Lori A. Cash Photography Blog

Just a reminder that there is still space available for our Lighthouses and Seascapes weekend workshop for March 19-21, 2010 on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The cost of this workshop is $350. We will have a Friday evening orientation, photograph all day Saturday and photograph until noon on Sunday. Registration is offered online at the below link using PayPal or by check or money order.

Please click here for more info on this workshop.

Tags: lighthouses, Lighthouses and Seascapes Photo Workshop, North Carolina, Outer Banks, seascapes, workshops

Dan Waters and I will be holding a Photography Basics for Beginners Workshops this Saturday, February 20th, on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. There will be both in-the-field and classroom sessions. This workshop is geared towards anyone that has a camera and is interested in taking better photos. 

Registration is offered online at the below link using PayPal or by check or money order. Since, the workshop is less than a week away, please email me at lori@lacphoto.com if you like to register and pay via check or money order.

Please click here for the link to the Photography Basics for Beginners Workshop.

Tags: Outer Banks Photo Workshops, workshops

Here are a couple more images from my recent trip to Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. It was a cloudy morning when I took the below images. Therefore, I increased my ISO so that I would have enough shutter speed to stop the action of the birds actively feeding in the water. In this one spot at Merritt Island I was able to photograph a variety of birds such as American avocets, tricolored herons, willets, and marbled godwits. I am pleased that I got many good images from this trip.  

Photo1: Tricolored Heron, Canon EOS 1D Mark III with Canon 500mm IS lens and 2x teleconverter, ISO 500, 1/250, f/8, +2 exp comp, Gitzo tripod and Wimberely head.

Photo2: Marbled Godwit, Canon EOS 1D Mark III with Canon 500mm IS lens and 2x teleconverter, ISO 640, 1/320, f/8, +2 2/3 exp comp, Gitzo tripod and Wimberely head.

Tags: bird photography, birds, Florida, marbled godwit, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, tricolored heron

Over the New Year’s holiday I had spent some time down in Florida photographing birds at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and Viera Wetlands. It was a fairly successful trip. Unfortunately, I did not get to spend as much time at Merritt Island since the drive was closed one afternoon due to an accident on the drive. At Merritt Island, I enjoyed photographing some American avocets. I would have preferred them to be in breeding plumage, but nonetheless, I finally got some avocet images. This is a new species for me. Below are two of my favorite images from Merritt Island.

Hope everyone will have a peaceful, healthy and prosperous new year.

Photo1: American Avocet, Canon 1D Mark lll with 500m IS lens, 2x teleconverter, ISO 640, 1/320, f/8, +2 2/3 exp comp on a cloudy day, Gitzo tripod and Wimberely head.

Photo2: Great Blue Heron, Canon 1D Mark lll with 500m IS lens, 1.4x teleconverter, ISO 1000, 1/250, f/5.6, +2 exp com on cloudy day.

Tags: American avocet, bird photography, birds, Florida, great blue heron, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

I have not been photographing much lately. Hopefully, I will pick it up with the new year. This picture is from my trip to Elizabeth City last week. I was at the waterside when I photographed this sailboat leaving the harbor. 

Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday.  

Tags: Elizabeth City, North Carolina, sailboat, sunrise

For those of you who are on the social networking websites, you can now join me on Facebook.

Also, become a fan of the Outer Banks Photo Workshops on Facebook.

Hope to see you there.

Tags: facebook, news

Portsmouth Island is an uninhabited barrier island off the coast of North Carolina and is part of the Cape Lookout National Seashore. The island was once a fishing and shipping village, but it was abandoned in 1971. There are buildings from the village that remain, and the island is visited each summer by many tourists via a ferry.

On our visit to Portsmouth Island, we had a questionable dark looking sky but were blessed with no rain. In the second image below I used HDR (High Dynamic Range) with Photomatix Pro.

Photo1: Historic Methodist Church, Canon EOS 1D Mark lll with 24-105mm IS lens, ISO 100, 1/125 at f/16 on Gitzo tripod with BH-1 Ballhead

Photo 2: Portsmouth Island, Canon EOS 1D Mark lll with 24-105mm IS lens, HDR at 0, -2. +2 bracketing at ISO 100, f/11, Gitzo tripod with BH-1 Ballhead

Tags: Cape Lookout National Seashore, North Carolina, Outer Banks, Portsmouth Island

Here are a couple images of the Ocracoke Lighthouse from Ocracoke Island, North Carolina. I was fortunate to have some clouds in the sky to help soften the afternoon lighting. I am still processing images from this trip and will share a few from Portsmouth Island here soon.

Photo 1: Ocraocoke Lighthouse, Canon 1D Mark lll with 24-105mm IS lens handheld, ISO 100, 1/50 at f/16

Photo 2: Ocraocoke Lighthouse, Canon 1D Mark lll with 24-105mm IS lens handheld, ISO 100, 1/40 at f/16

Tags: lighthouses, North Carolina, Ocracoke Lighthouse, Outer Banks

This past weekend the CNPA Outer Banks Region had an overnight outing to Ocracoke Island and Portsmouth Island, barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina. We all had a great time, and we were lucky with some rain-free days. It seems most of the days lately have been cloudy and wet. Here are a couple of images from Ocracoke Island. I have about 400 images from the weekend and will post more images soon.

Photo 1: Brown Pelican Silhouette, Canon 1D Mark lll with 400mm f/5.6 lens, ISO 200, 1/200 at f/8, Gitzo tripod and BH-1 ballhead

Photo 2: Silver Lake at Sunset, Canon 1D Mark lll camera with 24-105mm IS lens, ISO 100, 1/15 at f/1, Gitzo tripod and BH-1 ballhead

Tags: bird photography, CNPA, North Carolina, Ocracoke Island, Outer Banks

Things have been really busy with me here lately, and I haven’t had as much time to get out in the field to photograph. Yesterday, I took the below images of Bodie Island Lighthouse, and I really like the different look that the old boat in the foreground provides on the below image.

I am anxious for the wintering waterfowl to return to the Outer Banks and look forward to being out in the field taking pictures of the waterfowl. Also, next month I will be making my first visit to Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. I am tremendously excited about this upcoming trip.

Photo 1:  Old Boat and Bodie Island Lighthouse, Canon EOS 1D Mark lll with 24-105mm lens handheld, ISO 100, 1/100 at f/11 with polarizer filter.

Photo 2:  Bodie Island Lighthouse, Canon EOS 1D Mark lll with 24-105mm lens handheld, ISO 100, 1/50 at f/11 with polarizer filter.

Tags: Bodie Island Lighthouse, lighthouses, North Carolina, Outer Banks, scenics