Sunsets are fun

OK so the most fun I had in Oregon was taking pictures and part of that fun was on the ocean each night as the sun set into the water. You see in Utah it melts into mountains so watching it sink into the ocean was a neat change to that sunset watching activity that I so enjoy. Then when I have a fence or other water to also reflect the sunlight it is even more enjoyable and up here in Utah I don't usually have that luxury. There are some variations in my camera settings as I sometimes will stop down my aperture and shutter to allow less light to hit the sensor making it appear a little more dark than it might actually be at that time but it enhances the colors so I love to bracket (try several settings in succession) and just see what I get. Then add a few birds to the foreground and it really makes it fun.

A walk on the Beach

It was just a little vacation with a few walks on the beach but it will have a lasting memory and mostly due to the fact that I have 4,738 images to remind me of the activities of the week. 

One morning was especially fun because I took a walk to the beach with my son, Ben and grandson, Gabe. He was so excited to go down to the beach but not to go near the water. He loved the white sand and digging in it but the water was just too cold. It was fun to see the ocean from the trail.

Gabe was in a hurry to get there also.


He just couldn't get us to move fast enough.


And it was partly because grandpa was stopping to photograph everything along the way.


Maybe the size of the waves might have been part of Gabe's desire not to go near the water. For Grandpa though it was another thing to try to capture on a digital memory card for future fun away from the beach back home where there were no crashing waves or white sand.

Jelly Beauty

While I was in Oregon I visited an Aquarium in Newport and had a great time. I was stunned by the beauty of ocean life and especially of the Jelly Fish. I knew of them but having not been near the ocean more than a couple of times in my entire life so I really didn't know much about them. However when I was visiting here I was excited as I put my camera up near the glass and steadied it so that I could take an extended exposure since the lighting was rather low. They are so beautiful and the grace of how they propel themselves through the water was so fun for me to watch. Here are a few examples.

A quite walk in the afternoon

I took a walk Sunday afternoon with my son , daughter-in-law and granddaughter. It was very sunny and as I left with them I wondered what I might see today to photograph. I had already learned that if I had my camera I was sure to be able to find not only something but many things that would be worthy of an image. Of course there was always the little family and I did do pictures of them while we walked but I also found some other things as well and pictured below is what I found. Enjoy, the images will hopefully bring peace and calm to your day. No special photography skills needed to do this kind of an image sequence just a knowledge that there is beauty all around you all the time.