Nestling among the stone behemoths that line the canyons of San Francisco's financial district is a comparatively modest neoclassical building. This is the San Francisco Mechanics' Institute, housing a library,…
To create this image of a Star Magnolia, I brought some branches into my studio and arranged them on my lightbox. I shot the images in three panels using HDR…
While on the topic of fine art printmaking, I am delighted to now be sponsored by Moab, a boutique manufacturer of quality substrates and my paper manufacturer of choice for fine art…
We've been making large prints on Washi rice paper. I'm very pleased with the way a 36" x 44" Washi rice paper print of Mountains on the Beach (image shown…
Who owns the night? In many California parks and public venues clearly not you or me. Anyone who has spent much time photographing at night has certainly experienced being kicked out…
It's hard not to love sunflowers. Sunflowers are a sunny flower. It's in the name, and also in the big, yellow, platter-sized flowers. They are artistic and often painted by…
One way that digital photography differs from film photography is that you never are truly finished with an image. Technologies may change and improve---and frequently do. For example, Adobe Camera…
We are very excited to have Photographing Flowers available at Wayside Gardens. Check my book out on the beautiful Wayside Gardens site---and as always on Amazon, where it has garnered 53…
Against a darkling winter sky I stand adamant, seed pods crackling in the wind. Stubborn and mute with life hardly visible I know that my seeds will drop on the stony ground…
It's been a while since I've created really abstract images such as The Dictator's Architect and my Tower of Babel and variations. Usually with these images I start with photographic elements…
The highlight of the San Francisco Cable Car Museum is the wheels that power the cable cars. These have a somewhat Victorian steam punk look, despite the fact that they…
Commonly called the Sundial shell, Architectonica is small. The specimen shown in this photo is probably less than an inch across. Turn the shell over, and there's a tiny spiral…
I am writing this story to let you know about an exciting new development. Thanks to new advanced technology, I am now able to create hand-crafted images up to 44 x 72 inches, printing them on…
On my way home from photographing in the University of California Santa Cruz Arboretum I drove up the spectacular San Mateo coast (south of San Francisco). I reached the Pigeon…
Springtime rain brings flowers---and a sense of renewal and hope. It has been raining here in Berkeley, California all this week. Good for the garden, and good for the parched…
We are very pleased to announce that Cameron + Company has released three postcard books of my work. Each of the three postcard books each contain twenty detachable postcards. They are…
Wandering downtown San Francisco with two photographic companions we decided to visit the San Francisco Cable Car Museum. This turned out to be a great location for monochromatic HDR photography.…
If you've been following my blog or my Flickr stream you may have noticed more than the usual proportion of extreme macro shots involving waterdrops. Well, I do love shooting…