the 312 hole

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I’m heading to San Francisco today, and I’ll be in the bay area for awhile – with stops in Tahoe and Seattle. Looking forward to it – it has been awhile.

As the snow approaches Chicago, I figured I’d recap some of the photos from January – which could not be more different than a snow storm in Chicago. I spent about half the month traveling, and a good portion of that was spent in San Francisco – always great to be on the west coast in January. Other stops included Las Vegas (no pictures from this visit!), Atlanta and North Carolina. If it wasn’t for this latest snow storm, I would be kicking off February with a trip to Boston, but I have no doubt that February will have plenty of its own exciting travel. Here is a selection of January shots:

I tend to enjoy black and white photographs a lot more than the color versions – but there are times when the scene contains too many vivid colors and the shift to black and white completely wastes them. However, I feel like B&W images pop with contrast and gradients that don’t exist in the color versions. Images like the two below provide pros and cons to each side of the debate – and I’m torn between which one I like best.

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I can’t wait until I actually use filters during these mid-day shoots. In the meantime, I shoot without anything on my lenses, and it makes situations like this – bright California sun – very difficult to capture a landscape that is more interesting than a simple snapshot. I actually liked the two beach photos below, although I know these scenes will really come to life when I have the right filters. I’m excited to experiment with some filters down in Costa Rica in a few weeks. Let’s just hope the ones I want arrive by then – lots of delays with the Lee Filter systems.