We’ve all been there. You line up the perfect shot, your composition is on point, the light is buttery golden, and the subject, be it a mountain, your dog, or your cousin Carl, is exactly where you want them. You get home, import the RAW file into Lightroom, zoom in [...]
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Its not often that I have a picture taken of me that I am happy with. I generally feel that I should be on the other side of the lens. This one was taken of me by my wife Carrie during our Studio lighting class last semester. She had the vision for the photo, all I did was grow my […]
Class is done, the holidays are done and the best of 2010 gallery is done. Check it out in the gallery section at http://tahquechi.com/gallery.htm The photos range from Sunsets on the beach at Natural Bridges State beach through the Salinas Airshow and even a few from the Studio Lighting class I finished in December. So whats next? I’m starting photo session […]
The end of the semester is near. Only one more week of regulkar classes then time for finals. Here is my shubmission for this week. The studio lighting class I’m taking required me to recreate an environment in a specific time of day. I used a yellow orange gel over the flash and placed it low on the scene to […]
I ralized after I did the last post that I forgot to put the HDR Moab image up here. High Dynamic Range is all the rage these days. You take multiple images of the same subject at different exposure values then combine them in either photoshop or another program like Photomatix. The program crunches the data and spits out some […]
Schools been crazy this semester as usual. My instructor is Sandy Frank and I’m taking studio lighting advanced. So we are lighting glasses, people, objects, you name it. This shot is of my son Jorden; he agreed to pose for me (though it cost me a trip to the ice cream store). This photo is part of a high key/low […]
This last saturday morning I attended the Salinas Airshow. I have always loved planes and jump at the chance to go to an airshow anytime. Being unable to see the jets in the sky it is very difficult to shoot them. I have to rely on the kids telling me where to point the camera when the jets are inbound. […]
The best of Summer 2010 gallery is up; it was a great summer and a great road trip. I saw lots of great stuff that I have always wanted to see, and a lot that I didn’t know I was missing. A few notes about the gallery, There are a few “arty” shots which is a departure for me. I […]
While touching up the pictures from Mesa Verde I hit the wrong button in lightroom and got a happy surprise…I’m generally not one to do artsy shots but I really thought this one was pretty neat. Let me know what you think and you can check out the rest of the gallery from the main page. So, while I was […]
Vacation has come and gone now its time to start my favorite part, sorting through the hundreds of photos I took. This years destinations included Mesa Verde in Colorado, The Grand Canyon in Arizona the Arches National Park in Moab Utah. This years photos are very majestic, I’m excited to post them for you all to see. The toughest […]
I can’t believe it. Spring came and went. I haven’t picked up the camera for months and I’m going to tell you why. I was conducting a personal experiment. In my continuing quest to become a better photographer I took a couple of classes at the local college with my wife. I took a black and white drawing class and […]
I hope everyone had a great new year! I went out shooting for the first time this year and got a nice sunset picture at Natural Bridges.
After a 2 plus month recovery from a foot problem I’m back in action again. School has been taking a lot more time than I had anticipated, but today is finals! I’m planning to go shooting later this week (weather permitting) so keep an eye peeled for some new blog updates!
In the family album I have been working from I found a neat shot of a train bridge but it took me forever to find out where here in Santa Cruz it was. The good news is that I found the bridge, the bad news is the shots of the bridge I took didn’t come out the way I wanted. […]
Be sure to check out the new Then and now page I have added. Its a picture of my grandfather’s Ford Model A, combined with my 2007 Toyota Rav taken on the same street here in Santa Cruz. Its surprising just how much the area has not changed. Many of the houses are still the original homes built in 1924. […]
Since summers coming to an end I figured I would share a couple of shots I took from the beach out in front of the Boardwalk here in Santa Cruz, and take a moment to reflect on the summers shooting and what I learned. This shot of the log ride and ferris wheel was taken at ISO 100, 39mm f8.0 […]
First, let me say thanks again for all the great feedback on the blog. I’m enjoying doing this and I’m glad your enjoying the images. I was going through some of the messages yesterday and the most common question or comment I get is, How can you take pictures if your blind? Well, first I’m not totally blind, I have […]
Last night I was out shooting(thanks to my wife Carrie for taking me out even though she didn’t feel like driving), trying to get the “now” shot for a couple of the retouched images I have been working on. It was just as sunset hit when the fog rolled in like oranges. As a result I didn’t get the shot […]
The first stop on our trip was The Devils Tower Wyoming – rising 1,200 feet above the Belle Fourche River, inspired the imagination of the Indians. They called it Mateo Tepee, meaning Grizzly Bear Lodge, and had several legends regarding its origin. According to the Kiowas, who at one time are reputed to have lived in the region, their tribe once […]
Its always fun to go, and its always fun to come home but my favorite part of traveling is (aside from spending time with friends and family which is obvious) processing all the photos I took. I have just returned home from a week long trip to Colorodo. We took a nice photo taking drive up in the mountains above […]
Whew! thanks for all the great comments on the new project! I have six more shots I’m working on at the moment, now, if the weather would only cooperate and give me some non-foggy skies I can do the “now” shots to go with the retouched shots I have ready to go. The plan for this week is to get […]
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