On Turning Around
If you've ever gone shooting with a nature or landscape photographer worthy of their salt you'll notice that they turn around a great deal. Good photographers are not Prussian soldiers…
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July 6, 2011
Following the Path: Print of the Month
Our June and July, 2011 offering is Following the Path. This unusual high dynamic range image of a country road in late afternoon light suggests the possiblities ahead if one…
June 11, 2011
Structure of Time
Looking up through layers of rock makes me feel that I can see the structure of time moving at a geological pace. Note: This is an exposure blend of five…
June 5, 2011
Falling Sand
In Upper Antelope near Page, Arizona the sunbeams hit the slot canyon floor intermittently. Also intermittent, sand blew down in waves. The two conjoined in this 20 second exposure, with…
May 29, 2011
Following the Path
The paths we take in life are sometimes straight with the vanishing point clearly to be seen in the distance. Other times the path ahead is twisted and obscure. In…
May 15, 2011
Cockeyed Fisheye Landscape
Late one spring afternoon I was scouting the bucolic farm country of rural Sonoma County. From Whitaker Bluff under scuttling clouds I photographed this cockeyed fisheye view of the bend…
May 14, 2011
Point Reyes Morning
I set out for Chimney Rock in the dark before dawn, and turned back towards the Coastguard Boathouse in time for sunrise. From above, the scene was lit with a…
May 13, 2011
Bucolic
Near the Marin-Sonoma County line, not far from the Tomales Bay oyster town of Marshall, California, the wildflowers dotted the green meadows in bucolic profusion. I shot this image using…
May 4, 2011
Oculus
This is an image of a formation in Upper Antelope Canyon near Page, Arizona. I shot six exposures at shutter speeds from 4 seconds to 1/60 of a second. Each…
April 15, 2011
Looking Up
One direction photographers often don't think to point their cameras is straight up. Sure, we include sky and mountains at the horizon line in many of our photos, and tilt…
April 14, 2011
Horseshoe Bend in the Dark of the Moon
Creeping on a dark night towards a thousand foot drop-off, in a place one has never been, with no clear path or trail, while lugging heavy gear is surprisingly (or…
April 10, 2011
Slot Canyon
This shot of Lower Antelope Canyon is the first image I've had time to process from my recent trip to the southwest. I'm looking forward to posting more imagery including…
April 7, 2011
Ruth Glacier, Alaska
This is a shot of Ruth Glacier in the Alaska Range on the approach to Denali. The glacier stretches 50-100 miles into the distance, a great superhighway of rock and…
March 28, 2011
City as Landscape
Briefly noted: From near West Point Inn on the slopes of Mount Tamalpais I watched the fog come over the city of San Francisco and the Marin Headlands, with each…
March 23, 2011
Roundtrip in Black and White
This is a photo of a tree beside Route 120 near China Camp on the way to Yosemite. I shot the photo on a gray day, and underexposed by about…
March 18, 2011
Yosemite Falls Rainbow
Walking over to Yosemite Falls in the morning there was darkness and light. I was ready when the rainbow came out. I had my polarizer already on. I used a…
March 15, 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