Picture: Rainbow in LeConte Fall along the Tuolumne River, Yosemite National Park, California (Click here to purchase a print or license for use in publications. – tiga-2133) New Photos added to my Image Archive Library from Yosemite National Park. I’m happy to announce I’ve added another set of pictures to…
Picture: Waves breaking against lava rocks on the coast at The End of the World, North Kona District, Big Island, Hawaii (Click here to purchase a print or license for use in publications. – 150526a_HI-0166) Visiting The End of the World, at a place where the Hawaiian Gods died. –…
Photo: Wildflowers on coastal cliffs at sunset, San Gregorio State Beach, San Mateo County coast, California Last year I signed up during a special promotion to host a local Meetup group, Northern California Landscape, Nature & Travel Photographers. This was something I hoped and thought would be a fun opportunity…
Photo: Waves breaking at sunset along the Kailua-Kona shoreline, on the Big Island of Hawaii One of the all-time great instances of musical misdirection occurred back in 1990 when the heavy-metal rock group, Queensryche, released their ballad, Silent Lucidity. Once the song became a hit on the radio airwaves, people…
Picture: Sunset as seen from the Kona Magic Sands near White Sands Beach Park, Kailua-Kona, Big Island, Hawaii When people think about travel or nature photographers, often we think of someone zipping around from spot to spot, tripod slung over a shoulder as they chase the elusive next shot. Most…
Picture: Sunset light illuminates the spray off a breaking wave along the coast at Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California If you’re in the Bay Area and interested in learning how to improve your nature photography skills, or even just want to know how to take better pictures with…
Picture: Photographer shooting at sunset along the Great Beach, Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California Last month I was delighted to once again teach a sold out Beaches of Point Reyes photo workshop. It was a great group of photographers to work with, and they produced an eclectic set…
Picture: Redwood forest and fog, Redwood National and State Parks, Del Norte County, California I’m happy to present this mini-portfolio set of images from Northern California, which is part of a larger collection of photos that I’ve recently added to my searchable Image Archive Library. These pictures were all shot…
Photo: Steep rugged cliffs above the Colorado River at sunset, Toroweap, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona When you look at images of the Grand Canyon and you have any basic sense of geology, you think about eons of huge yet subtle geological forces at work, namely the continually erosive power…
Photo: Photographers shooting the sunset over the headlands at Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California I’ll be spending this weekend teaching another great photo workshop at the beautiful Point Reyes National Seashore just north of San Francisco. I haven’t bothered mentioning this or promoting it lately since it sold…
Picture: Morning clouds and fog fill Yosemite Valley at sunrise from Tunnel View, Yosemite National Park, California For those of you who saw my last post, My Best Yosemite Shot Ever, you hopefully realized that posted on April 1st, it was indeed an April Fools joke. I was part of…
Photo: Yosemite Valley from Tunnel View, Yosemite National Park, California I’ve been in a bit of a rut lately. I feel like I haven’t created any true masterworks of photography in at least a few weeks. Inspired by countless images of Yosemite shared in photo-havens like Flickr, Facebook, and Instagram,…
Picture: Clouds on Half Dome at sunset from Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California I’ve recently processed a bunch of images from Yosemite Valley in spring. They are all images I shot over the course of several days while working on my last book project. Click here to see a…
Picture: Freshly framed fine art photographic print getting ready for shipment to a client. I wanted to share with you this post about a book I recently had a chance to review. Crusade for Your Art – Best Practices for Fine Art Photographers is written by Jennifer Schwartz, and includes…
Photo: The fresh green hills of Briones Regional Park in spring, looking toward Mount Diablo, Contra Costa County, California One of the things I always tell participants in my workshops, presentations, and especially when I’m doing professional image critiques or portfolio reviews, is something that is often lost or not…
Picture: Wave breaking on coastal rocks at sunset near Stinson Beach, Marin County, California This month I have the privilege of being an invited guest photography mentor for an online photographic community where I get to provide advice, critiques, and insights regarding the participant members’ photos. In the forum, a…
Picture: Mist rising of unnamed lake in the Hope Valley, Alpine County, California Regular readers of my blog posts might have noticed a longer than usual gap in my blog posts, so I thought I better chime in to let people know I’m still here. Typically I try to post…
Picture: Morning light at Drakes Bay, Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California I’m again leading a 3-day Photo Workshop, “Point Reyes – On Assignment” at the beautiful Point Reyes National Seashore on September 26-28, 2014. This workshop is sponsored by the National Park’s non-profit partnership organization, the Point Reyes…
I’m delighted to present this collection containing some of my favorite photos that I’ve taken throughout 2014. I hope you enjoy them, and I’d love to know which are your favorite(s). (As with all of my work, all of these pictures are available as decor via fine art prints and…
Picture: Looking out from the cliffs above Drakes Bay, Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California Prescript: I hesitate to call this photo (above) a ‘snapshot’, since was taken with my newest camera, the Sony RX100-mIII, a high-end 20mp Point-n-Shoot, which produces some really excellent shots. I’ve been putting this…
Picture: Photographer shooting at dawn, Drakes Beach, Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California One of the things I love about teaching workshops are those moments out in the field when I can help a participant solve a problem, especially if it means getting them to think about, explore, play…
Picture: Tandem paragliders floating down past the moon, Tres Pinos, San Benito County, California What can you learn about life and photography by jumping out of an airplane? Last week I had an opportunity to jump out of a perfectly good airplane while flying at 13,000 feet over the Sacramento…
Picture: Beaver Pond along Mill Creek, Lundy Canyon, Mono County, Eastern Sierra, California There are times when we come across a scene that we, as experienced photographers, know has an exposure range that is beyond what our camera is capable of recording in a single frame. With that in mind,…
Picture:Half Dome and Yosemite Valley as seen from the summit of Clouds Rest, Yosemite National Park, California I do black and white photography. Surprised? Me too. In recent weeks, many people may have noticed a surge of black and white photos being posted and shared across social media sites. This…
