Well, my January 23rd Sunset in Crystal Cove Workshop was a close one. Southern California was getting pounded with rain like never before the entire week leading up to the workshop and it was looking like I was going to have to cancel. But the forecast stayed solid at partly cloudy and, for once, I put my trust entirely in the weather forecast (and a little bit of my instincts). Luckily, when Saturday rolled around, the weather opened up to a fantastically clear and beautiful day – perfect for taking a little photo trip into Crystal Cove State Park. And to top it off, my students were a blast to teach! Here are my results from the day:
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(The intentional color cast in the second photo was achieved with a false white balance setting.)
Thank you to all my students for attending! I hope to see you again!
Get more information on all of my workshops including Spring Wildflower Workshops at www.NickCarverPhotography.com/workshops!
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Had another great workshop at one of my favorite places in So Cal: San Onofre State Park. The beach was empty as usual, the scenery was great and the sunset turned out to be fantastic! It seemed like every color in the rainbow was on display!
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Decided to head out to Crystal Cove State Park yesterday to catch the super low tide and see the sunset. I knew from the way the clouds were looking throughout the day that the sunset was going to be really colorful – I was right. I’m not in much of a talkin’ mood right now so I’ll just let the pictures speak for themselves…
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I finally had some down time over the weekend (thanks to Christmas), so I thought I’d head out to get some pictures in a new location. After a little bit of research time on the net, I chose Fuller Mill Creek up in Idyllwild, CA. I was hoping for a snow-covered creek, and there was some snow, but just not so much on the creek. Nevertheless, it was fun to explore this beautiful little creek and now I now where to go when we get some new snow up there. Anyway, here are the results:
Have a Happy New Year!
Well, my last workshop of the year (Sunset in Crystal Cove on December 19th) went great! The tide was the lowest I’d ever seen, the wildlife was out in force and the sunset had at least a little bit of color in it! The temperature was so nice that the beach was actually quite crowded for a December afternoon. Oh well, we still had a blast.
Here are my pictures from the workshop. You’ll notice that a couple of the sunset shots have very rich warm tones whereas one has much bluer hues – the one with the bluer tones is more accurate to real life. Sometimes I like to hijack the White Balance function to work as a special effect when I feel it will work for the picture (like in this shot). The intent isn’t to create a false representation of the sunset, but just to create a different artistic interpretation of the scene by utilizing a different color palette. I do it very rarely as I usually like to create pretty accurate tones to what I saw in real life. But in some cases, it just works. Enjoy…
^ This is a Brittle Star and it moves like an alien.
As always, thank you to all of my students for attending! It was great having you and I hope you all learned something valuable from this workshop!
Get more information on all of my workshops including Spring Wildflower Workshops at www.NickCarverPhotography.com/workshops!
I know it’s a little belated, but here are the results from the December 5th Sand Dunes Adventure Workshop! The weather was surprisingly cold, the dunes were empty as usual and the hiking was strenuous.
Thank you to Xavier for being such a great student and for sticking it out on the grueling hike to the top!
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To cap off an incredibly busy weekend, I held a Sunset in San Onofre Photography Workshop on November 15th. It was a great group to go out with and the sunset, although cloudless, turned out to be quite beautiful with the way it reflected off the wet sand. One of my favorite things about San Onfore State Park is just how empty the beach is. It seems like every time I go out there, I only see a handful of people. Plus, the unique, round, smooth rocks that cover the beach are always great subjects. Here are my pictures from the trip:
Thank you to my attendees for being such great students! I hope to see you all again real soon!
Get more information on all of my workshops including Spring Wildflower Workshops at www.NickCarverPhotography.com/workshops!
Had a little Laguna Beach Outing Workshop yesterday at…you guessed it…Laguna Beach. The sunset was nothing spectacular, but my students were fun and a pleasure to work with! I was able to get some shots of my own while we were out there.
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Well, I finally decided to treat myself to an entirely new set of filters. I’ve been shooting on the Cokin system for years with Singh-Ray (and before that, Hitech) filters, but I kept running into the filters just being a little too small. I upgraded to the Lee system with its 4″x6″ filters. They are absolutely sublime…
My complete system includes the following:
- Lee filter holder and 77mm wide-angle adapter ring
- Lee 1-stop soft transition grad ND
- Lee 2-stop soft transition grad ND
- Lee 3-stop soft transition grad ND
- Lee 1-stop hard transition grad ND
- Lee 2-stop hard transition grad ND
- Lee 3-stop hard transition grad ND
- Lee 3-stop solid ND
- Lee circular polarizer
- Lee 10-filter wallet
…mouth watering.
I decided to test out my sweet new filters with a little photo shoot in the nearby Cleveland National Forest. I found a great, big, old oak tree in a beautiful meadow out in Tenaja Canyon that I figured would be the perfect subject. Here are the results…
Just a few days later I was back at Crystal Cove again, this time leading the Crystal Cove Outing Workshop. The wind was fierce, the beach was empty and the temperatures were frigid. All in all, it was a great evening to be shooting. Plus, I got to try out my new Lee filter system (I can’t say enough great things about this system and its filters – it is so awesome). Here are my results from the night.
As always, thank you to all of my students for attending! It was great having you and I hope you all learned something valuable from this workshop!
Get more information on all of my workshops including Spring Wildflower Workshops at www.NickCarverPhotography.com/workshops!
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