos because it is always overcast and the colors are so true since the sun is not around to wash them out. At the end you will find some black and white photos that Portland also is great city for! Enjoy the photos!

These are the black and whites from the trip and they reminded me of how much i miss having a dark room and my little Pentax 35mm camera. I used to love working in the dark room at Western Carolina University after going out and taking multiple rolls of film worth of pictures without having the luxury of looking down at a instant playback screen to see if the shot came out how i wanted it to, you just had to have the confidence in your skills and knowledge of photography that the photos were going to come out great! That very confidence was very important though, because if your pictures did not come out then that probably meant you were not going to have anything for your weekly critique...and that would not be a good thing. However, it would be better not to have anything for a critique, than to have crappy pictures hanging on the wall...because then you are just begging for "constructive criticism" or "public humiliation", guess it depends on how tough your skin was.

 

Nautical

 These photos are a collection from my adventures around Santa Barbara and the Channel Islands National Park. There are some color and black and whites mixed in here. Enjoy!!

Snowy California???

While visiting my friends Dave and Leigh that live in Lake Hughes, CA I had the chance to experience snow in in the desert! This was a great opportunity to take a cold morning hike and get in some great shots of the California landscape covered with a dusting of white bliss clinging to different desert features like fresh butter-cream frosting clinging to gluten filled goodness at your local bakery! Hope you enjoy the photos below! I start it off with a self-portrait...

Set Ever so Slowly

Here is a little bit of what I get to see everyday on my way back from work or a day at the beach. These are some of the most beautiful sunsets that I have ever experienced. I have tried my best to capture these moments in a way that you too may  hear the waves crashing on the shore. Enjoy!

Smooth like LAX

Arriving back at LAX from my visit back to see family for the holidays in North Carolina I found myself waiting outside on the next bus that was headed to Santa Barbara. This wait was going to be about an hour and sitting there amongst the perfume of exhaust and the cars and buses zooming by only to hurry up and wait. As I sat there in a daze and went somewhat mindless and numb from either the exhaust fumes or the never ending parade of cars I decided it was time to try and capture this moment through my lens. I knew this would help pass the time and these are some of the photos that came from that. I hope you enjoy!