Landscape Photography
Landscape and Nature Photography
Reflections in the Storm Puddles at Sunset
I was recently inspired by some street-view images I saw online where the photographer shot photos of reflections in puddles and then flipped the photos upside down. I got the chance to experiment with this technique myself after a recent rainy storm on South Padre. Focusing on the subject in the reflection as opposed to the pavement, I was able to pull of some pretty dynamic images. When flipped (as shown) they create a sense of uniqueness and curiosity. I personally would have thought someone photoshopped them to get such an unusual shot, but these are straight out of the camera, just simply flipped over. I especially like how the street pavement looks like stars over the trees.
Laguna Madre Bay
The Laguna Madre Bay creates rich colors post sunset. The shots displayed here are all long exposure, which allow for saturate tones colors to soak into the final image. Amazingly, no post-editing was necessary for these photos; they came right out of the camera as is. In the primary photo - during the 25 second exposure - a large catamaran passed by leaving only remnants of its mast light streaking across the top of the photo.
Bayside Sunset
Palm Trees in a Row
Pink South Padre Horizon
South Padre Island has some pretty impressive sunrises. The cool thing is that since the island is so narrow, you can also easily capture sunrises over the open water too. This series highlights a few of the exceptionally pink hue sunsets over the Laguna Madre Bay.
Canon 5D | f/5 | 1/10 | iso3200
Sand Dunes at Sunrise
Seagulls on the Beach at Sunrise
The heavy salt air of South Padre makes for very golden sunrises over the Gulf of Mexico. This series is of beach/ ocean landscape views looking into the Gulf of Mexico during sunrises. I wish I could wake up to capture more, but sleeping really gets in the way. Come back soon as I will attempt to wake earlier in order to capture even better morning light.
Canon 5D | f/1.8 | 1/40 | iso400 | 50mm
View of the highway grass to Queen Isabella
Fog Palms
South Padre Island Boat Marinas
This series attempts to capture the imagery of boat marinas on South Padre Island, Texas. Both sunrises and sunsets look spectacular as viewed through the multiple SPI marinas. I greatly enjoy shooting at these locations because it reminds me of the landscapes along the coast of South Florida.
Airplane Wings over Sunrises
This image gallery section will be slowly collecting pictures of airplane wings over sunrises/ sunsets. Even though I am forced to shoot out of a small double paned plastic window portal, I am usually amazed by the magnificent colors that are produced over the horizon when flying 30,000 feet over the earth. A true landscape vantage point that is not seen everyday.
