Devil’s Postpile
Deep in the heart of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, down the drainage of the Middle Fork of the San Joaquin River from the Minarets, Mt Banner, and the Ritter Range,…
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October 3, 2018
X-Ray Photography and the Inner Form of Beauty
The process of making these x-ray images of flowers and shells is more like making a photogram---what Man Ray called a rayograph---than it is like using a conventional camera. The flowers…
September 17, 2018
Rainbow Falls in Black and White
I hiked into Rainbow Falls in Devils Postpile National Monument. No rainbows this day, but a great waterfall in monochrome!
September 8, 2018
Papaver Poppy Pods Gone to Seed
When Papavers go to seed, they produce pods that hold the seeds. You can scrape out the pod to harvest the seeds. When one puts a clump of these seeds…
July 11, 2018
Summer Grass
In the traffic island in the middle of our Morning Glory Circle, as spring turns to summer the grass is drying and turning a California brown. I cut and carefully…
May 29, 2018
Geometry
This is the ancient and magnificent Pont Valentre in Cahors, France and its reflections in the Lot River on a clear day with still water.
April 24, 2018
Above the Gran Via
The grand hotels and stately buildings in Madrid have to be seen to be believed, and they are often best seen from above the ground floor. This image of the…
April 16, 2018
Egg
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Coming downstairs on a school-day morning, I found a boiled egg that Nicky spurned alone in a small white bowl. The bowl…
March 25, 2018
Devotional Pose
Click here for a related image, and here for more in my Multiple Exposure series. Model: Muirina Fae
March 16, 2018
New print on Moab Entrada Rag Textured
As you can see here, I just made a new print on Moab Entrada Rag Textured. I'm pleased with the way this came out, and I think the moderate texture…
March 8, 2018
Point Bonita
At dusk the outer cliffs of the Headlands become shrouded in mystery. Point Bonita Lighthouse guards the approach to the Golden Gate, as it has since the days of steamships.…
December 17, 2017
So it begins
That Embarcadero Center and those back stairs get my juices flowing every time. This one is based on a single, handheld exposure using the Zeiss Milvius 25mm f/1.4, exposed at…
December 11, 2017
Amaryllis Unfurling
I photographed this white Amaryllis unfurling using dappled and diffused sunlight for illumination, and a black velvet cloth for the background. The image is comprised of three exposures, each using…
December 10, 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
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
Black Dahlia
Two Dahlias in black and white, photographed on the light box (above) and as an extreme macro (below).
September 28, 2017
Rose Rose in Rose and in Black and White
Patterns in these roses intrigued me, and I decide to photograph up close. My "Georgia O'Keeffe" red rose was something of a stylistic inspiration. I started with a macro lens…
September 26, 2017
Bay Bridge
This is an iPhone photo from Treasure Island over the Bay Bridge towards San Francisco, taken during my recent (very much fun) San Francisco in Black & White extended field…
September 20, 2017