The USS John C. Stennis arrived back home this afternoon, completing a cruise in the Pacific. As you can see it was an overcast, starting to rain kind of day. I had been scouting locations last summer for just such an event. However, due to the lack of good light, I headed down to Bachmann…
There is a boat launch over at Manchester Beach that has a great view of downtown Seatte. However, the sunrise was obscured by the clouds and the scene was colorless. So, what do you do? Black and white conversion of course.
This was a spectacular morning down at the Bremerton Marina. I captured about 60 images here. My method is to take a photo about every minute or two and select the most dramatic of the set for editing. The colors are natural, I only used a bit of extra saturation. No more that +8 in…
When the sky is gray what do you do? Black and white of course. This is an early morning down at Bachmann Park. But you couldn’t tell by the scene. I noticed that the M/V Kaleetan had just left the Bremerton dock so I just waited a few minutes until it passed into the frame…
I was out and about one June day. Visiting Scenic Beach SP and Hood Canal when I was heading back home and stopped by Old Mill Park in Silverdale. There wasn’t much going on until I saw this sailboat out on the inlet. The clouds and rocks in the foreground add a little to the…
I had been over to a prospective employer’s office in Seattle and was taking the M/V Walla Walla back to Bremerton. Of course I seized on the opportunity to update my collection of Seattle skyline photos. Even though I capture everything in color, the black and white conversions work out fairly well due to the…