Day At The Lake, originally uploaded by tigerpaw511.

We had plans to take the boys to Crystal Cove in Newport Beach but as we drove past Lake Mission Viejo, we changed our plans. Made a U-turn at the next light and drove to the lake.

Both Parker and Jonathan enjoyed the entire North Beach to themselves while mom and dad helped build sand castles.

It’s days like this where we are glad to have made the decision to move here.  Click on the photo above to see more of our trip and also check out the movie of Lena and Parker attempting to build a sand castle.

We missed Dylan but got a call from grandma who said he was having a lot of fun with his extended family in Florida and was about to see a stunt show at Disneyworld.

Coastal Path, originally uploaded by tigerpaw511.

I recently started creating photos using HDR or High Dynamic Range imaging. The process involves taking multiple shots at different exposures of the same subject then layering them together. Once that is done the layered images can be enhanced by using a third party application such as Photomatix. For more information about HDR take a look at this Wiki entry.

Here are all the HDR images I have created so far.