Making me feel better

Family with dog at Twin Lakes Beach
Originally uploaded by Anthony L. Solis.

So, tomorrow is the annual Night Lights for Peace here in Santa Cruz where an artist has decided to light up the coast with spotlights from the Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse to the Walton Lighthouse. Last year I shot some pretty cool photos and I've been looking forward to shooting it again this year for a few months now. However, since we've had layoffs at the newspaper, we are so short staffed that there is no such thing as a regular schedule anymore. I found out today that tomorrow I'm supposed to work a night shift.

Ugh.

So after work today, I grabbed my camera and headed out to Twin Lakes Beach on the East side of the harbor to shoot the two lighthouses that will be lit tomorrow. Most of the shots were pretty flat as the sun was darting in and out of clouds, but I managed to grab a few that were at least salvageable.

This shot was exposed the best I could while shooting into the sun. My overall contrast was down and I had very little information in the midtone area. A lot of that had to do with the amount of moisture in the air (it's supposed to rain tomorrow night so at least I won't get wet).

I'm feeling a little better now, but I'm still going to miss shooting the Night Lights (sorry Kirby, I really wanted to be out there). Maybe I'll drag my equipment to the roof of the building and see what I get from there. Next month we'll be leaving our cushy downtown building anyway, so this may be my last chance to shoot from up there.

Do me a favor and get off the net and go buy a newspaper, I've got a wedding to pay for.