A Photo Story

Sunrise on Sprague Lake I took this photo early in the morning on Sprague Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park.  I almost missed the sunrise by sleeping past 4:30 that morning.  When arrived, this was my first view of the lake.  I was nearly moved to tears as I walked the half-mile loop around the [...]

On a whim, I took this creative photo of a waterfall.  I achieved the abstract effect by zooming in while the shutter was open.  I looked at the photo on the LCD screen and decided the experiment didn’t work and moved on.  Looking at it on my large monitor I see potential for abstract art.  [...]

Here is an example the colored fireworks.  For these, I could leave the shutter open and catch multiple fireworks going off during that time period.  I think it turned out well. Camera specs: Nikon D300 with 18-200mm lens at 24mm, 1.3 seconds at f/16, ISO 200.

Welcome back to the Photobook Solutions blog.    Hope everyone had a great Independence Day.  My favorite part is taking photos of the fireworks.  I have quite a few to share over the next few days.  I found a good spot to shoot this year at Houston’s Freedom Over Texas.  I had my tripod set up [...]

This photo tells a story by showing the movement of the people walking by as well as those stopped in front of the house to look at the lights.  Camera specs:  Nikon D300 with 18-200mm lens at 18mm, 1.3 seconds at f/6.3, ISO 400.

I though this was a great way to celebrate a Texas Christmas.  Camera specs:  Nikon D300 with 18-200m lens at 90mm, 1.0 seconds at f/8.0, ISO 200.

Camera specs: Nikon D300 with 18-200mm lens at 112mm, 1/40 seconds at f/5.3, ISO 800.

Tis the season for holiday lights.  I took this photo at an event in Houston called Lights in the Heights.  This photo was taken with a tripod, no flash, and manual settings so that I could get the holiday lights to show up just right.  I took many photos that night to play with my [...]

Silhouette Here is another photo I took while in Brazos Bend State Park.  I went to the park at dawn to take pictures during the magical photography hour, but found myself on the wrong side of the lake for the photos that I had envisioned in my head.  So, I found this tree and stood [...]

This duck flew over my head one morning while I was walking around Brazos Bend State Park.  I always try to take photos of birds as they fly overhead.  This one flew close enough to catch some detail even with my small 200mm lens.  Birds are hard to photograph while flying because of the movement [...]