
05/03/2023 | Categories: Landscape, Nature | Tags: bokeh, flower, summer, sunflower, yellow | Comments Off

01/17/2023 | Categories: Fine art, Nature | Tags: bokeh, dream, flowers, hazy, soft, warm, white | Comments Off

09/08/2022 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: blur, bokeh, candles, colors, light, meditation | Comments Off

03/14/2022 | Categories: Fine art | Tags: abstract, blur, bokeh | Comments Off

12/28/2021 | Categories: Fine art, Landscape, Nature | Tags: bokeh, dead, flowers, leftovers, summer, weeds | Comments Off

02/08/2019 | Categories: Nature | Tags: bokeh, dew, drops, grass, morning, sparkling | Comments Off

01/31/2018 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: bokeh, candles, shrine | Comments Off

03/24/2017 | Categories: Fine art, Lens flare, Macro, Nature | Tags: bokeh, bug, eye, flowers, sky, sun, tiny, view, wildflowers | Comments Off

03/13/2017 | Categories: Landscape, Macro, Nature | Tags: bokeh, heart, leaf, spider web, vine | Comments Off

I am often asked why I have so many 50mm lenses and how do I choose which one to use for a shot. First off they are all old (70′s vintage) and really inexpensive to get. Most importantly they each have a different optical design and therefore they each render a different flavor of lens flare and bokeh from one another. When I shoot a scene in backlighting, (and all my friends know that’s what I love to do every chance I get) I pick my lens based on what I want the flare and bokeh to look like. This is a case in point. The lens I used has a damaged front element and I won’t throw it away because I know it does this when I use it right. You may find it hard to believe but there hasn’t been a single thing done to this image in post processing. This is exactly what was produced in-camera because of my lens choice, the lighting, and the subject matter.
05/01/2013 | Categories: Fine art, Landscape, Lens flare, Nature | Tags: bokeh, field, flowers, gold, lens flare, SOOC | 1 Comment »

Another artistic detail shot I made while photographing an interior the other day. The out of focus reflection of the chandelier in the mirror was my dose of eye candy for the day.
09/12/2012 | Categories: Architecture | Tags: bokeh, chandelier, mirror, reflection | 1 Comment »

One of my favorite creative relaxation activities is to simply wander around with a wide-open 50mm manual focus lens on a camera and look for small details.
07/10/2012 | Categories: Personal | Tags: barbed wire, bokeh, sharp, soft | Comments Off

Pentax shooters know all about pixie dust. For the uninitiated, a few specific Pentax lenses that are well-known for their almost magical ability to make even mundane subjects take on an ethereal visual quality are said to have pixie dust in them. I own a couple of them and when I use them I love being surprised when something that looks iffy through the viewfinder gets sprinkled with the pixie dust as it passes through the lens.
05/30/2012 | Categories: Nature | Tags: bokeh, pixie dust, weeds | Comments Off

Use a tripod in low light, focus carefully and so forth. Well not necessarily…
04/05/2012 | Categories: Fine art | Tags: bokeh, night, twilight | Comments Off

Holiday greetings from me, my camera, and Photoshop to you
12/23/2011 | Categories: Personal | Tags: blue, bokeh, Christmas, holiday, snow, tree | 1 Comment »