Title: Almost The Whole Bay Area Panorama Location: San Francisco Bay, California, USA, North America Description: I missed the South Bay but captured more of the North Bay. I know this will make some happy and some sad and I wish I could have got it all. It’s not often Continue Reading →
Title: Langley In The Morning From The Air Location: Saratoga Passage, Puget Sound, Washington, USA, North America (48°2’15” N 122°23’56” W) Description: The sun was just cresting the Cascade Mountains when I turned my drone in the opposite direction and shot 15 individual images to be combined into the one you Continue Reading →
Title: Morning Panorama From Mong La Location: Mong La, Khumbu Region, Nepal ( 27°50’21” N 86°44’8″ E) Description: Welcome to a new year! I’ve been lax with the updates on this site and I’m looking to turn that around. I have a ton of unpublished, pretty photos just sitting on hard Continue Reading →
Title: LA Panorama From The Air Location: Pacific Ocean, California, USA, North America Description: Shooting panoramas from a commercial airliner is not so easy. For one thing, they change course without telling you. 🙂 Composite of 17 images. ——————- Camera Canon 7D Lens Canon 28-300mm L ISO 200 Continue Reading →
Title: Mount Lassen Vertorama Location: Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, USA, North America (40°30’33” N 121°27’55” W) Description: A chance encounter on our way out of the park to see the full moon just about to duck behind Lassen Peak (Mount Lassen). The downside is you can’t really Continue Reading →
Title: Sand Fire Panorama Location: Topanga State Park, San Fernando Valley, California, USA, North America Description: Across the valley from where I live a large size fire started on Friday. Now 33,000 acres with 3000+ firefighters involved, this photo was taken on the second day of the burn Continue Reading →
Title: Notre Dame Cathedral Interior Vertical Panorama Location: Paris, France, Europe Description: Phone make their own panoramas and people forget to shoot them vertically when it makes sense. And inside the Cathedral at Notre Dame is a perfect time. I’ll be writing an instructional post for Digital Photography Continue Reading →
Title: Trongsa Dzong Location: Trongsa, Tronga Dzongha, Bhutan, Asia Description: Dzongs are fortresses, typically centuries old, serving as both the religious and governmental focal point for regions. In this case, both a Buddhist temple and the seat of regional government are housed behind the stories tall walls. In Continue Reading →
Title: Rome Panorama From Altare della Patria Location: Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II, Rome, Italy, Europe Description: The view from the top of Altare della Patria (Alter of the Fatherland) in Rome is astounding. It was 7€ to get to the top and you only spend maybe 10-15 minutes Continue Reading →
Tomorrow will be too late! After today, the 11th of August, 2015, the price for my new ebook, A World of Panoramas, goes up to $10. Today is the last day to get the ebook for only $7. More info on the book’s awesomeness can be found here. Continue Reading →
Title: Mong La Morning Panorama Location: Mong La, Solukhumbu, Nepal, Asia Description: This image is stitched together from 117 images shot just as the sun was breaking over the Himalayas in Nepal. Click on the image for a larger version. Shot in HDR to compensate for the extremes between Continue Reading →
I got in a little over my head with this project. The print book for A World Of Panoramas was simple by comparison. The images took a long while to perfect but the book, by intent, was free of text and distractions. Just an introduction and table of Continue Reading →
Title: Olallie Lake Panorama Location: Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Washington, USA, North America Description: I’ve been playing with the new Panorama Stitching feature in Adobe Lightroom and while the program is far more lightweight than my normal tool of choice (Kolor’s AutoPano Giga) it does the job well when things Continue Reading →
Title: Snow Valley Panorama Location: San Bernadino Mountains, California, USA Description: Shot on a fun day snowshoeing with Nimmi. Beautiful sun even if it was melting the snow.
