Picture: Fresh snow on oak trees in Yosemite Valley, following a spring storm, Yosemite National Park, California This weekend I spent our holiday working on a family project, namely our backyard. The weather here was warm and wonderful, with a cool evening breeze. Then today as I’m going through various…
Picture: Golden Gate Bridge and grey fog sky, from San Francisco Bay, California This has been one of those work travel catch-up repeat periods over the last six weeks. Recently, I got to take a cruise on SF Bay. As the boat got close to the Gate, a dilemma that…
A couple Board Members over at stock-photo powerhouse, Getty Images, are in hot water according to a report over at The Stock Asylum. In the story, they write: (Two lawsuits) contend that the defendants, including Getty Images’ Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Klein and Chairman Mark Getty, breached their duties to…
Picture: Sunset light on Angora Peaks above Fallen Leaf Lake, South Lake Tahoe Basin, California This was the scene last weekend, a short walk from our family campsite at Fallen Leaf Lake. I hadn’t been to this campground in many years. The first time was spent camping with friends after…
When Friday feels like Monday…. This morning I was checking my email through my webmail via my laptop. I got the whole bunch of ususal spam, and sorted between them were realmails. Send in one technical glitch, and all of the sudden half of my messages went poof or became…
On a forum post recently, someone asked about the passions and perils of “going pro”. I wrote the following reply about the realities of choosing to become a professional photographer: Yay, good brother, let me come forward and offer witness and testimony. say; “Hallelujah.” People are under such illusions that…
PIcture: Sunset over lone pine on the South Shore, Lake Tahoe, California Don’t ask why. Posted just because it’s pretty.
The brightest supernova seen to date is being touted in the media. The Media is here on our little rocky outpost. Fortunately, the supernova is in a galaxy far far away. What I would love to see (at least I think so) is if a star in our own galaxy…
Curses to the the photographer that posted this link on one of my professional forums this weekend. If only I could bill them for my wasted time spent playing a rather cool photography game, instead of doing the work I needed to get done. Oh well, life is made for…
Coming soon to a Library of Congress near you: Good news for creatives here in the United States; our friendly neighborhood Library of Congress has posted an announcement about the coming availability of electronic registration of your copyright materials. Not only that, but the cost will be lower than traditional…
Picture: Sunlit pine trees in forest on a Spring morning, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California Well, silly me… I’d been so focused on other projects, trips, family, I realized I hadn’t updated my Photo of the Month for the last (gulp) two months. That’s now changed and brought back…
I have ‘issues’ with keywording. Last week, while juggling multiple other projects, I had a keywording problem that cost me a few extra days of work. During this time, I was doing my best to catch-up on my “catch-up” reading. Oddly, one item that surfaced was an article on Keywording…
Most people selling stock photos these days repeatedly mention a few names, especially Getty, Corbis, and iStock. But there are other places out there. And just because you’re starting out doesn’t mean you are limited to going to the microstock agencies by default. I say this because one reason I hear…
Picture: Oak and pine trees in a storm, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California I know what you’re thinking… at first thought, “How cool, a Black & White photo.” Well, if you thought that, you’re wrong. This is a full color photo just like all the other images on my…
Picture: Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls in Spring, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California Normally I like to have a reason for posting a particular image, or something fun or relevant about the image. But not this time… I will say that because of the spray coming off Lower Yosemite…
You’re called in by your managing editor at the newspaper where you work as a staff photographer. Boss says, “It’s come to our attention that you altered a photograph that was printed in the paper”. You say, “Opps, that was just a mistake, I accidently sent you the photo I…
Photo: Burnt trees in forest on the floor of Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California Today is a very sad day here in the US, with yet another school shooting. This is not to downplay events elsewhere in the world, and I won’t use this weblog to spout political opinions…
Picture: Spring snow in Cooks Meadow and clearing storm clouds over Half Dome at sunrise, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California Last night my family and I returned home from a week long camping trip in Yosemite Valley. Surprisingly, these family trips produce far fewer photos than you’d think. It…
Picture: Morning light on El Capitan over the Merced River, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California This could be another lame attempt at imaging off my laptop. I dunno… How’s it look?
Picture: Golden band of sunset light shines through storm clouds onto the shoulder of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California What’s the Story, Morning Glory? This image was taken last month while conducting a private workshop. Boy, was I glad to see this beam of light break through a cloudy…
How hot was it today in Chicago?Apparently it was hot enough for a Coyote to walk into a Quiznos Sandwich shop, and climb up into the refridgerator to get a wee bit cooler. So, you think this animal would have liked to chew a nice salami sub while he was…
Picture: Twisting dirt road below red cliffs, Canyonlands National Park, Utah  Some of you might recognize the title of this post as lyrics from a Talking Heads song. This image always makes me think of that song. This image comes from a newly keyworded set of 160 images from Arches,…
Picture: Delicate Arch at Sunset, Arches National Park, near Moab, Utah. (Side note: Some of you may have seen this image last Fall. It was featured on the cover of The Territory Ahead catalog.) Friday afternoon, a day when business calls are usually light, I got a phone call from…
