A Photo Story

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 [...]

Who knew there could be fall colors down in Houston?  I certainly did not expect to find this colorful group of trees in Brazos Bend State Park the other day.  Camera specs: Nikon D300 with 18-200mm VR lens at 70mm, f/8.0 @ 1/250 seconds, ISO 200.

The sunsets in Houston are lovely.  They are especially lovely after an evening rain storm.  I did not have much time to take photos of last night’s sunset and I found myself without a tripod.  However, I think you can appreciate the beauty in these photos.

I often find that when I take photos of a city skyline there is not necessarily anything interesting in the sky, like a full moon, or clouds, or fireworks.  And when I take photos of the moon and fireworks, I do not necessarily have a good city skyline to go with it.  So, I will [...]

I haven’t had the opportunity to take many firworks photos.  So, this past 4th of July I took my camera to Houston’s Freedom over Texas fireworks show.  I had my Nikon D300 with my 18-200 mm VR lens.  This lens worked well as it is not only my widest lens, but it will also zoom [...]

I spent some time at sunset and afterwards into the night in Houston downtown taking pictures.  I love taking long exposures with my camera on a tripod.  Take a look at one of my favorite shots.