Title: Above The Hollywood Sign Location: Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California, USA, North America Description: Not one but two iPhone shots from the first day of 2015. My wife and I took the long way up to the Hollywood sign (starting near the Merry-Go-Round) to celebrate the first Continue Reading →
This is the post where I admit to being human. Again. It happens often. You see, I get ambitious and sometimes don’t schedule accurately when I have a new project. Especially when the project includes something like “Learn and semi-master Adobe InDesign”. InDesign is an awesome program and Continue Reading →
Title: Mt. Baker After Sunset Location: Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington, USA Description: It took until nearly before sunset, but having the mountain come out was worth the wait. Mt. Baker is a favorite of mine. It’s more often seen from Canada than the US it seems, as Continue Reading →
Title: Mt. Baker And The Full Moon Location: Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington, USA, North America Description: A late night, cold hike up to Mt. Baker proved rewarding after the clouds disappeared. This image is included in A World of Panoramas digital version, available September 9th, 2014. Camera Continue Reading →
Title: Dubai Skyline Silhouette Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Description: I feel like Dubai is the type of place you need to live in to get great photos. I only spent about a week there, but I know the dust can be a factor as it was the Continue Reading →
With yesterday’s release of A World of Panoramas photo book I took the time to upload all the photos in the book, including a few of the bonus images only available in the digital version (releasing next week). They are now on sale on at Peter West Carey Continue Reading →
Title: Taj Mahal At Sunrise Location: Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia Description: It’s the view everyone knows and there is good reason for it. It’s a cliche as well, but I still love it. The symmetry is something best enjoyed in a photo because when you are there, Continue Reading →
I am pleased to announce the debut of my first photo book, A World of Panoramas. The book is on sale now at Peter West Carey Photography. When you order from the site you will not only receive a hand signed copy of the 8″x 24″ (open size) Continue Reading →
Title: Seattle And Mount Rainier Before Sunrise Location: Seattle, Washington, USA Description: A panorama created from over 15 images while waiting for the sun to rise. This image is included in A World of Panoramas, now available for pre-order. Camera Pentax 645D Lens Pentax 55mm ISO 100 Focal Continue Reading →
Title: Climbers At Joshua Tree National Park Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA Description: A group of climbers attempt a sideways bouldering problem, over and over again, while I decided to take a climb up the rocks to get a wider view of the park. This image Continue Reading →
Title: Halawa Valley Location: Halawa Valley, Moloka’i, Hawai’i, USA Description: Visited while on a shore excursion while on assignment with UnCruise Adventures, Halawa Valley is a quintessentially picturesque Hawaii landscape with one access road leading in and out. This image is included in A World of Panoramas, now Continue Reading →
Title: Bryce Canyon National Park – Sunrise Point Location: Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA, North America Description: While it is named Sunrise Point, the view is excellent any time of day. Looking to the East the hoodoos of Bryce Canyon stretch toward the steps of Grand Staircase-Escalante Continue Reading →
Title: The View From Gokyo Ri, Solukhumbu Location: Gokyo, Solukhumbu, Nepal, Asia Description: High up in the Himalayas, at about 17,500′, you can see forever. Here, from the summit of Gokyo Ri at daybreak, four of the six highest mountains in the world are visible, including Mt. Everest Continue Reading →
A World of Panoramas I am excited to announce the pre-sale of my upcoming photobook A World of Panoramas. This book is a compilation of images crafted over the past nine years from images shot on five continents and is a favorite subject matter of mine. The panoramic Continue Reading →
I’ve been shooting and enjoying panoramas for as long as I’ve been shooting digital and even before then (thanks to a handy feature in my old Minolta film camera). In my quest to put more of my images out there in the world for others to enjoy, and Continue Reading →
To use this image, simply click and drag to move around. Use your scroll wheel to zoom in and out, or use [Shift] to zoom in and [CTRL] to zoom out. And if you want to turn things up a notch, choose “Fullscreen”. The image is 12MB large, Continue Reading →
For today’s 31+ Days To Better Photography post I want to talk about cityscape photos. For those who might not be familiar with the phrase, a cityscape is like a landscape except you replace the land with all kinds of man-made things, mainly, a city. I used to Continue Reading →
To use this image, simply click and drag to move around. Use your scroll wheel to zoom in and out, or use [Shift] to zoom in and [CTRL] to zoom out. And if you want to turn things up a notch, choose “Fullscreen”. The image is 125MB large, Continue Reading →
To use this image, simply click and drag to move around. Use your scroll wheel to zoom in and out, or use [Shift] to zoom in and [CTRL] to zoom out. And if you want to turn things up a notch, choose “Fullscreen”. The image is 48MB large, Continue Reading →
To use this image, simply click and drag to move around. Use your scroll wheel to zoom in and out, or use [Shift] to zoom in and [CTRL] to zoom out. And if you want to turn things up a notch, choose “Fullscreen”. The image is 47MB large, Continue Reading →
To use this image, simply click and drag to move around. Use your scroll wheel to zoom in and out, or use [Shift] to zoom in and [CTRL] to zoom out. And if you want to turn things up a notch, choose “Fullscreen”. The image is 72MB large, Continue Reading →