Sunrise/Sunset

While on our vacation recently I had the opportunity to photograph an amazing sunrise on the Saginaw Bay. We weren't right on the water due to some marshy areas so it was interesting trying to photograph the large water area of the bay and also the pools of water that I could actually get to.

Later in the vacation at Lake Superior we witnessed an amazing sunset. Not only did I get some amazing pictures of the sunset itself I also got other amazing shots of the rocks and driftwood on the beach because the lighting was amazing.

Stay tuned for the driftwood and rocks!

In the dark

One of the most amazing things about photography is the images created when the dark erases the background and what you see is only what is illuminated. Night photography was also used famous railroad photog O. Winston Link where he literally told his story in photographs using light to illuminate what he wanted the viewer to see and left everything else shrouded in darkness.
Take glow sticks for example, the ability to write in the sky.

Or this bridge, while impressive during the day. It majestically lights up the night sky.And lastly the Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse is gorgeous. One of the most beautiful lighthouses I've seen.

But it truly lives up to it's nickname "The Castle" as a tower in the night. You can almost imagine a princess locked up there awaiting her prince.

Macro lens filters

So I recently purchased some macro lens filters (and by recently I mean months ago I'm just getting around to loading the pics and blogging about it thankyouverymuch) I have had a BLAST playing with them. And the best part? They aren't to awfully expensive especially compared to a real macro lens.