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Art photography, Long exposure of the Arroyo Seco river

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Apr 182012

Every year around Easter my daughter and a group of my closest friends go camping at the Indians campground in the Los Padres National Forest. It is one of the best parts of my year. I often do some photography while I’m there. This time, the fun stuff was putting a strong IR filter on my lens and getting some long exposure shots of the Arroyo Seco river.

This photo is a 25 second exposure (I know, my previous post is a long exposure shot too, must be the flavor of the month.

It was just after a storm, so I got some shots of clouds as well.

All photos @ Alex Schoenfeldt 2012
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Infrared black and white photography from the Big Sur River

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Jun 242010

Mothers and children by river. Infrared photography of the Big Sur River on the summer solstice.

I recently bought a digital canon, a D60, that has been converted to shoot infrared. Now, you can’t quote me on this, but here is to the best of my knowledge how this thing works. All digital cameras have a filter in them that blocks infrared and allows visible light to pass. In my new IR camera, someone has taken out that filter and placed instead a filter that does the opposite, blocks visible light and allows IR to pass.

If I’ve got that wrong, let me know in comments.

I first took the camera out to the Berkeley hills, and I loved it right away. I could tell immediately that I had to learn to see in a new way to get the most out of this camera, which as a photographer was an exciting prospect.

Then, I took the camera to the Big Sur River with some friends, and here are the results:

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Wedding Photos from Carmel-By-The-Sea and Highway 1 in Big Sur

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May 112010

Wedding Photo Overlooking Cliffs of Big Sur, Pacific Ocean, Bigsby Bridge

Wedding Photos from Carmel-By-The-Sea and Highway 1 in Big Sur.

Monica and Michael got married at The San Antonio House Inn in Carmel-By-The-Sea. After the wedding, the three of us went down the coast, shooting photos in Big Sur at Bigsby Bridge, and Garrapata Beach, Mission Beach, and Carmel Beach.