To start 2008 right I thought it would be great to collectively see everyones best photos from 2007. After looking long and hard at my photos from the past year and posting My Top 10 Favorite Photos I couldn’t resist putting together another blog project with the theme of “Your Best Photos from 2007″. Clearly [...]
Posted by Jim on 12.31.2007 at 8:32 pm// Tagged: Photography, Updates & Announcements
It’s been a great year for photography and as the year closes out I thought it would be fun to select my favorite photos from the year. I had a tough time narrowing things down so here they are…
Honorable Mentions:
Honorable Mention #6:
Los Angeles Sunrise
This was one of the most dynamic cityscape I took this year, [...]
Posted by Jim on 12.31.2007 at 8:20 pm// Tagged: California, Chicago, Events, Fleetweek, Illinois, Landscape, Locations, Los Angeles, Nature, Photography, San Francisco, Stock Photo, Washington, Yosemite
Another perspective of California Oaks in the fog. This was taken the same day as Oaks In The Fog. As I explored the area not only did I find the twisted form of the trees an interesting subject, but the juxtaposition of form became an intriguing concept to experiment with. This is among my favorite [...]
Posted by Jim on 12.29.2007 at 12:26 am// Tagged: California, Locations, Photography
Yesterday Dave Winer announced the release of FlickerFan. FlickrFan (see FlickrFan.org for product details) enables Flickr users with a MacMini connected to their TV to display photography from their Flickr Contacts. This automatic feed is actually very cool and the type of use is a really nice way of displaying some great photography in a [...]
Posted by Jim on 12.28.2007 at 11:26 am// Tagged: Copyright, Creative Commons, Flickr, Photography, Software, Technology, Web
Weather conditions single handedly can make or break landscape photos. While out photographing California Oak trees the other week the fog rolling through the area set a great mood and enabled me to capture photos with a lot of “atmosphere”. It’s important to note that fog not only mutes lighting, but it mutes contrast as [...]
Posted by Jim on 12.27.2007 at 10:51 am// Tagged: California, Landscape, Locations, Photography, Stock Photo
When people think of places that exemplify the holidays New York city often comes to mind whether because of movies past or just because many of the morning news programs are filmed in downtown New York city. This past weekend my wife and I returned to Manhattan to take in all that New York had [...]
Posted by Jim on 12.26.2007 at 9:21 am// Tagged: Locations, New York, News & Current Events, Photography, Stock Photo
As we near Christmas I thought a winter photo might be in order. Taken in Yosemite National Park, earlier in the year, these trees lack the decorations we’ve come to expect around Christmas time, but natures patterns and textures provide their own rich decoration. Although I’m out of pocket at the moment and am on [...]
Posted by Jim on 12.21.2007 at 1:28 am// Tagged: California, Landscape, Locations, Nature, Photography, Stock Photo, Yosemite
Another photo from my Monday photo outing. On the scale of good to bad of the photos I’ve highlighted so far (The Good, The Bad) this is the worst and as such is “the Ugly”. Photographed is a close up of a fallen Oak with fog shrouded living Oaks on a hillside in the distance.
What [...]
Posted by Jim on 12.20.2007 at 12:52 am// Tagged: California, Locations, Photography