Tag: Joshua Tree

Cylindropuntia bigelovii, ‘teddy bear’ cholla

There’s an enormous patch of cholla cactus on the southern slope of the road leading towards highway 10 on the way out of Joshua Tree, I always like to stop here and take a few photos. On this particular visit I couldn’t stop myself from talking to another photographer about his gear – he was lugging along a medium format Mamiya with a fancy digital back, apparently this was his fancy xmas gift to himself! Lucky guy!  These cactus’s are nasty things if you get the spines in your flesh, but they’re beautiful, and these were in flower. I spent a few minutes playing with another one of my presents – a set of Zeikos macro filters from David. These are a really affordable addition to your camera kit and as you can see, the quality is pretty good. I shot these with the Canon 50mm 1.4 and the 10x filter.

Macro samples below the jump..

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A Perfect Sunset

Wrapping up the year, two days after it ended. That’s what happens when you have a commitment ceremony on the 21st, drive to Arizona with your partner’s mother, spend a few days with family, then take a couple more days driving home. You fall a little blissfully behind. We stopped at the Salton Sea on the way back and camped overnight, it was cold, smelled like dead fish, and we were woken by the howling of Coyotes around dawn. It was perfect.

Joshua Tree is our traditional stop on the road home. We shot photos at sunset, made a quick dinner, then hit the road for the insanely long drive back to San Francisco.

This year was a good one. I photographed some incredible weddings, worked with great new clients, and even traveled a bit. I hope you all had a fantastic year, and am looking forward to seeing what 2012 will bring.