Magical Glow Photography http://magicalglow.com Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:54:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Mustard Festival – Napa Valley http://magicalglow.com/archives/120 http://magicalglow.com/archives/120#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:54:52 +0000 ifernau http://magicalglow.com/?p=120 The Mustard Festival kicked off on January 30, 2010 at the Culinary Institute of America in St. Helena, Napa Valley. I took a day trip to the valley on January 31, 2010 and found the wild mustard was in bloom already.
I drove along Highway 29 and the Silverado Trail for a while to scope out photo ops. Criss-crossing all the roads between the two major arteries is highly recommended.
I found this spot along one of the side roads and used a circular polarizer as well as a 3 f-stop soft graduated natural density filter to gain good contrast.

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]]> http://magicalglow.com/archives/120/feed 0 Take a Photo Walk with me. http://magicalglow.com/archives/115 http://magicalglow.com/archives/115#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:15:23 +0000 ifernau http://magicalglow.com/?p=115 Before I talk about my photo walks I like to discuss a blog I came across on about good workshop instructors. With so many workshops to choose from, how does one decide which one might be the best fit? I talked to several people after they took a workshop and I was really not surprised to hear that the instructors taught very little, took the best spots at sunrise/sunset and proceeded to take their own shots. Workshop instructors should be 100% focused on their clients, this means not shooting. It is amazing at how many times I read forum comments on the web like, “shot this while leading my recent workshop”. When leading a workshop (photo tours might be a different story) there is no time to shoot, period!

I came across many workshops during my photography safaris and most of the time I saw the leader and instructors out shooting their own stuff as well. Instead they should be out there suggesting/helping with composition and/or camera settings. It seemed to me that a lot of the organizers were there to do their own photography and have the costs covered by workshop participants. I have not taken a workshop based on what I observed. I would much rather take a workshop from an instructor who loves to teach other people about photography.
Only once have I observed a workshop at Lundy Canyon, where the instructor went from client to client teaching and helping. He did not have a camera!

I am not qualified to give workshops, because I am not an expert on photography (composition, depth of field, f-stop etc), but I am excellent in giving photo walks and I will freely share my ‘secret spots’ with you. I am very familiar with Yosemite, the Eastern Sierra, Wine Country or California Coast. To find out more about taking a photo walk with me Contact Us

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Eastern Sierra Fall Meets Winter

Early Winter Storm covered the Eastern Sierra with beautiful snow – October 13, 2007. © Copyright Inge Fernau .

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]]> http://magicalglow.com/archives/91/feed 0 Happy 2010 http://magicalglow.com/archives/83 http://magicalglow.com/archives/83#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:07:13 +0000 ifernau http://www.magicalglow.com/?p=83 Last Sunrise of this Decade 12-31-2009

I actually wanted to photograph the moonset this morning, but there was too much cloud cover. I arrived on Treasure Island by 6:10AM, never saw the moon. I was surprised that the Embarcadero Buildings were not lit with the Holiday Lights. Looks like they are trying to save electricity. I waited in my car until dawn and then there was a beautiful fiery sunrise. The color lasted for about 5 minutes. The last sunrise of the decade was truly special.
4SS-GND – Three vertical images merged in Photoshop.

Eastern Span Bay Bridge at Sunrise – the Last for 2009

Last Sunrise of this decade from Treasure Island on New Years Eve – December 31, 2009. © Copyright Inge Fernau .

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]]> http://magicalglow.com/archives/83/feed 2 New Work http://magicalglow.com/archives/63 http://magicalglow.com/archives/63#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:25:27 +0000 ifernau http://www.magicalglow.com/?p=63 Please review a selection of Magical Glow latest work:

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]]> http://magicalglow.com/archives/63/feed 0 The Most Magical of 2009 http://magicalglow.com/archives/33 http://magicalglow.com/archives/33#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:10:12 +0000 admin http://www.magicalglow.com/?p=33

A selection of our favorites from the last year.

Too many memories, and places, but great images.  You will note that many of the images are from my favorite place, Yosemite.  There were many great opportunities to spend in the valley there, and I made myself enjoy them as much as possible.

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]]> http://magicalglow.com/archives/33/feed 0 The best of 2009 http://magicalglow.com/archives/1 http://magicalglow.com/archives/1#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:30:16 +0000 admin http://www.magicalglow.com/?p=1 Check out our “best of 2009″ collection at our blog. A selection of the most striking images from the past year. We hope you enjoy!

Winter, Yosemite Valley, December 8 2009

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