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This church doesn’t have stained glass windows, but it seems to glow with it’s own color and light. The candles are beautiful, and lights the way for those entering the church. There’s a small chapel off to the right that is also quite nice. The church looks very dramatic, yet is simple architecturally, a peaceful…

Tucked away in a garden near the Pacific Ocean is a beautiful windmill surrounded by tulips and poppies. How a lush green garden can grow right next to the ocean is beyond me. I photographed this scene in both color and infrared. I like the infrared black and white version for something a little different.…

Ok, I admit that I’m in love with San Francisco! This was taken on the first evening. Rounded the block several times before realizing there are simply no parking spaces to be found. Hiked up a hill, set up my tripod, a storm rolls in and it starts to rain. I’m trying to think positive,…

I’m in Newport Beach working in my laptop, and just starting to go through a few of the photos I took while in beautiful San Francisco! There is so much to explore, everything is a picture, wonderful sights, sounds… and fabulous food! With this image, I enjoyed working with a few filters from Topaz Labs,…

One of the things I like about Adobe Camera Raw is the ability to not only optimize an image, but to creatively enhance it as well. With this aging architecture, I used the sliders in camera raw to bring out the color and detail, creating an HDR like effect without additional exposures or plug-ins. Experiment…