As seen through my eyes

Finding beauty in the desert to photograph hasn't been as hard as I thought it would. I just have to be a  bit more patient for the right lighting because I am finding out that makes all the difference out here. Here are some recent pictures that I took:

The Old Steam Engine

Since there are shall we say limited activities to really do here in Yuma, one has to get creative with what is actually here. Fortunately for us there is the Southern Pacific engine #2521 circa 1907 on permanent display in the heart of downtown. This train never gets old for Brenden so it's an easy go to for something to entertain him.

Lens Time!

Whoo hooo! A whole day with my friend (and photography degree holding) Jen! Just the two of us and I couldn't wait to bounce off the knowledge that I had learned in my photography class. My DSLR camera has a lot of bells and whistles and the course I took only scratched the surface of what I can learn using it.  Jen was great at answering the myriad of questions I had about exposure, F-stop and the like. Here are some of the pictures I took at the San Diego Zoo and the Cabrillo National Monument. All pics were taken in 'manual' mode.

2010 Pumpkin Patch at the Bates Nut Farm

After I finished my photography course, I was anxious to get the San Diego and go out with my friend Jen and take some pics at the Zoo and around San Diego. While I got to do that, Bill, Shirley, Aunt Kristen and Jordan took Brenden to The Pumpkin Patch at the Bates Nut Farm for some Autumn fun.
For over 30 years families have made it an annual tradition in October to come out to Bates in search of the perfect pumpkin. The Pumpkin Patch is the largest, oldest and most famous in San Diego County. You get to choose the pumpkin you want and feed the menagerie of farm animals that are on this 100 acre ranch in Valley Center, CA. He was in awe of the animals he could feed and had a blast!