Author Archives: JoelSax

Redscale Sunset

July 24, 2015 By JoelSax

April 18, 2015. This is cheating, of course, and about the only way I am going to get a sunset out of a black and white film. I used an eight-point star filter and redscale film to generate the effect. I hate this cell phone tower. Getting around it requires some acrobatics. Here, I just […]

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The Saddleback

July 22, 2015 By JoelSax

April 18, 2015. Cezanne had his Mont Sainte-Victoire. I have The Saddleback which I have captured from various angles. Redscale is a special film made by Lomography. I enjoy it for the bright orange tones it lends to the pictures. I used a Bronica ETRSi shooting 120 film for this landscape taken along O’Neill Regional […]

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Sycamores at Lago Santa Margarita

July 20, 2015 By JoelSax

May 5, 2015. The north end of the lake is perhaps my favorite. There is a grove of sycamores, an amphitheater, and a rocky point where fishermen like to hang out. I haven’t photographed all of these features, but I have plenty of years ahead of me to catch up.

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Reflections on the Lago

July 17, 2015 By JoelSax

May 5, 2015. The Lago Santa Margarita is a place where I like to go to enjoy a walk. I usually use my cell phone to capture what I see there.

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Getting Ready for the Big Trip

July 16, 2015 By JoelSax

We’re going to Senegal in October with stops in London and Paris on the way over. It will be an eight to nine hour time difference from my home in Orange County. I’m in the process of choosing a set of cameras to bring with me. My Nikon D70 with a 32 GB SD card […]

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Black Sage

June 12, 2015 By JoelSax

May 16, 2014 I did not enjoy this wildflower season as much as I did last year’s. The heat brought too many flowers to bloom too quickly and I missed many of the main displays though I did encounter a few species that were new to me including Hubby’s Phacelia. Black sage is a common […]

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Weed’s Mariposa Lily

June 10, 2015 By JoelSax

May 21, 2014 This strange flower grows on rocky ridges in these parts. I found this beauty along the crest of Whiting’s infamous Billy Goat Trail. The ragged edges of this flower are not a sign of decay, but the blossom at its best.

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Red Diamond Rattlesnake

June 8, 2015 By JoelSax

Date: June 14, 2014 I encountered five rattlesnakes last year. This elder sprawled across a hiking path in Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park that I was descending. I worked my way around him and took several shots with my zoom lens. I don’t believe in killing rattlesnakes. They eat rodents and rodents carry fleas which carry […]

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The Ruins

June 5, 2015 By JoelSax

Date: April 26,2015 An 1812 earthquake brought down this church. For many years, the famous swallows of Capistrano lived on the upper walls. I took this while looking for places to take pinhole photographs. It is fortunate that I got these because I screwed up the winding of my pinhole film and obtained many blurry […]

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Yeah, I can be a smart ass sometimes

June 3, 2015 By JoelSax

Date: April 26, 2015 After I finished taking my pinhole photos, I wandered around with my digital camera as well. Let me tell you this: nothing attracts a photographer like a sign saying that you shouldn’t take pictures, particularly when there is no good reason for it. Am I within my rights? Yep. If you […]

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