Pepperdine University & Malibu Lagoon

Late Saturday afternoon in Malibu. A quick storm just passed the night before... Freezing cold but so beautiful...

IR converted Canon 20D with 18-55 IS

Joshua Tree National Park, CA 1.1.11

We left home at 8am on New Year's day, stopped by midway at Alhambra for breakfast... We were at the south entrance of Joshua Tree National Park at little bit pass noon. Again, it's another partially overcast day and it created nice infrared source for these images. I was a little disappointed this time because for some reasons, there were not a lot of good size Joshua trees throughout the park. A lot of Joshua trees started to show up towards the north entrance of the park and there were lots of them at Twenty-nine Palms area. The lighting was not as good as early afternoon so I didn't capture any images after we exited the park.

IR converted 20D with 18-55 IS (at 18mm).

Mount San Jacinto State Park, Palm Springs, CA 1.2.11

Ten minutes of cable car ride with breathtaking views brought us to this winter wonderland. -1ºC with windchill felt more like -15ºC up there at 8,516 ft elevation.

Valley of Fire, NV. 12.25.10

It's a partially overcast Christmas day at the Valley of Fire State Park. It was slightly on the chilly side but overall it was very nice day to be out at the park. The girls were busy climbing the rocks and wife was busy chasing after them... I was busy capturing the beautiful scenery with my camera. It was almost 8 years ago when we last visited here. Our lives have changed dramatically since but the amazing views at the park remain unchanged.
Canon IR converted 20D, 18-55 at 18 with Canon WC-DC58 0.8x

Off Malibu Canyon (Part 1). 12.10.10

I have been driving on Malibu Canyon road between Calabasas & Malibu for over an year now but never got a chance to stop by and take pictures on this scenic road. Today is the day after our company's holiday party, we have a day off. I started my 1st part of exploring... More to come in the near future. All images were captured by a Lifepixel converted 20D with Tamron 17-50/ f:2.8 at 17mm, custom white balance. Color channels mixed, level, hue & saturation adjusted in Photoshop. I like the eerie feeling from some of the images...

Newbury Park, CA. 10.30.10

A few IR images captured at a local park on Halloween with converted 4 megapixel G2 with 0.8x add on WC-DC58.

Westlake Village, CA. 6.15.09

Converted Nikon D70 with 18-70mm at 18mm. Custom white balance. Level & Hue adjusted in Photoshop.