By Scott Shephard

It was rainy, windy a deeply overcast when we parked our car at the overlook to the La Jolla caves. I thought twice about getting my camera out. Frankly, I've thought twice about getting my camera out at any time in 2016. Believe it or not, I've even thought about just quitting photography. But then what? The fact is that I've just gotten lazy. . .

But I did get the camera out and took a few photos. I'm glad I did. As I've taught my students, photography isn't an accident; its a concious process. And it takes discipline, practice and dedication. Oh, and a good "digital darkroom" to help gray days look just a little brighter.

Canon 5DIII 1/125s f/8.0 ISO400 24mm

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