After a hectic first half of the year with lot’s of travel, presentations, working one on one with folks, getting my own network totally re-worked and totally improved and just finishing up an ebook with Peachpit I was sure looking forward to a couple of days at the beach with my mom. Not only was it relaxing but, the weather was awesome with a good variety from bright overcast lighting up Yaquina Head Lighthouse. The grasses added a nice foreground element as well as hiding the long line of people eating to go into the lighthouse for a tour…
Nikon D800, AF-S 28-300mm 3.5-5.6 VR ISO 200 f16 @ 1/60
The waves hitting the rocks at Boiler Bay sucked me in and I pulled out my Singh Ray Vari-ND to slow the shutter speed way down to capture blur motion. I included the people in the upper right for scale…
Nikon D800, AF-S 28-300mm 3.5-5.6 VR ISO 200 f32 @ 10 sec
We couldn’t have asked for better coastal weather for our short visit. High, thin clouds provided soft light with few shadows which it great for extending your shooting time through the normally hard light of midday. I walked across the Newport Bay Bridge to get a shot back at the harbor…
Nikon D800, AF-S 28-300mm 3.5-5.6 VR ISO 100 f13 @ 1/90
And, as typical on a nice summer day, the sea fog began rolling in just before sunset. I love working with fog as it’s a great way to simplify a scene hiding the background elements that can be busy or uninteresting…
Nikon D800, AF-S 28-300mm 3.5-5.6 VR ISO 100 f8 @ 1/15
I made my final, and favorite, click of the day at dusk. The fog and blue cast of twilight adds a moody feel to the scene and the lights add a warm color contrast to the scene…
Nikon D800, AF-S 28-300mm 3.5-5.6 VR ISO 200 f11 @ 1/4
What a great way to re-charge the creative batteries and spend time with my wonderful mother. Now to get back to work.
Just got around to looking at your new website – very nice indeed. I love your tutorials on kelby training and have learnt a lot from them. We have just moved from Spain to the UK and have bought a Guesthouse on top of a mountain. Fantastic pictures to be taken when I get more time ( major refurbishment) http://www.jinlye.co.uk I want to take pictures of the inside of the house and am not sure which wide angle Nikon lens to go for. Can you help me please?
Kind Regards
Lynda
Laurie, wow, your photos reminded me that I need to go back to these areas. I use to travel alot with my folks and alone up and down the oregon coast so I’ve seen some beautiful sights too. I need to take my D700 now and revisit!! Glad you recharged and look forward to your book with Peachpit…beautiful pix, Linda
Laurie,
Wonderfull pictures as usual. They give me ideas as to photographic ideas for myself. As an aside, I click on your “workflow” icon, and it keeps saying its coming. What I am most curious about in your work flow is, do you register your images with the copyright off, and if so, when do you do it?
Looks like your D800 and AF-S 28-300 is your new best friend.
Paul
For such a short trip you got some tarific shots.
Nice pics from the coast! I like it…
Love your shots, Laurie. I was down in the same area with a couple other photography friends last weekend.
We were mostly around Seal Rock and Cape Perpetua area. Love being at the coast. Always a challenge
with weather, lighting and wind.
Laurie, What breath taking scenes, especially the waves and sunset shot of boats and reflections. I know you
and your mom had a wonderful day together. I can only imagine. Love, Mary
Reminds of my home town Sitka,Alaska. I to love my D800E. Are you going to publish your favorite setting for the camera?
Also really enjoyed your d700 walk through. Is the D800 on the list as well?
Keith Fredrickson
Sitka, Alaska
Hi Keith, thanks. I will be posting things on my blog but, Kelby Training is not doing camera specific video tutorials any more.