A bittersweet afternoon...

So right now i have my thursday afternoons back, i was doing sound for the Jordan for a long time but have been asked to take a break. Not having anything to do this last thursday i went out to catch the sunset and lose myself in what i love to do best and thats to be behind the camera. the sunset was really beautiful and the negative tide had left the sand very reflective making for a very beautiful scene as the sun went down. i thank god right now that i have something like photography to take my mind off of everything and help me process through the many conflicting emotions right now. im looking forward to going out and getting back into shooting more and more. theres a couple more photos that i need to process through but i will do that later and update this post with them. for now enjoy these.

Yesterdays sunset

heres a quick photo of yesterdays gorgeous sunset, more photos and some thoughts coming later tonight. Enjoy!

my brother from another mother

im not really sure how this got overlooked and didnt get blogged but here we are. anyway, couple months ago i shot ethan and acacia's engagement photos, i had a great afternoon shooting and hopefully they did too. ive known ethan since he was just wee lad, and his family since before i was a christian. we have a long history together and they took me in for a few months after i moved out of my parents and was looking for a place to live. in those few months i grew closer to all of them, so much so that i call Darla and Bob mom and dad and ethan and shane are really like brothers to me. for me it has been a great pleasure to know ethan and it is with a great sense of pride that i call him brother and truly am proud of the man that he has become. acacia i havent known as long but we have an.......well an interesting relationship, shes as blunt and as stubborn as i am and im well im zo so whenever you put us into the same room its like something out of an old western or something. we see each other across a dusty room, catching each others eyes squinting with bitterness at one another and exchanging that non verbal "i see you and i will destroy you before the evening is over!" hahahahaha it really is all in good fun though, i love her to death and can see the positive changes in ethans life because of her. then theres joe, the dog that ethan got as a small puppy that has now grown into a gigantic dog!! and you know he eats EVERYTHING IN SIGHT!! all these things came together and made for a very fun shoot, im really looking forward to their wedding (cool fact: they are having a cigar bar at the reception.....uh YES PLEASE!) tried a few different things on this one too. laid off on the post processing a bit and actually attempted some HDR stuff with it too, pretty happy with them but ill let you guys be the judge. ENJOY!!

Learning new things!

man i have neglected this blog for a while........ill have to make sure to keep it updated on a regular basis this year. i hope everyone had a great christmas and i wish all of you a great new year. for a long time now i have been reading up on a form of photography called HDR. i have been pretty opposed to HDR photos for a while because they all look very processed and weird to me. there havent been many who in my opinion have been able to pull it off well, still i have been tempted to try and see what i could do with it. i have attempted to do HDR photos a few times but every time i went to edit the photos it just took forever, all the programs i tried had clunky interfaces or were just really difficult to learn. let face it i dont want to be in front of the computer all the time editing photos so doing these had to be an easy and somewhat quick process. well one of the beautiful things of the digital age is that programs are always pushing boundaries and getting better and better. an HDR editing program came out recently that really made the process simple and quick most importantly though it made the process kinda fun. in my spare time i have been trying out some old photos and making HDR versions of them, as with anything its all a learning process and im still learning how to make the process better and learning how to make my photos look more natural. my first few attempts were just gross and really looked over processed so i went back read up on a few techniques and tried again. while im not completely satisfied i think the newer versions look a lot better. heres a few photos for you to enjoy, if you have any questions or have an opinion please email me or leave a comment. Enjoy!

BOOK FOR SALE!!!

We currently have a hardcover 100 page photo book for sale for 50 dollars. You need to let me know by Thursday the 18th at 5pm so i can put the order through. The book is beautiful with photos on the front and back covers and as i said it is a hardcover book, all the pages are full photographs no writing just cool full color photos for you to sit back and enjoy. Makes a great coffee table book or gifts for art enthusiast. You can email me at fluxphotography@gmail.com if you are interested. Heres some screen captures of the book layout.

coming up...

keep your eyes i open for a washington dc post and a an NYC post!! Also the spectacle of color post has been updated with a few new photos.

Spectacle of color....

My wife and i recently took a trip out to the East Coast for 10 days, we spent some time in Washington DC and in New York City. Both places have a lot to offer for people going to visit but as it stands i would have to say the DC was by far our favorite place to visit and 5 days there was not nearly enough time. There was so much to see in our nations capitol and tons of museums to visit, we only visited 2 of them but spend hours and hours in both of them. I will post more on the things that we did in a later post, one of the big reasons why we went there though was to try and catch some fall color. While we do see patches of the magic that is Fall here in California it is nothing compared to the grandiose spectacle that it is on the East Coast. Last year we visited my brother in NC and unfortunately were to late for it, this year we went hoping to catch some more of it. Unfortunately its always a gamble and we were just a little bit to early to catch it at its peak, while this was a big disappointment there were a few patches here and there that we were able to find. Even the small areas of color that we were able to find were amazing, while in DC Jen and i took a whole day renting bikes and riding around DC and through Rock Creek Park it was an incredible time and one of my favorite memories. Most of the images are from Rock Creek Park but i will be adding some from central park and other areas that we saw some color. So without further ado here is some fall color for you to get you in the mood for the holidays, cus lets face it this weather cant seem to make up its mind and sure doesnt help any! Enjoy!!