[LargeFormat] Happy Holidays!

[Jim Brick]

This coming Monday the 10th, is the lowest tide in the next two year at 
Weston Beach - Point Lobos. The low tide comes at roughly 4:45pm so the 
entire afternoon will be marvelous. Point Lobos closes at 5pm during the 
winter but I will have at least two hours of a lowest tide. The cool thing 
about Weston Beach is the rock formations and the way the cove (Weston 
Beach is a cove - mostly rock formations) is situated. The geology 
formations are incredibly photogenic. and when the water is out, it is 
simply spectacular. Last October we had a -.5' tide, which was in itself 
spectacular, but this tide is minus 2' tide, 4x more.

According to the weather service, it is supposed to be raining in the AM 
with scattered showers in the afternoon. I'll take whatever mother nature 
dishes out. The extra low tide gives me an excuse for skipping work on 
Monday and going to play. I have a huge umbrella and a Bogen Super Clamp 
that affixes it to my tripod, therefore I'll shoot in any weather. Winds 
are supposed to be only moderate so everything should be hunky-dory. My 
Technikardan doesn't mind wet weather. It told me so...  ;-)

I'll be shooting a lot of 6x12 format using the Sinar Zoom back that I 
bought from Rob Champagne a couple of years ago. Marvelous piece of equipment!

Happy New Year to everyone,

:-)

Jim