Tahoe, California, December 2024.
From the video Photography under a foot of snow in Tahoe.
Fenced in, II
in photographs
Tahoe Trees
in photographs
Lake Tahoe, California, December 2024.
From the video Photography under a foot of snow in Tahoe.
Photography under a foot of snow in Tahoe
in journal
My search for bad weather takes me to Lake Tahoe this time, where up to a foot of snow is expected. An adventure full of struggles, good moments, frustrating times, and some nice images.
Hanging
in photographs
Salton Sea, California, December 2024.
Morning Shadows
in photographs
San Francisco, December 2024.
Dreams of San Francisco, II
in photographs
California, December 2024.
Early fog, I
in photographs
San Francisco, December 2024.
Save your future self time, tag your photos now
in journal
It’s kind of embarrassing that I never thought of using this Lightroom’s feature until this week…
You might have noticed I have an archive here on my website. Sadly, it’s lagging behind what I share on the blog and on social media. Many of my best images aren’t there yet, and that’s a shame. Anyway, I finally got to upload some of the photos I made this year, so at least the archives for San Francisco, Southern California, and Yosemite are pretty much up to date.
I still have so much work to do to get the archive to be what is supposed to be: a truthful representation of my photography.
The process of updating my archive would’ve been much easier and faster if I had tagged my photos properly after making them. You see, I give every single one of my images a title, but I never wrote them down anywhere other than the blog or social media post where I shared them. So when the time comes to upload a photograph to the archive, I have to look it up. A waste of time.
Why would I care about the title? Well, it’s important to me to keep those titles consistent between platforms because I get many emails with references to some of my images by title. I also use them in books and prints.
Well, turns out, Lightroom has always had a useful field in the info tab appropriately called Title. I knew this, but for whatever reason, I never thought of using it. It is a lot of work, but it would have saved me so much time now. So little by little, photo by photo, I’m starting to populate that field.
I’ve been updating other fields with the location information as well because you never know when that is going to come in handy. Just trying to save some time for my future self.
An extra bonus I get from having the title in Lightroom: I can now look up a photograph by title and find it instantly!
Covered
in photographs
San Francisco, December 2024.
Look back
in journal
When we walk with a camera in hand, we tend to focus on what's in front of us, to the sides as we pass by, or up and down for the more observants among us. But rarely do we look back.
No matter which direction we’re walking, the light is always different behind us. Something we might have dismissed at first glance could reveal itself as extraordinary when viewed from the opposite angle.
Looking back isn’t an easy habit to develop, but it's one that will pay off.
You might be wondering if this will make our walks longer. Absolutely. Much longer. But that’s the point.
Journey into the unknown
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Scotland, August 2023.
From the video Isle of Skye.
Is anyone home?
in photographs
Galicia, February 2024.
Size
in photographs
Salton Sea, California, December 2024.
From the video From foggy cemeteries to slot canyons in the American Southwest.
Sunset Cliffs, II
in photographs
San Diego, California, December 2024.
From the video From foggy cemeteries to slot canyons in the American Southwest.
Palm Trees of Anza-Borrego
in photographs
Borrego Springs, California, December 2024.
From the video From foggy cemeteries to slot canyons in the American Southwest.
Boat of Salton, I
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Salton Sea, California, December 2024.
From the video From foggy cemeteries to slot canyons in the American Southwest.
Look out
in photographs
Anza-Borrego desert, California, December 2024.
From the video From foggy cemeteries to slot canyons in the American Southwest.
From foggy cemeteries to slot canyons in the American Southwest
in journal
In this video, I visit a few locations in the American Southwest, where I find very different conditions: from foggy cemeteries in San Diego, to slot canyons in the Anza-Borrego desert.
Four pelicans and one stranger
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San Francisco, September 2024.
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, IV
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San Diego, November 2024.