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And here it is, tonight's beautiful sunset from south Carlsbad beach. This is my favorite stretch of Carlsbad, driving north along this stretch of coast highway is a visual treat. Something about this incredible view just makes me want to take a deep breath, roll the windows down and blast the tunes. It's truly a reminder of how lucky I am to be here. I haven't photographed a sunset in a while, I tend to go full blast after something until I burn out. It's like that with everything I shoot, surfing, wildlife, landscape you name it. I get an idea and pursue it with all my energy and strength until I don't want to shoot that anymore and I move on to the next thing. I wasn't planning on shooting a sunset tonight, but man seeing all those beautiful elements working off of each other was just to tantalizing. I had to stay and I'm glad I did, didn't know that I'll be shooting sunsets like crazy now....but if it looks like it will be a memorable one you can bet I'll stick around. Hope everyone got a glimpse of this one to finish out your day. We truly are lucky to live surrounded by such beauty. #california #carlsbad #cbadmag #nikonusa #d5 #spring #socal #sunset #goldenhour #longexposure #landscape #ig_vision #westcoast_exposures #beach #clouds #explore #earthdayeveryday #fluxphotography #fluxphoto #natgeo

Lake Calaveras in the grips of a beautiful transformation and absolutely blowing my mind. All the recent rain has begun a process that is utterly fascinating. This was just shot with my iPhone, better photo coming. #california #carlsbad #cbad #cbadmag #iphone5 #vsco #vscocam #nature #clouds #spring #sunset #socal

A pair of female mallards searching the water with their bills. This was the last of the light yesterday and I saw these two ducks taking the long way around. Oh they took their sweet time and the light quickly dwindled, it was a bit of torture for me seeing this shot in my head but facing the real possibility that by the time they got to this spot the light would be gone. What can be done though, I can't force them to move faster and my impatience just leads to frustration. So I sat there in the mud surrounded by flies and waited. Wouldn't you know it though that as the light faded it became a deeper red and orange and the reflections in the water became that much more intense. Had they arrived even a minute or two earlier it would be a much different photo lacking that beautiful reddish tone. Often you just have to sit and wait for things to unfold, we convince ourselves that it's the end because things aren't working out the way we want them to. Yet there are times that things just work out even better then you could have ever hoped. There is something to be said for letting go and sitting in stillness. Life lessons from two quacky friends just cruising along looking for a meal in beautiful light.....go figure :) #california #carlsbad #cbad #cbadmag #ducks #mallards #audobonsociety #nature #birds #sunset #reflections #goldenhour #calaveralake #600mm #d5 #600mmsniper #nikonusa #nikonphotography #fluxphoto #fluxphotography #socal

It's good to go back to your roots, to remember why you do what you do in the first place. Lately I have been doing a lot of sports oriented photography, surfing and SUP mostly and some landscapes when I can fit them in. Don't get me wrong, I love....LOVE what I do, anything that gets me behind the lens my heart just skips a beat. While I love shooting the action stuff it is in nature that my heart has been and it will always be there. It draws and beckons me always that pull to go and capture something beautiful. I decided to follow that call this afternoon and went to shoot at lake calavera. The ongoing drought has truly changed the face of our landscape and lake calavera is no exception. Huge portions of the shoreline are now exposed reavealing new things and providing new opportunities. Seeing the water so far back is truly heartbreaking for me but I'm not one to pass up such opportunities. The dry lake bed has drawn all sorts of birds, egrets, great blue heron, killdeer, ducks, gulls you name it. They come in search of food and give us a window into their behaviors. I had a blast, to be down low in the dirt, covered in sweat and sinking in mud bugs crawling all over me....may sound like a nightmare to you. To me though it's the small price to pay to be able to witness the many spectacles and splendors of our wildlife. This was one of those gratifying and heart stopping moments. A flock of American coots running for takeoff in beautiful golden light.....nothing could be better :) #california #carlsbad #cbad #cbadmag #nature #birds #coots #americancoot #flight #goldenhour #socal #fluxphotography #fluxphoto #nikon #nikonphotography #d5 #600mm #600mmsniper #drought #calaveralake

A beautiful Carlsbad summer afternoon as a squirrel would see it 🐿 the diminutive size of the GoPro make it perfect for a lot of things, such as shooting through openings along the sea wall. Just like any camera though it can get fooled by an expansive range. Knowing how to work the scene helps in getting the best outcome. For this I didn't care about anything in the shadows and didn't mind having them go completely black. But because of this large black area the camera gets fooled into thinking that it needs to open up exposure get shadow detail, if this happens the shots comes out way to bright and you lose all detail in the sky. Turning the spot meter on and dialing in a -0.5 compensation did the trick :) #california #carlsbad #cbad #cbadmag #gopro #sunset #summer #summerdays #lowperspectives #stickitwherethesundontshine #fluxphoto #fluxphotography #poweryourpassion #hero4black #socal #nature #beach #sand #explore

Back in the saddle again! 25 mile ride and feeling great! Thanks to @jaybirdsport for the freedom Bluetooth ear buds which are by far the best sounding ones I have ever used and thanks to @overwerk for making incredible sounding music to get me through the tough parts. Hit but beautiful day along the coast :) #california #carlsbad #cbad #cbadmag #socal #poweryourpassion #jaybirdsport #jaybirdfreedom #fitness #cycling #coasthighway #novarra #gopro #vsco

I want to be clear. THE STREET FAIRE IS NOT CANCELLED. I on the other hand will not be there, due to a lot of factors I have decided to not do the Carlsbad Street Faire. My apologies for any inconvenience this causes. Thank you to all of the people that have stopped by over the years and supported me on this journey. Please be sure to visit @vizartink to see and buy my prints or contact me [email protected] for purchasing or any info you might want. Thank you all again, I am indebted to you all. #california #carlsbad #carlsbadmagazine #cbadmag #cbadmag #carlsbadstreetfair #carlsbadstreetfaire #cancellation #art #prints #fluxphotography #fluxphoto #encinitas #encinitasmag #encinitasmagazine #republicofencinitas #coolencinitas #goodbye

This Sunday is the Carlsbad street faire! Come join us and stop by the booth to say hello. Ill be on the southern end of Roosevelt street in front of the beer garden. After many years of doing the the street faire I have decided that this will be my final one. So this is your last chance to come see my work in person as I dont have a gallery. After that I will continue to sell through the @vizartink gallery. So one last hoorah! Hope to see you there. #california #carlsbad #carlsbadmagazine #cbadmag #cbadmag #carlsbadstreetfair #carlsbadstreetfaire #finalshow #lasthoorah #art #prints #fluxphotography #fluxphoto #encinitas #encinitasmag #encinitasmagazine #republicofencinitas #coolencinitas #goodbye