Picture: Photographer shooting at Limantour Beach, Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California Between being busy before the Holidays, getting sick during the holidays, and now being really busy again after the Holidays, there are actually quite a few things I haven’t even had a chance to share, mention, or…
Picture: Desert Bighorn sheep at Valley of Fire State Park, near Las Vegas, Nevada This is one of the images I included on my last post, my top photos of 2013. Now granted, I don’t actually consider this a super-great image. Sure, it’s a nice image, maybe even a very…
My collection of Top Photos for 2013. If you like these images, I’d be honored if you’d click on of the SHARE buttons at the top of this post. I’d also love to hear which one is your favorite. All images were shot with either a Nikon D7000 or Nikon…
Picture: Sunset over San Gregorio State Beach, San Mateo County coast, California This last summer, during my six-week family vacation hiatus, I knew I was going to get very little real work done. So to feel like I was still being productive, I reached out to a few fellow photographers…
Picture: Sunset over Moss Beach, San Mateo County coast, California One quick preface note: Next week I’ll be sending out my annual holiday newsletter. If you’d like to get a copy, you can subscribe on my NEWS page. Fill out the top form for my Newsletter, and the bottom form…
Picture: Photographer shooting the Point Reyes Headlands, Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California The weekend before Thanksgiving I was delighted to be teaching another 3-day photo workshop for the Point Reyes Field Institute. The class, “Point Reyes – On Assignment” focused on visual storytelling, including learning to react to…
Picture: Photographers standing on the rim of Horseshoe Bend at dawn over the Colorado River, near Page, Arizona On Screwing Up: For every photographer coming up through the ranks of learning, or who thinks professional photographers always get it right, have I got news for you. Yes, even professionals screw…
Picture: Sunrise light over Lake Powell and Navajo Mountain, Glen Canyon NRA, Utah Have you ever had one of those trips where you felt like for one reason or another, your head just wasn’t quite screwed on correctly. Well, I felt that way a few times on this trip. I’ve…
I feel the same sort of nervousness an actor feels before stepping out on stage in front of a live audience. I should know, ‘cuz I’ve been there, and these are the same butterflies. I’d like to present you with my very first video blog post. As I mention in…
Picture: Cliffs of 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 November 22-24, 2013. (The weekend before the Thanksgiving holiday.) Similar to the workshop I taught last spring, this…
Picture: Spring sunrise over green hills, near Orinda, California I’m delighted to announce that I’ve finally gotten a chance to post a new gallery on my web site, featuring images from my own local area. Introducing my newest Premier Online Photo Gallery, including pictures of Mount Diablo, the Diablo Valley,…
Picture: Photographer shooting sunrise light on North Peak, Hoover Wilderness, Eastern Sierra, California What happens to our pictures after we’ve shed our mortal coil? What are our families left to do with all the thousands of photos we’ve taken during our life-long quest for those perfect shots? Keep them? Abandon…
Picture: Vogelsang Peak reflected in Vogelsang Lake at sunrise, near the Vogelsang High Sierra Camp, Yosemite National Park, California< This last Monday evening found me driving home from the Eastern Sierra along Highway 120, crossing over the Sierra via Tioga Pass Road through Yosemite National Park. It was truly one...
Picture: Sunrise at Hot Creek, Eastern Sierra, California This next Wednesday, October 9th at 7:00pm, I’ll be giving a free presentation called ‘Seeing the Light’ at the Apple Store in downtown San Francisco for the Bay Area Photography Events Meetup group. At this presentation, I’ll be discussing how I use…
Picture: Fall colors on aspen trees below Mount Dana, Eastern Sierra, California First off, let me say this is just nuts; maybe even insane… Just within the last couple weeks I was asked if I’d be interested in running a photo workshop in the Eastern Sierra for one of the…
Picture: Sunset light through clouds over Lake MacDonald, Glacier National Park, Montana Well… not really the Music, but rather the day my D800 died… again. I’m finally getting a chance to dig into some of the images I shot this summer while on my extended family vacation. Included among those…
Picture: Photographer couple shooting the sunset at the Marin Headlands, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Marin County, California A quick and friendly reminderif you’re in or near the San Francisco Bay Area; I’m giving another of my “Two Books, Two Approaches” presentations tomorrow night, Sept. 19th, in South San Francisco…
Looking over the Great Beach,Point Reyes National Seashore, California I’ll be visiting Marin County twice this week, and I want to offer up a reminder to let you know about what I’ll be doing in case you’d like to attend one or both of the events. Tomorrow night, Tuesday, Sept….
Landscapes in Lightroom 5: The Essential Step-by-Step Guide by Michael Frye Now that my summer vacation has officially come to a close, the kids are back in school, and I’ve finally got the wheels of my business turning again, I want to share a few new things with you. I…
Picture: Panorama at Drakes Beach, Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California Come join me for a one-day photographic workshop called Panoramic Point Reyes which I’ll be teaching in conjunction with the Point Reyes Field Institute, a non-profit educational and experiential partner of the NPS & Point Reyes National Seashore….
Picture: Storm clouds at sunset passing behind Battery Point Lighthouse, Crescent City, California I’m delighted to announce I’ll be giving my presentation “Photographing California; Two books, Two Approaches” at several upcoming venues here in the San Francisco Bay Area. The first event is next week, and the second is in…
Picture: Driving into Shafer Canyon, Island in the Sky District, Canyonlands National Park, Utah In my last two blog posts, I mentioned about my summer vacation through some of the west’s best National Parks, and how I ‘unplugged’ from the business of being a professional photographer on more than a…
Picture: People spending a day at the Beach, La Jolla Shores, San Diego County coast, California Click on photo to see a larger version. So I’m curious, as photographers and people of the modern era, do you unplug from your camera? What about unplugging from your phone and email. If…
