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:

All Photos © Alex Schoenfeldt 2010. All rights reserved.
Alex Schoenfeldt Photography.

Infrared photography of the Big Sur River on the summer solstice.
Kavi in Infrared
Delilah on log at river. Infrared photography of the Big Sur River on the summer solstice.
Teenagers in puppy pile. Infrared photography of the Big Sur River on the summer solstice.
Teenagers in puppy pile. Infrared photography of the Big Sur River on the summer solstice.
Big Sur River Infrared photography of the Big Sur River on the summer solstice.
Infrared photography of the Big Sur River on the summer solstice.
Children on tube. Infrared photography of the Big Sur River on the summer solstice.
Sepia. Kids on tube. Infrared photography of the Big Sur River on the summer solstice.
Kids on tube, Infrared photography of the Big Sur River on the summer solstice.
Boy holds rope of innertube with kids. Infrared photography of the Big Sur River on the summer solstice.
Kids on inner tube. Infrared photography of the Big Sur River on the summer solstice.
Kids on inner tube. Infrared photography of the Big Sur River on the summer solstice.
Teenagers. Infrared photography of the Big Sur River on the summer solstice.
Boyfriend and Girlfriend. Infrared photography of the Big Sur River on the summer solstice.
Circle of friends. Infrared photography of the Big Sur River on the summer solstice.
Kids floating on river. Infrared photography of the Big Sur River on the summer solstice.
Mothers and children by river. Infrared photography of the Big Sur River on the summer solstice.
Infrared photography of the Big Sur River on the summer solstice.
Teen girl poses. Infrared photography of the Big Sur River on the summer solstice.
Nude women in river. Infrared photography of the Big Sur River on the summer solstice.
Teen girls. Infrared photography of the Big Sur River on the summer solstice.
Circle of friends 2. Infrared photography of the Big Sur River on the summer solstice.
Friends and soccer ball. Infrared photography of the Big Sur River on the summer solstice.
baby with drum. Infrared photography of the Big Sur River on the summer solstice.
back of todler. Infrared photography of the Big Sur River on the summer solstice.
baby and lens flare. Infrared photography of the Big Sur River on the summer solstice.

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.

All photos and album design © Alex Schoenfeldt 2008. All rights reserved. San Francisco Bay Area Wedding Photographer

Mar 242010
 
Fire breathing young man in Big Sur 1

Last week I went down to Big Sur, CA to celebrate my friend Kavi’s 18th birthday. We went camping at San Dollar Beach.

Lots of great photos from the trip. I’ll start with these.

It turns out Kavi is into breathing fire. Nothing like some good fire breathing for a good photo.

All Photos © Alex Schoenfeldt 2010. All Rights Reserved.
San Francisco Photographer

Mar 102010
 
Bret The Redeemer

“The Best Camera is the One You Have With You”

Who said that? If you know the origin of that quote, please let me know. A few minutes of internet searching could not answer that question. It is a very popular quote. Placed in quotes for an exact search, there are over 55,000 results in a google search.

But I digress. When I was a travel photographer, I had pro gear with me all the time. Now that I’m more domesticated, the one camera I am sure to have at all times is the one on my phone.

The thing is, I get some good photos with it! This one from last week for example.

So, I will periodically use this blog to show some of these photos, in no particular order.

Bret The Redeemer

Bret The Redeemer

The Photo above was spontaneous. We did not plan on referencing the Christ The Redeemer statue in Brazil.

All three of these photos were taken on Christmas Day, 2009 at Pfeiffer Beach Big Sur California.

Pfeiffer Beach Big Sur

Pfeiffer Beach Big Sur

Not bad for a phone.

Pfeiffer Beach Big Sur 2

Pfeiffer Beach Big Sur 2

All Photos by San Francisco Photographer Alex Schoenfeldt. © Alex Schoenfeldt 2009