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…
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March 18, 2011
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iPhone Syllogism
If the best camera to use is the one I have with me, and I always have my iPhone with me, then many times my iPhone will be the best…
March 16, 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
Twig
Along the banks of the Merced today while the children played I photographed water drops. In this one, you can see the beginnings of spring. The water drop is on…
March 14, 2011
Jade Forest
Briefly noted: I am not escaping into the water worlds and forests of drops; rather, I am taking the boys to Yosemite for a few days. The girls stay behind…
March 13, 2011
No Vampires
It's hard to imagine that you'd have much to worry about in terms of vampira if you were a wanderer in the caves found in this clove of garlic!
March 12, 2011
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…
March 10, 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
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