On Tuesday, I met with Eric, Mary, and Matthew. This was something of a first for me, as I’d only met Eric before via Xanga, and I believe Eric and Matthew had never met face to face either. As we’re all avid photographers, we decided we couldn’t pass up the chance to meet when Eric came down to Southern CA for a few days.

Moments before disaster.

Let me just caution to everyone- sandstone is slippery. It looks and feels solid. It isn’t. That is all.

Eric let me play around with a 15mm fisheye lens he brought with him. First I took a self portrait.

Then, a group shot.

Finally, an HDR for good measure.

Afterwards, I used the good old 24mm tilt shift lens.

As the sun was setting, a good time was had by all as we tried to set up portraits and mess around with the fading sunset colours.

I recommend you click on each of their sites. It’s safe to say they all have wildly different styles, but they’re excellent photographers.