Highly Subjective

Location: San Diego, CA – Pacific Beach

Location: San Diego, CA – Pacific Beach

Location: Fort Funston, CA

Location: Fort Funston, CA

Location: Fort Funston, CA

I took Maggie Moo out to the beach today. She always has a great time.

Location: Fort Funston, CA

My new carry-around camera arrived yesterday. It’s a Panasonic Lumix LX3. I’ve only briefly played with it last night and at a trip to Fort Funston beach today, but so far I’m pretty impressed.

Location: Fort Funston, CA

Wow, it’s been about 6 weeks since I posted anything here. I knew it had been a while, but I didn’t realize it had been that long.

I still don’t really have anything new to show, except I did shoot this one while walking with Maggie at Fort Funston today.

I desperately need to make the time to get out an shoot.

Location: Fort Funston, CA

It was overcast and slightly gloomy for most of this visit to Fort Funston, but for just a little bit the clouds parted and revealed some really vivid light. It made everything kind of glow.

I wanted to capture the essence of this light, without photographing the beach or the waves specifically. I decided the best way to do this would be to purposely shoot the scene out of focus.

You may be asking why I didn’t just take the picture (in focus), and then blur it in Photoshop later. While I have nothing against post-processing (I do it on most of my images), I do think there are times when you need to commit to your vision of the image… in camera. It’s a little too easy these days to be sloppy when you’re shooting, and then create the image later at a computer. There’s nothing wrong with doing that, but making more (irreversible) decisions at the time you shoot will make you a better photographer. It forces you to really look at (and think about) what you’re shooting.

Location: Fort Funston, CA

Maggie’s ears are flapping up and down as she runs towards me. We try to get to the beach twice a week. She loves it, and so do I. :)

Location: Fort Funston, CA