2024 So Far…

Posted on March 26, 2024November 27, 2024 by fotoikigai

I've neglected my personal, photo-centric website, fotoikigai.com, focusing more on our other websites. Our travel blog - smallwanders.us - and the UCSD Photography Interest Group - ucsdphoto.group. So I've compiled some of my favorite images from late 2023 & early...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

Mar 2023: San Diego Padres Spring Training

Posted on March 20, 2023July 11, 2023 by fotoikigai

San Diego Padres Spring Training is in Peoria, AZ in early Spring so we took a trip to see a few games. Spring Training give you a chance to see the players up close and an opportunity to see new...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

Zion National Park

Posted on September 29, 2021March 26, 2024 by fotoikigai

We spent 10 days in Utah in late September, our first trip there and to Zion. It is a landscape photographer and hiker's paradise.

July 7 2021: Falls Creek Falls

Posted on July 7, 2021March 26, 2024 by fotoikigai

On our last full day in Twisp, I wanted to photograph a local waterfall. We visited with David and he recommended Cedar Falls and Falls Creek Falls. Looking at photos people had posted, Falls Creek Falls looked more interesting to...Read More

July 6 2021: Blackpine Lake

Posted on July 6, 2021March 26, 2024 by fotoikigai

After a morning visit with David, he suggested we drive to Blackpine Lake, another popular nearby point-of-interest. Getting to this lake was challenging even after stopping at the Twisp Community Center for a paper map to guide us. The main...Read More