What did I learn? There is a really nice group of photographers out there. Don’t cut off body limbs. Think – what do I want to say? I must make the images my own. Be authentic to yourself. Photograph the reaction not the action. Think in metaphors. If I see a place that says to me I need to make a picture. Stay there, sit and wait. And the computer – Copy all raw into DNG when exporting from my camera. It’s not going to rain today. We’ll be at the wall on Valencia and 23rd putting up our images of San Francisco. These images are for the People.
Black Boots Ink Workshop in San Francisco
January 27, 2010 by carlatsaundersWandering in the Company of Strangers – Black Boots Ink
January 20, 2010 by carlatsaundersHigh Key Photographs
January 16, 2010 by carlatsaunders
Photos that are high key have a very beautiful look, in which there’s very low contrast with light tones and soft colors – in other words, a scene that’s mostly white/bright. This definition is cut and paste straight out of betterphoto.com! Bright fog came right up to the window. Sun from another window fell on the tulips.
Snow Fall
January 10, 2010 by carlatsaundersSan Francisco Skyline – New Years Eve
January 4, 2010 by carlatsaundersHappy New Year !!!
December 31, 2009 by carlatsaundersSan Francisco Skyline
December 30, 2009 by carlatsaundersUsing a tripod I took this shot on Christmas Eve. Apparently the “star” is in a small room at the top of the transamerica building. Three or five people can fit into the space if they make themselves small. f/13, -1.00, 30/1 seconds, did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO 100, White balance Auto white balance, 50.00 mm . Canon EOS Rebel XTi
Drawing in my Moleskine
December 12, 2009 by carlatsaundersWhen we were in England, we went to a Point to Point Race. Sometimes the object I am drawing changes my story. One time I was drawing a little berry plant. I had drawn the leaves and glanced up to look at and draw the berry. It was gone! My three year old daughter had walked by, picked the berry, ate it and walked on. In this instance, I was drawing the horse and rider. I looked up to see what my next drawing stroke was going to be and saw the horse falling. With eye to hand coordination I kept drawing. The story had changed.
BetterPhoto.com – Photograph Places In The Top Ten
December 7, 2009 by carlatsaunders“Sculpture’s Shadow” placed in the top ten of BetterPhoto.com’s Masterpiece Membership entries. Masterpiece Membership is made up of a group of people from around the world who participate in monthly assignments, exchange of ideas and critiques. For this assignment, Visual Creativity, I worked with light, shadow and color. Instead of taking a photograph of the statue I took a photograph of it’s shadow. To me the shadow almost looks real.

















