Apr 2024: Oceanside Pier Walk

Posted on April 17, 2024November 27, 2024 by fotoikigai

Oceanside California has a great pier to walk and enjoy the day. It's also a great area for street photography. So I took my Fujifilm XPro2 with 23mm lens out for a late afternoon outing. Here are some of my...Read More

Intentionally-Accidentally Wes Anderson

Posted on July 18, 2023July 18, 2023 by fotoikigai

I enjoy Wes Anderson's cinematic style, especially his cinematic color palette. His visual style is celebrated by many websites and Instagrammers such as @intentionallywesanderson & @accidentallywesanderson. Photographic filter presets are available to photographers for use in their digital darkrooms, such...Read More

May 2023: Japan

Posted on May 21, 2023July 11, 2023 by fotoikigai

Our first international trip since Italy in Jan 2020 was to Japan. I've been to Japan several times and usually to the same areas - Tokyo, Yokohama, Kyoto, and Kagoshima. So we considered Nagano and Sapporo, more remote areas where...Read More

Mar 2023: Imperial Sand Dunes

Posted on March 25, 2023July 11, 2023 by fotoikigai

After Saguaro National Park, we headed west to Yuma, AZ for a couple days. I wanted to check out the Imperial Sand Dunes late in the day. We didn't make it to the North Algodones Dunes Wilderness Area but took...Read More

Mar 2023: Saguaro National Park

Posted on March 22, 2023July 10, 2023 by fotoikigai

After watching a few San Diego Padres Spring Training games, we postponed our Flagstaff/Page/Monument Valley northward trip because of snow/wind/rain. We were towing a travel trailer otherwise the weather would not have been as big an issue. So we headed...Read More

Feb 2023: Anza-Borrego Wildflowers Wildweather

Posted on February 21, 2023March 8, 2023 by fotoikigai

My first photo trip of the year was to Anza-Borrego State Park to photograph wildflowers with the Nikkor 105mm macro lens. Wildflowers were blooming and beautiful but the extremely windy conditions were a challenge. I also brought my Godox V1...Read More

Bryce Canyon/Zion/Grand Canyon North Rim

Posted on October 11, 2022March 26, 2024 by fotoikigai

Bryce Canyon National Park is a photo-rich destination. But it hard for photograph to really capture the true 3D splendor of this place. If you are fortunate to have good light, like I did on the first day or atmospheric...Read More

Anza-Borrego State Park

Posted on February 20, 2022March 26, 2024 by fotoikigai

After living in SoCal most of my life (since 1970), I finally visited Anza-Borrego State Park about 90mins from Oceanside. Fonts Point at sunset was the highlight. The other highlight of this trip was Bighorn Sheep near our campsite.

UCSD PhIG Nov 2021 – Light

Posted on November 17, 2021March 26, 2024 by fotoikigai

This month's 'SeeingFresh.com' theme is Light. Light is essential to photography but having light be a thematic element made me (re)process photos a bit differently. Many color photos were processed as black&white since I find the removal of color often...Read More

Astrophotography

Posted on November 13, 2021March 26, 2024 by fotoikigai

These are a variety of nightscapes taken during our travels.