Picture: Aerial view of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, near Chicago, Illinois. This was taken just moments after my plane took off from Chicago’s Midway Airport. At the time I was really bummed that we were flying so close to the accelerator that the bottom half of the ring extended…
Picture: Fall colors on grape vine leaves in vineyard, Alexander Valley, Sonoma County, California. Today is one of the two days of each calendar year when the sun rises and sets at exactly 90 and 270 degrees respectively. It also marks the official first day of fall; a season when…
Picture: Oak tree canopy of branches and leaves, McDonalds University Campus, Oak Brook, near Chicago, Illinois. This is probably the only 100% true nature photo taken on my trip. But honestly, being only 60 feet from the door of the Hyatt Lodge, how much of a commune back to nature…
Been quiet here, huh? Well there’s a good reason, and it ties into my last two posts. I just got back from a road trip to Chicago. I wish I could say I got lots of good photos, but this wasn’t a photo trip. I got a few, and I…
Picture: Steam rising from geothermal vent along the Firehole River, Firehole Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming There’s a reason for posting this photo; except nobody has bothered to tell me what that might be. See more of my Wyoming Photos in my online web gallery.
Picture: Storm clouds at sunrise over lonely, empty two-lane desert highway, near Wells, Nevada. Wise man says: The Road Ahead is merely the past for anyone traveling the opposite direction. Furthermore, an idiot standing in the middle of the road is either (a) lost, (b) confused, (c) waiting to be…
I stumbled across an internet discussion a few days back. It was very long-winded, so I won’t bother you with all the gory details. Sufficed to say it dealt with the differences between Travel Writers, Travel Photographers, and Travel Writers who are asked to supply photos with articles they write….
Picture: Red tractor and rolled bales of hay in freshly cut farm field near Cambria, along the Central Coast, San Luis Obispo County, California The thing I like about this photo, in addition to it’s seasonal appeal, is that it seems like it could be from almost any rural location….
In some crazy universe, our local school district decided to start school four days prior to Labor Day, then give the kids five more days off, so they attend classes for three days this week. So, what’s a Dad to do? I took off the last five days while the kids were home, did practically no…
Well… it’s here. Getty’s Rights Ready licensing model, that is. According to a report at About the Image, Getty unvieled it’s new model with some slight modifications based on Photographer feedback. From my interpretation, it’s a step in the right direction, but even for the prices, a 10 year license…
Picture: Merced River flowing over rocks in Spring, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California I post this photo of rushing water today because I’ve been working on scans from 2003, 2004, & 2005 taken in Yosemite and the Eastern Sierra. I consider myself to hold a somewhat Buddhist outlook on…
Picture: Coastal fog at sunset along the rolling hills of the Lost Coast, Humboldt County, California I just made a new scan of this image for possible use by a client, and thought this would be a good image to post today. Why? Well this last weekend I went for…
And in another newsworthy post: Yes, it’s true. Google wants photos of naked women. They want the fine-art nudes, the porno-nudes, and I’m sure they also want all of those freaky amateur nudes I’m told are scattered across the internet. More specifically, and of some concern, is that Google wants…
Odd to come across a nature photographer who is also a hunter. Certainly not bizzare; just – unusual. But CNN reports on one such photographer who helped a country singer illegally kill a bear. Making this worse, said singer paid almost $5,000 for the tame black bear. The photographer then…
Photo: “That’s a mighty big puppy dog you have there…” A portrait of two ladies and their pet dog on the beach, Pacific Grove, California. Associated Press reported yesterday in their “Unusual News” category on a woman who has filed a lawsuit aginst Getty Images for selling a photo of…
Picture: Idyllic Island in Heather Lake on a clear summer day, below alpine peaks, Desolation Wilderness, near South Lake Tahoe, California Visit the Photo of the Month page to see special print sale offers.
As reported by CNN and the BBC this week, Reuters News Agency has dumped nearly 1,000 images from it’s archive, all from a single photographer. Why? Seems our photojournalist did the one thing any photojournalist should never do, doctor or ‘fix’ his images. In this case, a bad job of…
Picture: Crystal clear deep blue sparkling waters of Crater Lake, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. Why post this image today? Funny story, actually. My two kids (7b/4.5g) Â were told to clean the kitchen counters as part of their chores. They decide, on their own, to also clean our kitchen floor….
First there was RM (Rights Managed), then there was RF (Royalty Free), which (d)evolved into MS (MicroStock). Now, getting a jump ahead of what the PLUS folks are doing, About the Image reports on a press release from Getty Images announcing the upcoming new sales model, RR (Rights Ready). I’ve…
Preface: This spring I sprung for a new lens, the 80-400VR (Nikon) So last week I was on a family vacation to San Diego. Due to weather and family, I only took some tourist snapshots while taking our kids (along with my sister’s family) to SeaWorld and Legoland. Once inside…
Picture: Afternoon sunlight on knarled Jeffery Pine tree in Desolation Wilderness, near South Lake Tahoe, California. Â I’m back from family vacation, but haven’t yet uploaded any of those images, so this is another from my backpacking trip earlier this month. You see, I have a thing for trees, but I…
It’s getting tough out there to be a working photographer. Now think how you’d feel if you were busy snapping away, only to be suddenly confronted by a police officer busily writing you a citation. Put up too much of a fuss, and you’ll likely be trying on his handcuffs….
Picture: People walking in fog on Pfieffer Beach, Big Sur Coast, California I don’t watch the TV Show, the 4400; but I’ve seen the commercials. This scene reminds me of that, with the ghostly figures walking into or out of the distant fog. God, what I wouldn’t give to be…
In catching up on some overdue forum reading, I came across a photographer who sells microstock, lamenting about his micro-agency making a business deal to give away photos to some major company. In his post he says: …. the (DEAL) clearly tells me three things: 1. They don’t value their contributers…
