OK, so it's the end of yet another year and time again for Photographer Jim Goldstein blog project: Your Best Photos of 2019 So here...are mine. I think 2019 was a very good year photographically for me (despite being a…
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My 2019 Photos in Review
December 15, 2019
Photography
The Best of 2019 400 Images in 8 minutes of your life
Wildflower Recap 2019 – Joshua Tree National Park
April 23, 2019
Landscapes, Photography, Roadtrips, Wildflowers
OK, so onto subject area 2 of 3 - Joshua Tree National Park I really didn't expect this. My friend came out for his annual visit and he wanted to spend two days up at Joshua Tree NP. So we…
Wildflower Recap 2019 – Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
April 19, 2019
Journal, Photography, Wildflowers
This is the first of my 3 Wildflower Updates for the 2019 season and boy was it a season! Winter Rains throughout all of California and especially into Southern California were plentiful so really you could AND still can go…
My Five Favorite Death Valley Photos and Fine Art Prints
April 19, 2019
Fine Art Prints, Landscapes, Photography
These are my Five Favorite Photos of Death Valley National Park California all of which can be purchased as Fine Art Prints in my store To see other Death Valley prints, simply click on my Fine Art Prints page and search…
My Five Favorite La Jolla Photos and Fine Art prints
April 19, 2019
Fine Art Prints, Landscapes, Photography, Seascapes
These are my Five Favorite Photos of La Jolla California all of which can be purchased as Fine Art Prints in my store To see other La Jolla prints, simply click on my Fine Art Prints page and search for these…
My Five Favorite Photos of Joshua Tree National Park and Fine Art Prints
April 19, 2019
Fine Art Prints, Landscapes, Photography
These are my Five Favorite Photos of Joshua Tree National Park, California all of which can be purchased as Fine Art Prints in my store To see other Joshua Tree prints, simply click on my Fine Art Prints page and search…
My Five Favorite Photos of Windansea Beach and Fine Art Prints
April 19, 2019
Fine Art Prints, Landscapes, Photography, Seascapes
These are my Five Favorite Photos of Windansea Beach in La Jolla California all of which can be purchased as Fine Art Prints in my store To see other Windansea prints, simply click on my Fine Art Prints page and search…
@ 70 M.P.H.
April 9, 2019
Black & White, Journal, Photography, Roadtrips
As I returned from Antelope Valley California Poppy reserve I was on the last leg of the 4+ hour journey and was passing through the Palm Springs area. It was just about sunset and I glnced over to my left…
My Best Photographs of 2018
December 26, 2018
Best of, Photography
Well, Here they are. The best things I think I shot in 2018 I really don't put any thought into it, it's kinda like how I photograph, just the visceral..."yes, that's it" and I pick them. In fact. I didn't…
The Lone Ornament 2007-2017
December 24, 2018
Photography
For 11 Years I published and printed a line of Christmas cards called "The Lone Ornament: They featured one lone ornament set in the snow. The fact that "The Lone" and "Tellone" sound the same is no coincidence. The first…
Perspective and Point of View are not the same in Photography
December 21, 2018
Photography, Photography Lesson
Perspective and Point of View are not the same in Photography/Art A couple months back I read an article on a “School” blog post about Perspective. I was like, “No, that’s NOT Perspective, that’s Point of View”. But I didn’t…
Of Redwoods and Rocky Coasts
October 31, 2018
Landscapes, Photography, Roadtrips, Seascapes
At the last moment in late September early October I decided I wanted to hit the road to collect some new images. So I headed off to some place I haven't been in over 10 years. The coasts of extreme…
How One Camera, One Lens and One Word changed Portrait Photography Forever
June 26, 2018
Opinion, Photography
Let me start this off by saying, I am not a Portrait Photographer. I’m a Professional Landscape Photographer. But, 80% of my friends are Portrait Photographers. So, I got to look at it as an outsider with inside connections which…
Long and Slow
June 3, 2018
Landscapes, Photography, Seascapes
I've been photographing the beaches of San Diego and Southern California for as long as I have been here (22 years) and long before many became popular with the masses. So, I've been thinking to myself, what else do I…
How I put together the Ultimate Walk-Around Camera
April 23, 2018
Opinion, Photography, Product review
How I put together the Ultimate Walk-Around Camera (for next to nothing) There isn’t a day that goes buy where you don’t see a post about how you HAVE to go Mirrorless and STOP USING DSLRs. Now I certainly…
The Runners- Up
December 29, 2017
Photography, Top 10
In my post My 2017 Top Ten Best Images I had said that I had 27 images and whittled it down to 10 and many people were curious what the other 17 were soooooo... Here they are I may not…
My 2017 Top Ten Best Images
December 26, 2017
Photography, Top 10
So every year fellow photographer Jim Goldstein encourages other photographer to post their "Best of's" as a kind of review of what you've accomplished and a look back to see where you have or haven't come if you been doing it…
Maybe we need to RETHINK how we think about Depth of Field
December 15, 2017
Photography, Photography Lesson, Teaching
Maybe we need to RETHINK how we think about Depth of Field It’s really about Magnification We know some truths about Depth of Field (DOF). We know there are 3 things (actually 4 but the forth is controversial and not…
Of Parallax and Nodal Points
November 4, 2017
Landscapes, Photography, Photography Lesson, Teaching
Of Parallax and Nodal Points Adventures in High Resolution For a while now my good buddy David Orr and I have been discussing ways to get higher resolution. Yes, MORE MEGA-PIXELS! Now I know right off you are thinking “Dude…
Social Media Marketing – The failure for the rest of us
October 3, 2017
Opinion, Photography, Photography Lesson, The Business of Photography
Social Media Marketing - The failure for the rest of us [caption id="attachment_3042" align="alignright" width="300"] https://www.freepik.com/free-photos-vectors/technology">Technology vector created by Vvstudio - Freepik.com[/caption] I’ve always hated Social media, No, really hated it. I avoided it completely for the longest time. I…