Picture: Mountain bikers on trail through Los Penasquitos Open Space Preserve, San Diego, California I’ve been enjoying my time in San Diego for a very odd reason. The weather continues to be stuck in an early summer “June Gloom” rut. This means that there is a thick blanket of coastal…
Isn’t that what you’re tempted to ask when you see someone you think you recognize, but you’re not sure from when or where? “Hey, Don’t I know you from somewhere?” In fact, now that I think about it, that would make a great pick-up line at a bar. (Yes, I…
Picture: Cast of Bigfoot foot, on display at the Bigfoot Museum, Willow Creek, California I can’t say I’m a true believer that there are families of Bigfeet walking around the forests of the Western United States. However, while working on my current book project, I thought it might be fun…
I received a gift from the techno-gods. It’s a gift I had hoped for, asked for, but never expected to actually happen. I recently talked about the recent server migration my host made me go through. I’d been putting the migration off for well over a year, waiting for them…
Picture: Pickup truck driving on a long straight rolling hills country road at sunrise, near Santa Ynez, Santa Barbara County, California Sometimes you just have a feeling about a photo as you’re taking the shot. For instance, knowing it would make for a perfect cover photo. Cover photos are usually…
Picture: Cub greeting mother Black Bear as she returns to the den. I know – I can’t belive how lucky I was to photograph this scene while in the Ojai Valley back in May. I mean seriously, they opened up the Museum just for me so I could take a…
Picture: Point Dume / Zuma Beach, near Malibu, Los Angeles County Coast, California Now that my weblog is back up and running smooth, I was going to start posting pictures from my recent trips. However, news this weekend out of Southern California tells of a gang of local surfer thugs…
How many reasons do you need for a celebration? For me, right now, it’s two; the recent successful server upgrade and my blog upgrade to WordPress 2.5 both of which seems to be working. (Knocking on wood.) However, I’m shorted by a mere 11,999,998 reasons when compared to photographer Liz…
I’ve just spent a dreaded chunk of time preparing for and finally upgrading my weblog wordpress application. The move of my web site from an old server being shut down, to a new server has caused a few days of worry as I try and fix all those little things…
Well, server migration complete. Hitch; if you look at my weblog home, all of the posts are reversed. Now the newest post is at the end of page 38, instead of at the top. All the posts are now running in backwards order. Ugh. I hope an upgrade to a…
I’m in the midst of being migrated to a new server and things are getting tossed about like a toy boat on the ocean.
The angry mom, the kid, the cop, or the photographer? (Sung to the tune of the TV show, Jeopardy) Da da dada dah da dah… Who is the Photographer, Alex? “Yes, that is correct, for $600.00” Read all about this saga of modern day collision of paranoia and civil liberties…
The text reads, “I am a professional Photographer, and I have no idea what f-stops, ISO, or that other crap is.” OK, maybe they’re not advertising on Craigslist… but it’s highly likely! How can you be a professional photographer and not know what an f-stop is? OK, granted, I once…
Picture: Now entering the exciting metropolis of Camp Weott, near the mouth of the Eel River, Humboldt County, California. This is one of the places that I’ve passed along in my current travels. They don’t have a Rush Hour here. They don’t even have a Rush Minute. I don’t think…
So… imagine your listening to a conversation between a couple microstock photographers talking dirt about one of their agents’ new subscription sales models. One photographer says something like, “Don’t they understand we don’t want to license our images for $0.25 a download?” Then another microstocker chimes in with a semi-rant…
Picture: Whale family swimming in the Pacific Ocean, from High Bluff Overlook, Redwood National Park, Humboldt County, California A couple weeks ago, when driving my kids home from school, they gave me a pop-quiz about whales. Thanks to them, I learned what is the second-largest species of whale. (Go look…
Picture: Rhododendron flowers bloom under trees along curve on Highway 101, Redwood National Park, Del Norte County, Northern California Reports are in that the wild Rhododendrons are in bloom again along the North Coast. It’s been several years since I’ve been up this way, but I know the area very…
Photo: Cow skull in window sill as western living decor, Valley of the Gods Bed & Breakfast Inn, Valley of the Gods, Utah. It finally happened. I threw up my hands in surrender, and labeled myself, “Spammed to Death”. I ranted back in Feburary about how I was getting 200…
One of the long standing pitfalls when using Royalty Free photos has always been the non-exclusive nature of that sales model, meaning anyone can buy it, and anyone can use it. But the honey-scent of low cost often proves too attractive for most budget conscious users. You can almost hear…
Picture: Sunset at Pfeiffer Beach, Big Sur, Monterey County coast, California We all have them; photos that we think are good, except for the little voice whispering at you from across the the other side of your brain, “yeah, but….”. There are several things that I do to cure that…
So this evening I was doing some random surfing on the internet; and speaking of surfing… Check out this photo taken during this years Maverick’s Surf Contest by photographer Brant Ward. The image appears on the SFGate.com photo gallery pages. The SFGate is owned by Hearst Newspapers, and everything about…
A storm is brewing again in Washington DC, and this battle is important for all visual artists to pay attention. Orphan Works (OW) is legislation that will allow someone to use an image without penalty provided they “tried to locate the author / creator”. The idea stemmed from museums and…
Picture: Danish flag flying over shops in downtown Solvang, Santa Barbara County, California I’m not the type to usually play tourist in the typical trendy tourist spots like Fisherman’s Wharf, Carmel, or even here in Solvang. Yet while working on my current book project, I often have to get coverage…
It’s not with any glee or joy that this is reported, but the microstock community oriented agency Lucky Oliver (LO) has announced this last month that it will be closing its virtual doors and going out of business. OK, I admit, the first thought when I heard this was of…
