One of the many perks of my job is the ability to take half days on alternate Fridays during the summer, and yesterday, we used it as a reason to throw a going away BBQ for a guy who's going back to school. I'm pretty sure there is no better way to ring in the summer than with a BBQ at the beach, which I then rounded out with happy hour with a friend who happens to live in San Diego.
The only casualty I incurred was some sunburn because I forgot to reapply sunscreen amidst moving around trying to take quality photos and make up for yesterday's laziness.
Still, despite the potential sunglasses-tan-induced raccoon eyes, added some time to this week and took some action shots instead of still subjects. Photographing moving things reminds me a lot of skeet shooting... you follow the movement and then pull the trigger at the apex - in this case, once the subject gets into an interesting or visually striking position in the frame. With the pier that juts into the water near the surfing area, I was at a pretty good angle to catch some surfers doing their thing.
But first, an homage to BBQ, which I'm pretty sure should just be its own food group entirely.
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| Chicken & hot links: yum, yum, and more yum! |
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| Fall-off-the-bone ribs. |
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| Surfer, f/8 @ 1/500s, with the colors punched up a little in Picasa because the light was kind of bleh |
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| Just about to lose his balance - I love the reflection of his shadow in the water. |
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| Fat pigeon that bullied 2 other pigeons out of the way for this perch - what an asshole. Nikon D3100 f/5.6 @ 1/640s. |
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| Pier, as seen from the beach |
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| If only life decisions were this simple - colors punched up in Picasa |
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