Craig Corl Photography

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

California Wine Country in the Fog

I was lucky enough to spend last weekend in California wine country (Napa Valley and Sonoma Valley) with my wife…and my camera. Notice I said “wife” first, and “camera” second. We had a wonderful time visiting some boutique wineries (those that either do not distribute, or have a very limited distribution and low case production) and were fortunate enough to be blessed by fog.

From a photographic point of view, fog is very exciting. Follow this link to see some of the previous entries I posted featuring fog. Generally, fog is another great excuse to process photos in black and white; a clear preference of mine. However, I wanted to share these photos because they run counter to my black and white predisposition. In each of the photos, my opinion was that the color added an important dimension to the final product.

I am a bit short on time at the moment, so my commentary will be similarly limited. Check back in a couple of days to see another set of California wine country photography in black and white.

Have fun and go make some great photography.

Craig

I was just reminiscing about 2010 and how this blog has evolved. Thanks to you, readership grew dramatically and the response was resolutely positive. Thanks! As I was reviewing the year, I was interested to see the posts that get the most visits. For 2010, here are the top 4:

Filling out the top ten of all time (including 2009) are:

So if you missed any of these, you now know what the rest of your fellow readers have voted for with their clicks.