Hanalei Sunset

WATER FOUNTAIN

DEPRESSION

White House Ruins, Canyon de Chelle

© Jerry Kalman

I am posting this fine photograph for Jerry Kalman. I believe that he took it last week.

Up in the air.

I still need a nice shot for our upcoming show flyer. Taylor Buck sent this cool pic of a juggler at the Oceanside pier over but I would like to see more images from the rest of you. I am going to be leaving for Yellowstone in a few weeks so send me something asap so that we can get it pasted up..

Bronze Pour, Fallbrook Foundry

Call me a wacked out artist but I can even see value in shots like this that I take on the fly with my cheap cell phone. Banding, lacking focus, possessing a multitude of sins, it still conveys something that I found inspiring at a particular moment of time.  Love the one you're with, shoot with whatever is in your hand.

© Robert Sommers

Surprises await

Like most photography aficionados, I try to always grab my camera when going out of the house, regardless of the destination. After all, you never know... Yesterday, my wife and I decided to take stroll through the San Diego Botanical Gardens in Encinitas. The muted sky for me meant some black and white opportunities. I'll also admit I think Nik's Silver Efex is wonderful tool for conjuring up prints we used to make in the darkroom. Texture and tone like this make me smile.

Heavenly Angels in B&W

Berlin Wall Segment at Newseum, Washington, DC

Robert's great blog description of his recent trip to Washington, DC, made me think about this photo I took in June of 2010 of a segment of the Berlin Wall on display in the Newseum there.

Heavenly Angels Found!!

On the Vegas Strip...

For Jon Harwood

Hi Jon,

Can you give us an up date on your back? I hope you are feeling much better!!

Trip questions

My wife and I are going to Yellowstone and the surrounding neighborhood for a few days mid October. Besides taking my digital slr I have been thinking about bringing a film camera, maybe a medium format or larger. Does anybody have a Mamiya or alternative camera that I can borrow or rent from you? Or know of a good rental camera? I would take the large format camera in my shop but there is too steep a learning curve and I need to be doing a lot of shooting. Any suggestions?

Robert

Niagara © Robert Sommers

My arrival in Vegas last week

Trumpeters at Caesars World in Vegas heralding my arrival at Photoshop World last week.

It was a great welcome!

Beaches of Biarritz

Beaches of Biarritz, 2003, from a passenger window of Falcon 900 business jet.

Biarritz is a famous resort town on the Atlantic coast of Southwestern France.