Muir Woods – HDR: Photomatix & Photoshop

Muir Woods – HDR: Photomatix & Photoshop

My father advised us to visit Muir Woods while in San Francisco, so we took his advice and were not disappointed!  It is a beautiful redwood grove across the golden gate bridge. You can do a 2 mile, 3 mile or 4 mile walk through a pristine forest. PROCESS:...
Carmel Highlands General Store, Carmel CA

Carmel Highlands General Store, Carmel CA

Another great drive south of the San Francisco Bay Area is around Carmel. Just south of Carmel, California, along the beautiful coastal Highway 1, sits this quaint little general store and gas station. It is so picturesque with old English red telephone booths,...
Portrait-HDR Contest Winner Announced!

Portrait-HDR Contest Winner Announced!

Congratulations to our BIG WINNER:  Tim Wood I have more amazing news… You are not going to believe this… The world famous JOEL GRIMES… (Portrait HDR Composite Master) was one of our judges and he will be awarding a signed print to our winner! So Tim...
Portrait HDR Composite Contest – First Group!

Portrait HDR Composite Contest – First Group!

FIRST 1 CONTEST ENTRIES – one more week to go… Here are the first amazing entries I have received. Nice work all of you! Everyone else has one more week, until June 20, to enter 1 or 2 composites. Come on and enter one… you know you want to! Just...
Gates, Walls and Archways at Mission Espada

Gates, Walls and Archways at Mission Espada

  Mission Espada is lined with a beautiful rock wall, complete with many brick archways and gates. They also have an aqueduct system that served as in important waterway. I took three exposures of these images so I could blend them together in Photomatix for the...