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Category Archives: Dream Land
Home Grown Calliopsis
In the early spring we purchased a ton of wild flower seeds. I must say that planting from the ground up has to be one of the most joyous experiences I’ve ever had. Lots of hard work, time, and money … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Digital Photography, Dream Land, Flowers, Natural Light, Outside
Tagged 2013, 40 mm lens, beauty, CA, California, calliopsis, canon, canon 60d, Christina Best Photography, Christina The Photographer, christina thomas, digital, digital photography, digital SLR, flower, garden, green, home grown, love, photographer, pretty, Sacramento, urban garden, wildflower
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Pa-Pa-Power
I’m sure I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it again… When you live in a valley, sometimes it can be tough to watch the sunset cause there are just so many things to obstruct the view. In this case, … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Digital Photography, Dream Land, Lyrics, Natural Light, Road trippin', Sacramento River
Tagged 2013, 40 mm lens, CA, California, canon, canon 60d, Christina Best Photography, Christina The Photographer, christina thomas, digital, digital photography, digital SLR, photographer, Sacramento
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A path through oaks
I’m lucky to live in a place with so much River Access. Sometimes when exploring a river access area you find a foot bridge, walk across it, and end up exploring some beautiful bluffs. This photo was taken at the … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, American River, Digital Photography, Dream Land, Natural Light, Sacramento
Tagged 2013, 40 mm lens, American River, bluffs, CA, California, canon, canon 60d, Christina Best Photography, Christina The Photographer, christina thomas, digital, digital photography, digital SLR, fair oaks, fun, photographer, Sacramento, september, sunday
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“There against the sky, a point of light”
My pals and I went and played trivia last night, which was a total blast. Despite not doing so well (too many sports questions), we drank coffee and enjoyed some tasty fries! There was a break between rounds and I … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Digital Photography, Dream Land, Natural Light, Outside, Sacramento
Tagged 2013, 40 mm lens, beams, CA, California, canon, canon 60d, car, Christina Best Photography, Christina The Photographer, christina thomas, digital, digital photography, digital SLR, downtown, fox and goose, golden hour., golden streets, historic r street, midtown, photographer, power lines, r st, r street district, Sacramento, Sactown, silhouettes, Trees
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Sunflower City
Oh what a world we live in!…. full of beauty and delight, and then you find out there’s a huge field of sunflowers less than 20 minutes from where you live. It was only approprate to go at my favorite … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Digital Photography, Dream Land, Natural Light, Outside, Sacramento
Tagged 2013, beauty, CA, California, canon, canon 60d, Christina Best Photography, Christina The Photographer, christina thomas, davis, digital, digital photography, digital SLR, flowers, giant sunflowers, highway 80, july, natural, nature, photographer, power tower, powerlines, Sacramento, Summer, sunflower fields, sunset, trespassing, yolo
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Another Beach Day
I miss the sand, the sun, and the sound of the waves crashing down! So here’s a scan from Cement Ship Beach in Santa Cruz that I took last year with a friend’s Nikon F film camera. I recently got … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, 35mm Film, Beach Times, Dream Land, Natural Light, Outside, Scanned Negatives
Tagged beach day, beachy, black and white, black and white photography, bw, cement ship beach, coast, colorless, desaturated, film scanned, grayscale, pacific coast, people, positive, public, sandy, santa cruz, scanned film, tmax100, zones
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Got myself on a cloud!
A cloud of thinking about clouds that is. There’s not a cloud in the sky this afternoon, at least not that I can see out of my east-facing window. I lover the layers of sky you can see here. From … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Digital Photography, Dream Land, Natural Light, Outside, travels
Tagged 2013, 70-200mm lens, blue sky, CA, California, canon, canon 60d, Christina Best Photography, Christina The Photographer, christina thomas, clouds, cloudy, columbia river, dark clouds, digital, digital photography, digital SLR, dynamic, ever changing sky, gold, i love the sky, photographer, Sacramento, sky, the gorge, the sky, wa, washington, white clouds
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A Striking Sundown
The Columbia River Gorge is THE most beautiful place I’ve ever seen! The sky is biggest ever and the river views are incredible! The sunset speaks for itself in the pictures below. Every time you turn and look back it … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Dream Land, Natural Light, Outside
Tagged 2013, 70-200mm lens, beauty, CA, California, canon, canon 60d, Christina Best Photography, Christina The Photographer, christina thomas, clouds, cloudy, colors, columbia, columbia river gorge, digital, digital photography, digital SLR, end of the day, goodbye day, highlights, nature, photographer, pretty, Sacramento, sasquatch, shadows, silhouette, skie, sun, sun down, sunset, the gorge, wa, washington
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“Dreamed a long day just wandering free”
My birthday was earlier this week and as a gift to myself I developed all the rolls of film I had. Took 3 trips to different film developers in the area, due to the different types of film I had. … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, 35mm Film, Dream Land, Fall, Natural Light, Outside, Scanned Negatives
Tagged black and white, black and white photography, branches, bw, Canon EOS Rebel 2000, colorless, desaturated, Dirt, dreamy, grayscale, ground, leaves, lifeless, negatives turned positive, paths, scanned film, Trees, zones
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Livin’ in a bubbly world!
Posted in 2013, Digital Photography, Dream Land, Road trippin'
Tagged 2013, 40 mm lens, awesome, blast, Bubbles, CA, California, canon, canon 60d, Christina Best Photography, Christina The Photographer, christina thomas, clouds, digital, digital photography, digital SLR, fun, girl, great, hippie, memorial day weekend, photographer, portrait, Sacramento, sky, Summer
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