Jade Drops
Around the corner a huge Jade Plant, Crassula argentea, grows out over the street. This plant is an excellent waterdrop catcher, and I enjoy photographing it following the rain. This…
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March 10, 2011
Print of the Month: Poppies
Our March, 2011 offering is Poppies. In our neck of the woods, poppies are among the first flowers to bloom in the spring. So we feel it is appropriate to…
March 9, 2011
Valley of Fire Star Trails
From Death Valley I drove across the suprisingly wild and beautiful uplands of Lake Mead National Recreation Area, and photographed Hoover Dam (more on these locations in a later story).…
March 5, 2011
Death Valley Star Trails
Death Valley is one of the grandest and most expansive landscapes on the North American continent. Therefore, camping at Furnace Creek is something of a paradox because conditions are cramped…
March 4, 2011
The Story of Katie Rose: A Preemie’s Journey
Katie Rose was born prematurely almost three years ago at 24 weeks gestation, almost 16 weeks early. In the dark, hectic days in the NICU that followed, we would have…
March 2, 2011
My New e-Friend
Wherever you go, there you are---and so, it turns out, is my new Verizon iPhone 4 camera. This shot of an old car is taken with my iPhone a few…
March 2, 2011
Vanishing Point
I shot these railroad tracks near the dusty mining town of Trona, California---where I'll be headed again in the next couple of days on my way to Death Valley and…
February 25, 2011
First Look: HDR Efex Pro
I made this image from five bracketed captures shot in the autumn of 1997, combined primarily with Nik Software's new HDR Efex Pro. Taken near sunset, I was standing on…
February 24, 2011
Water Drop Season
With flowers beginning to bloom and spring on the horizon, water drop season is open. I went hunting the other day after a fairly long siege of cold and rainy…
February 22, 2011
Katie Rose in the Sandbox
I took the kids out to the playground today, and shot some photos with my new "toy" camera. It's a Nikon Coolpix P7000, and I'm kind of impressed. This one…
February 21, 2011
Red and Blue Splash
This is a shot taken in Scott Dickson's garage. In the grand tradition of American garage tinkerers, Scott has constructed a number of devices used to create stop-motion photos involving…
February 20, 2011
Star Magnolia
It has rained hard the last few days. On one of the breaks in the weather I wandered across the street. A Star Magnolia, Magnolia stellata, was attractively in bloom,…
February 18, 2011
Matanzas River
The gritty provincial city of Matanzas is sometimes called the Venice of Cuba because of its many rivers and bridges. This is a stretch---but as I walked across a central…
February 17, 2011
Teakettle Junction
Midway between Owens Valley and the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the west, and Death Valley to the east, six miles from the Racetrack playa, Teakettle Junction is pretty much in…
February 16, 2011
Digital Asset Management: Be the Boss of Your Photos
Phyllis and I have been experimenting with various forms of e-Publication. DAM: Be the Boss of Your Photos is our first straight-to-Kindle publication. As you probably know, there's a Kindle…
February 16, 2011
Photographer of the Month—Harold Davis
I am pleased to be interviewed by Darwin Wiggett as his Photographer of the Month. This lengthy interview does not consist of entirely easy pitches. Here's how it begins: Darwin:…
February 15, 2011
Photoshop Darkroom 2 Available
Our new book The Photoshop Darkroom 2: Creative Digital Transformations is now shipping on Amazon, where you can find excerpts and other information about the book. I know some of…
February 14, 2011
Barn Door
I spent a thrilling couple of hours in the late afternoon photographing inside the old barn at the Pierce Ranch on the north fork (towards Tomales Point) of Point Reyes.…
February 12, 2011