Pam Walz Creative Photography

Photography Experiences

SanFrancisco May 2018

May 29, 2018 • Leave a Comment

I wanted to take a photo of San Francisco early in the morning from Treasure Island. I had never been to San Francisco. I needed to scout the location the day before, so after picking up the rental car; I followed Google Maps directions to Treasure Island. The voice directions weren't working, so as I was driving on the Oakland Bay bridge I had to...

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Driving to Santa Elena, Costa Rica March 2018

April 26, 2018 • Leave a Comment

I wanted to see the Resplendent Quetzal bird, and I knew that it could be found in the Monteverde Cloud Forest of Costa Rica. I looked at the map of Costa Rica and saw that the nearest airport to Monteverde was in Liberia. I learned that the road to Santa Elena in Monteverde was bad and that an SUV would be needed. Just how bad the road was, I didn...

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Moon St. Paul 3/2/18

March 01, 2018 • Leave a Comment

I thought about making this photo all winter, but it was just too cold for me to stand outside at six in the morning. I waited for it to warm up and set up my rig a half hour before sunrise at Mounds Blvd. overlooking St. Paul, MN. Once I was happy with the composition, I started taking different exposures and finally used a thirteen second exposu...

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Laysan Albatross 1/31/18

January 31, 2018 • Leave a Comment

I recently visited Oahu, HI and heard there were nesting Laysan Albatrosses on the island. I had never seen these birds and wanted to go. I left my hotel room at 0530, drove for over an hour in the dark, and hiked five miles round trip while carrying a heavy telephoto lens. I must have seen about 30 of these amazing birds. They can live to be sixt...

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Long Exposure Photography 11/27/17

November 27, 2017 • Leave a Comment

I love long exposure photography- it makes the water flowing around shores, waterfalls and rocks look smooth and silky. It also makes the clouds look streaked. For a year I've been trying to get good long exposure photos. At first I used a 10 stop variable density Hoya filter. This didn't work well during the day- there was too much vignetting. Nex...

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