Trabuco Outdoors Blog

4th of July at RSM lake

The days of just walking up to RSM the lake and throwing down a blanket anywhere you want at 8:45PM on the 4th to watch the fireworks is long gone. In its place is much more interesting people-watching.

From a photography standpoint, low-light people photography is challenging. Even with a large aperture and high ISO (in this case I used a 50mm f/1.8 lens at a 1600 ISO) the shutter speed is still low and any movement will produce a blurred subject. Instead of fighting it or using flash, I just decided to go with the flow and see what happens.

 

More RSM photos

Here's a few more photos from around the RSM lake. These are in roughly chronological order with the new photos at the top. Sometimes it's amusing to lay out your photos taken in a particular location over the years and see how (if) your style changes. In my case, the newer photos are much more likely to have people in the composition. Also, I seem to have less of a need for dramatic color in my more recent photos. I'm sure my style will evolve into something diffent in another few years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The plumber syndrome

I've lived in RSM/Trabuco for the past 24 years. Like the plumber who never gets around to fixing the leaky faucet in his own home, I don't take a lot of photos around town. I've got to get out of that habit. Here are a few that I have taken around the RSM lake.

 

 

 

Around town

I took this photo of the rising full moon over the RSM lake  on December 30. It's only once in a blue moon I shoot photos of our town rather than the natural areas surrounding Rancho Santa Margarita. Here's a link to a few more photos of our town.