Despite the animal and volcano sightings not living up to their billing, the waterfalls and streams in Costa Rica definitely did not disappoint.
The Trees in the Sand
The tide was just receding so the sand was still wet and the low sun was accenting these beautiful patterns of lines in the sand. Nature’s temporary fossil creations, soon to be dried out and trampled out by revelers on the beach.
Lava Gate—The Costa Rican Volcano Conspiracy
After seeing no concrete evidence of volcanoes, I began to wonder if there actually ever were volcanoes in Costa Rica or if I had just unearthed Lava Gate—a money grabbing tourism conspiracy of epic proportions.
Newborn Chloe
New parents always go through such a range of emotions during those first few months—from intense excitement to total exhaustion and everything in between. But one look at your tender, delicate, newborn babe, be it awake or asleep, content or fussing, and you know, in that moment, that it’s all worthwhile.
Animals in Costa Rica
During a recent trip to Costa Rica, my wife and I were looking forward to seeing lots of exotic animals in the wild. Things didn’t go entirely as hoped or as expected. I will say wildlife photography is not my specialty, so perhaps it’s my naivety that makes me think I would just walk into all these animals in the wild waiting to be photographed.
Super Model Pose #78
My daughter is often excited to show me an awesome new pose… here’s one of her latest poses (aka pose #78).
Long Exposure Hot Pixel Noise Reduction
Taking long exposures on digital cameras is not without problems, namely in the form of hot pixels. During long exposures, the camera’s sensor heats up creating hot pixels which show up as red, green, and white dots.
Teenybopper
She gave lots of good looks and we ended up with lots of beautiful portraits. And other than some skin softening, the pictures are unedited…yes, those are her real eyes.
Front and Rear Curtain Sync
A great way to capture movement when using flash photography is something called rear curtain sync or front curtain sync. Either of these options are great to use when photographing any movement indoors, like dancing, as I did at a recent wedding.
Ice Storm 2013-The Beauty in the Landscape
In the third of a three part pictorial on the ice storm of 2013 that hit Ontario, we take a look at the beauty of the ice storm from afar, when the world was turned into a sparkling winter wonderland.