Tower Photos
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Silvergreens Sunset
Our winter sunsets are absolutely amazing. Yesterday I was down town running some errands. I had plans to try to catch the sunset, but I knew it was going to be tight so I just brought my camera along for the ride. I was really glad I did. Fortunately there are an abundance of great perches in town to find new angles.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Trinity Episcopal Church Bell Tower
There is no shortage of beautiful architecture in Santa Barbara. The Trinity Episcopal Church (giant stone) church on State Street is something particularly interesting. Unlike the mission with its wide open spaces and rose garden, the Episcopal church right in the middle of things takes a little creativity to get a good angle for a shot. This particular shot was the result of driving by at the right time of day and realizing that the beautiful clouds in the evening sky would make a great background for an up shot close to the church. I only stopped for a couple of minutes, but I was very happy with the timing.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Sunset Clouds Over The Clock Tower
This is a little bit different angle on the Courthouse from the sunken gardens. Of course the main star of the show was the amazing sunset clouds. They were moving very quickly and the light was changing fast. In only a few minutes they were gone. But I'm very happy with the results!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Misty Morning Courthouse
This is another image from my recent Courthouse shoot.
When I posted my previous courthouse shot I thought that
was the one the client chose. But they are leaning toward this
one now.
A massive panorama taken in the first glow of the morning.
The fog was so thick when I was driving there I thought I would not
be able to get the shot. But it actually made for some interesting
lighting. The light on the left cast shadows up from the building
through the fog.
A few projects have been taking a lot of my time lately.
To top it off, my main backup drive crashed. With just under
a Terabyte of images on there I'm feeling pretty lucky at this
point to have everything safe with the exception of one large image
that I was working on at the time of the crash.
I did find an interesting thing though. When your backup drive crashes
it is very nerve racking until you find a way to get everything
backed up again. Of course, the only way to backup a terabyte of
data fast is to put it anywhere and everywhere there is space.
I started posting this image on the fifteenth, but it's taken me a week
since the full size image is 2.6 gigabytes. But I finally got things
moved off onto new hard drives so I actually have some scratch disk space.
TWO terabyte backup drives so everything
is double backed up. With every drive crash I get more paranoid.
But it's a healthy paranoia that keeps my favorite images safe.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Courthouse Evening
This is another image from my recent Courthouse shoot.
In fact, it's looking like this will be THE shot
that the client likes. They were only looking for one cover shot,
but since I was going through all the paperwork to get the permit
I made it a day long event. Good thing too, this is not
really what the client was asking for in the beginning, but they
decided they liked this one even better than the requested image.
These were some of the first shots with my new camera,
and so far I am very happy with the results. It's not like me to
buy camera equipment anywhere but eBay, but once in a
while it's nice to have a shiny new toy... oh I mean
shiny new piece of business equipment. Besides, my 20D
took it's 40,000th shot just before this project. So it's time
it had some reinforcements just in case that shutter
decides to give out in the middle of an important shoot.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Mission Carmel Bell Tower
This is from the inner courtyard at the Carmel Mission. I believe the tree with the white blossoms is a Flowering Pear Tree. This is thier time of year. There are some around here that are pure white with so many blossoms you can't see their leaves.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Santa Barbara Courthouse Palms
Another angle on the Santa Barbara Courthouse. The early morning light casts some beautiful shadows.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Storke Sunset
This is an older image, from the building I used to work in at UCSB. My office was on the first floor but in the winter I liked to watch the sunset from this spot.
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
Storke Tower
I used to work right by this tower. It was particularly interesting during the holidays. They played Christmas Carols most of the day.
Saturday, July 2, 2005
Nighttime Courthouse
I have been flipping through my photos looking for images of the courthouse since I have had quite a few requests for them lately. My favorites are the non-traditional views like yesterday's, but not many people would recognize that as the courthouse. Most are surprised to find out it even has a bell. (although one true local even figured out how I got that angle just by looking at the photo) So, I try to go for the non-traditional lighting.
Sunday, June 19, 2005
Courthouse Clocktower Sunset
This was taken right after yesterday's photo of the day. When I was at the beach art walk today someone asked me what time of day I took that picture. So I said I could tell them exactly what time, and I flipped to this photo. Of course I now realize that someone at the Courthouse needs to adjust at least one of these clocks.
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Courthouse Archway
In keeping with my recent architectural theme! I'm really enjoying those night shots!
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Courthouse Clock Tower
Ahh computers!
A necessary evil of modern life.
A little over a week ago the drive on my server
failed, which started an absolutely unimaginable week of
hardware problems. Not the least of which was
the new drive in the server failed right
after the OS was installed. When the week
was over I had lost more hardware (and data) to
random failures than I have ever before
in my whole life.
Now for the good news. The last two Saturdays
I have started a new art show at the La Cumbre Plaza
and it has been fantastic. Lots of people,
and many of them interested in my work. The
first Saturday I did not get a chance to sit
down the whole day.
And, another exciting result of the recent shows...
my art will soon grace the walls of a newly remodeled
local Mexican Restaurant! That brings me to toady's
image. Since most of my work at the shows is floral and
Hummingbirds, I am collecting some local architecture
images for this project. If you would like to see the
collection, just watch the previous week I will fill
in the missing days.
I really think someone is trying to tell me something!
Computers... BAD! Photography... GOOD!
It's times like this I'm glad I don't use a digital camera!
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Storke Sunset
This is the view from the top of the building I used to work in at UCSB. There were some particularly beautiful sunsets last winter and I tried to make a habit of going up to watch.





