I took several shots from this spot as the sunset including several with Slinky Dog in the frame. Ultimately the Slinky Dog blocked some of the glorious sunset and made the image feel cluttered and unbalanced. This way the image lets you focus on the structure, the characters, specifically Jessie, and the amazing, glowing sunset. When I shoot a frame, I sometimes find myself trying to stuff as many elements in as possible, but this shot was a good reminder that sometimes less is more.
Each sunset is special, but sometimes you get an extra special one. I often chase the sunset through the park to Splash Mountain and I’ve been rewarded with some excellent shots. This…
It seems we made it back to Walt Disney World after a year and a half absence just in the nick of time as all parks are now closed as of today.…
I post various stuff from around Walt Disney World and Disneyland but I know what you all really want to see are sunset photos of Cinderella Castle. So here is yet another…
I’ve been extolling the virtues of the Nikon Z7 the past few images, but it can’t be overstated how much the electronic viewfinder has contributed to my images. Being able to nail…
I have really been out of editing the past few weeks. I finally mustered enough effort to edit this sunset shot of Harambe in Animal Kingdom. This sunset initially was looking lackluster…
Pandora sunset photos have become my absolute favorite photos to edit from Disney World. They are probably the closest you’ll get to a pure landscape photo in the parks and this lends…
My alternate title for this shot was going to be Creepin’ on Cinderella Castle. I decided I’d go for the more obvious title in the end… but now since I’m telling you…
I’m embarrassed to admit how many times I started editing this photo, scrapped it and started over. In fact, I think I lost count somewhere after the 10th time. I thought about…
In the never-ending quest to improve my post processing I’m introducing some new techniques with today’s photo. The photo still looks like something I would process but I think is a bit…