How Long Must Eye Wait?
Wedged in a crack behind the aptly-named Ladyboot Arch in the Alabama Hills of the eastern Sierra near the Nevada border of California, I already knew this wasn't going to be…
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November 7, 2017
Grizzly Falls
Just off the road along the South Fork of the Kings River in Kings Canyon National Park, Grizzly Falls presented great contrasts of light and dark. I used a neutral…
November 3, 2017
If Jackson Pollock Dripped using Flower Petals
The great abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock created his paintings largely by throwing paint and ink to drip against the canvas. But suppose he had used flower petals rather than…
November 2, 2017
Landscape in Layers
It's fun to photograph a landscape that appears to be layered. Usually, this works best in the early morning or later afternoon (or even earlier at sunrise, or later at…
November 1, 2017
Please join me at the opening of my photography exhibition November 9, 2017
Please join me at the opening of my photography exhibition Thursday November 9, 2017 at Shoh Gallery in Berkeley, California from 6-9 PM. I look forward to celebrating my vernissage with…
October 31, 2017
My New Nikon D850: First Impressions
While I was away practicing night photography in the eastern Sierra, my new Nikon D850 arrived. Today I got to open the box, configure the menus, figure out where a…
October 27, 2017
Under the Sheltering Sky
The novel The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles details a desert---the Sahara in trans-Atlas Morocco---that is anything but comfortable and sheltering, at least to foreigners. It's true the desert can…
October 26, 2017
PhotoPills Camp 2018
Please consider joining me and other Photography Masters at the PhotoPills Camp in May, 2018 on the beautiful island of Menorca. For more information, click here and register to get…
October 23, 2017
Forgotten Kingdom
When you wander the desert of the imagination you don't know what you might find---the possibilities range from a horse with no name to forgotten kingdoms of myth and legend…
October 23, 2017
Revelation
While my night photography group turned most of their attention to Mobius Arch, I set my camera on auto-pilot on a rocky knoll to photograph the apparently empty landscape of…
October 22, 2017
Landscape of Blue Layers
From the heights of the White Mountains, the ranges to the south looked blue in the haze. With very little intermediation from me, photographic capture turned these vast spaces into…
October 20, 2017
Night Finger Music
A few of us arrived in Lone Pine ahead of this weekend's night photography workshop. After dinner, we went over to the Alabama Hills to practice a little night finger…
October 19, 2017
Autumn Poplars
In the early morning light I photographed poplars in the golden hues of autumn. Then I experimented with longer exposures and motion. This impressionistic result was a 3 second exposure…
October 18, 2017
Lonely Road
I had hoped to leave the haze and smoke of the Bay area behind, but coming across Yosemite and then down the eastern slope of the High Sierra we descended…
October 17, 2017
Early-Bird Discount: Exploring Cathar Country and the Pyrenees-Orientales
Please consider joining me on a grand photographic adventure to southwest France in spring 2018: Exploring Cathar Country and the Pyrenees-Orientales (April 28-May 7, 2018). A substantial early-bird discount ($500 per person)…
October 16, 2017
Opening in Night Photography Workshop Oct 20-23
Due to a cancellation, we have an opening in our upcoming night photography workshop in the Eastern Sierras Oct 20-23, 2017. Click here for more info and registration. It's not…
October 13, 2017
It Starts with a Petal and Ends with a Twist of Fate
It started with two wonderful bunches of alstromerias ("Peruvian Lilies"), one purple and one yellow. On the alstromeria flower, the blossoms have exterior petals that are mostly solid colors (e.g.,…
October 11, 2017
Chorus of One
I worked with model Jin N Tonic to create a number of images in my Multiple Exposures series. In Chorus of One, I think Jin did a great job of positioning…
October 10, 2017