Tag Archives: beach
Lonely castle builder
One of the places I wanted to show +Yumi Shoji during her visit was the El Matador State Beach in Malibu. It’s a small beach but it has everything that’s right with a California sunset: soft beach sand, a wonderfully blue ocean … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, El Matador State Beach, HDR, High Dynamic Range, Malibu, Nikon D3s, rocks, sunset
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To rocky shores
Not too long ago I attended the wedding of my good friends at Crescent Bay in Laguna Beach. The ceremony was high on a cliff overlooking the beaches in either direction and the ocean that stretched out to the horizon. … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, Crescent Bay, HDR, High Dynamic Range, Laguna Beach, Nikon D3s
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Crowded beach
Earlier this year during one of the bigger photowalks in the Los Angeles area, photographers crowded the beach right by the Santa Monica Pier to hang out with each other, meet our hosts Trey Ratcliff and Tom Anderson, and to … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, Nikon D3s, people, Santa Monica, Santa Monica Pier, sunset
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Down to the beach
When visiting the El Matador State Beach over in Malibu, the first thing anyone will (or at least should) is how far it is from the parking lot to the beach. It’s not a difficult hike down at all, especially … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, El Matador State Beach, HDR, High Dynamic Range, Malibu, Nikon D3s, ocean, sun
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Just another dream
It should be no surprise by now that I have access to some amazing beaches here in Southern California. But I can’t help but still yearn to be standing on the beautiful beaches of Bali, Indonesia. And one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bali, beach, clouds, Dreamland, HDR, High Dynamic Range, Indonesia, sunset
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Storming the beach
As some of you might know about me by now, I love clouds. It makes the sky so interesting, especially when thinking about it in terms of a photograph. But there are just some scenes that seem to work well … Continue reading
Posted in Malibu
Tagged beach, D3s, El Matador State Beach, HDR, High Dynamic Range, Malibu, Nikon, Nikon D3s, ocean, rocks, sunset
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Washed up
This was the scene just before sunset at one of my favorite locations to shoot, El Matador State Beach in Malibu, CA. As you can see there’s no shortage of rocks that are all along the shore. Each one has … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, El Matador State Beach, HDR, High Dynamic Range, Malibu, ocean, sun, sunset
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Shadow rock
During my last visit to El Matador State Beach in Malibu I was really enjoying shooting all of the various rock formations that were right on the sand. They seemed to get bigger and bigger as I walked along this … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, D3s, El Matador State Beach, HDR, High Dynamic Range, Nikon, ocean, rocks, sun, sunset
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A fun day at the pier
A few days ago I was out at the Santa Monica Pier for a big Los Angeles Photowalk hosted by +Trey Ratcliff and +Tom Anderson. Hundreds of photographers from all over Los Angeles County and the surrounding counties arrived for a day of … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, clouds, D3s, Nikon, ocean, Santa Monica, Santa Monica Pier
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As bright as day
After shooting a beautiful sunset at El Matador State Beach in Malibu, myself and a group of photographers from Google+ hung around until deep into the night to shoot some long exposures of the great rock formations and clear skies. … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, El Matador State Beach, Long Exposure, Malibu, moon, night, ocean, rocks, sand, stars
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