Picture: Oak trees in vineyard on a foggy spring morning, near Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo County, California The sneak peeks at new galleries keep coming. This time I’d like to present San Luis Obispo County’s Wine Country Region. This is more coverage that had stemmed from my shoots while…
There are some artists out there who think they can sway the favor their clients by spouting off artspeak at every occasion. In fact, I can keep up with the best of them. For example: May our sacred Earth Mother wrap her nurturing arms around us, as we seek oneness…
Picture: Sunset light through storm clouds on vineyard near Hopland, Mendocino County, California Readers of my weblog are invited once again to get a sneak peek at another new online image gallery, this time, the Mendocino Wine Country. As before, please let me know if you find any broken links…
Sometimes the oddest things come up on Google Alerts for my name. It seems there is a guy who shares my name living in England who is now in deep doo-doo for domestic battery. So just for the record; This ain’t me! The only thing I ever hit is my…
Picture: Sunset light and fog over San Francisco from the Berkeley Hills, California Yesterday, I was giving another one of my private custom workshops to a client up in the Berkeley Hills. Originally, I’d hoped to be on a high ridge looking north at sunset, to get nice golden light…
Photo: Coastal fog at dawn and rolling hills above Carmel Valley, Monterey County, California Here’s another sneak peak at a newly uploaded gallery, Carmel & Salinas Valleys, Monterey County. To be an official sneak peek means that there isn’t a public link to this gallery on my main web site….
Picture: Young child playing in fountain at Mission Plaza, San Luis Obispo, California Last week, PDN PULSE reported the case of a photographer who was sued by a woman he had photographed years before. In this case, when the photos were taken, the woman was actually a young girl. Fast…
It took four days to solve why my email suddenly stopped. And I have a tech support lead to thank for solving this issue. He is the same person that solved the problem of this weblog going down so often over the last couple months. I finally emailed him directly…
Think circa 1993; I have no email. Since Saturday morning, my email server has been completely offline. Two hours on hold with tech support yesterday was no help. The first time I spoke with them, I was assured the problem would be resolved within 90 minutes. That was 24 hours…
Picture: Joshua Tree and boulder rock outcrop at dawn, near Quail Springs, Joshua Tree National Park, California This is a special sneak peek at my new Joshua Tree National Park Online Web Gallery. I’m in the process of building a number of updated and new galleries to be featured on…
Picture: Alpenglow at sunset lights up the summit of Mount Shasta Volcano, part of the southern Casacade Range, Siskiyou County, California This was taken on my recent trip to Wyoming. Two of my lifelong best-friends now live in Mount Shasta city, only minutes from this vista. So when spending an…
In following with my last post, I found another good explanation page for something most amateur photographers know nothing about; the Historgram. One of the keys to improving your photography is to gain an understanding of how your camera sees the world – and it doesn’t see it like your…
Picture: Statue and gardens at Villa Toscana Winery, near Plymouth, Amador County, Sierra Foothills, California I often get asked during workshops or classes about how someone gets everything in focus when looking from near to far. That discussion immediately turns to the concept of Depth of Field. We often see…
Photo: The Giant Dipper RollerCoaster at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz, California Over the last month, many of you may have seen a dreaded WordPress Error page where my weblog should have been. After about 15 calls to tech support over the last four weeks, each time requesting…
Picture: Detail view of Gibbons Falls, along the Gibbons River, near Madison Junction, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. It’s wet and raining outside today. This just felt like the appropriate image to post. Like several other Yellowstone waterfalls, Gibbons Falls is tucked into a small, dark canyon. On the day I…
Picture: Sunrise light and morning mist at Point Sur Lighthouse, Big Sur Coast, Monterey County, California Finally, I got one. I can’t say how many times I’ve driven past the Point Sur Lighthouse, and not taken a picture. Either wrong time, wrong weather, wrong light, or I was on my…
Picture: Sunset light on Mount Diablo, Contra Costa County, California. It’s a relatively short list; the number of famous people that I’ve had a chance to meet. But now I can add Jean-Michel Couteau to that list. This last Monday evening, I had a chance to meet Mr. Cousteau at…
Picture: Morning light on the Teton mountain range over aspen tree in autumn, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming It wasn’t all bad storms and grey clouds on my trip. Although that was the condition most of the time, there were pockets of time when the lighting was very nice. This…
Picture: Waiting for the light that never happens, Oxbow Bend, Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming I got back home from my little abbreviated tour of Wyoming late Saturday afternoon. As luck would have it, by far my best weather was during the drive home from Winnemucca, Nevada. It…
Picture: Alpenglow lights up the summit of the Grand Teton through storm clouds over aspen trees in fall, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming Right now, all I can say is, “Clouds; clouds everywhere.” This morning, I would have been happy to even see this much clear sky. That would explain…
Picture: Kids swimming in the Sacramento River at Mossbrae Falls, near Dunsmuir, Siskiyou County, California Imagine sitting by yourself, or hanging out with a couple friends at such a peaceful and special little location. Then imagine a class of 30 high school students show up while on a class field…
Picture: Stormy morning over the Snake River and Mount Moran, from Oxbow Bend, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming Why did I post this image today? Â Â WY not? Â Â Sorry, I couldn’t resist…
Picture: Waning Gibus Moon over rock pinnacle on the rim of Yosemite Valley in pre-dawn light, Yosemite National Park, California Tuesday nights are “Pool Nite” (as in billiards) for me. It’s my current form of therapy and stress relief, as well as one of the few other things I consider…
Picture: Morning fog clearing along hills above vineyard, Alexander Valley, Sonoma County Wine Growing Region, California A look ahead, as I’ll be paying a visit to the famed Alexander Valley wine growing region this weekend. This photo was taken for my book, Backroads of the California Wine Country. I’m a…
