Pacfic Grove

Pacific Grove

Pacific Grove is one of those little towns that most people overlook on their way to Monterey or Carmel.  Nestled in between both of those two towns, it remains a little more peaceful and untouched.  This particular digital photo I took back in early 2003 on a warm afternoon.  I was just beginning to understand composition and how to properly frame an image but still had a long way to go.  In hindsight, this picture is a little too bland for my taste now.  Though I like the boat and the action on the rock, I prefer a lot more of the mundane in the photography these days.  Stuff that is easy to miss and overlook.  Something that makes you stare and think about the image being conveyed.  The more I get into photography, the harder it is to take a shot.  Who knew things would end up like this.

How I Began

Pigeon Point

Though I had been shooting photography for about a year with the Nikon N65.  It wasn’t till I got my first digital camera, the Sony DSC F707, did I really begin to understand the relationships between iso speeds, shutter speed, and aperture.

I initially shot color negative film only because it was really easy to get developed at a local color lab, however, by the time I got the results back, I had always forgotton what my settings were on the camera.  In hindsight, as recommended by experienced users, its always best to keep a pen and pad with you when you’re out shooting so that one can understand the ins and outs of the cameras functionality.

Once I did start shooting digital, the first thing I did was leave work a little early and headed out across Highway 84 towards Highway 1.  The image below is one of the first images I took with my Sony camera.  It was taken around November of 2001 at Pigeon Point Lighthouse, a place where I have come back numerous times to film over the years.