The lightning show
I’ve always been something of a weather geek, the more dramatic the better. So when I can combine photography with dramatic weather, I’m in heaven. But as a lifelong Californian (where electrical...
View Article(Another) Grand Canyon Lightning Show
Earlier this month Don Smith and I traveled to the Grand Canyon for our annual Grand Canyon Monsoon photo workshops. I enjoy every workshop, but as a true weather nerd, these monsoon workshops are...
View ArticleTwo sides of the same coin
As a self-employed landscape photographer, I’m governed by far more primitive time measurement constructs than the bustling majority. I work when there’s work to be worked, and (fingers crossed) play...
View ArticleThe first rule of photography: Just show up
A man with a plan It was New Year’s Eve and I was perched on a cliff overlooking Yosemite Valley, two feet from certain death and ten minutes from the rise of the largest full moon of 2018. While the...
View ArticleIt’s All a Blur: Photographing Moving Water
One of the questions I’m asked most is how to blur water. It’s really not that hard when you know how to control your exposure variables, and in fact if you’re photographing moving water in the right...
View ArticleIt’s All About Relationships
Think about how much our lives revolve around relationships: romance, family, friends, work, pets, and so on. They’re such a big part of human existence that it’s no wonder most of the significant...
View ArticleIt’s About Time
Winter Glaze, Valley View, YosemiteSony a7RIIISony/Zeiss 24-70 f4.6 secondsF/16ISO 50 Among the many things I’m giving thanks for this Thanksgiving weekend is the return of rain and snow to California....
View ArticleA Lot Like Fishing—Until It’s Not
Diagonal Lightning Strike, Lipan Point, Grand CanyonSony a7RIISony/Zeiss 24-701/13 secondF/11ISO 50 Photographing lightning is about 95 percent arms folded, toe-tapping,...
View ArticleRandom Thoughts on a Sunday Afternoon
Sunset Accent, Crescent Moon and Oaks, Sierra Foothills Sony a7R Sony/Zeiss 24-70 1/3 second F/9 ISO 100 Here’s a brand new image that’s nearly six years old. Brand new because I processed it for the...
View ArticleBack to the Future
Electric Rainbow, Walhalla Overlook, Grand CanyonSony a7RIISony/Zeiss 24-70 f41/6 secondsF/9ISO 200 I’m coming to the end of a (much appreciated) break in my workshop schedule that has allowed me to...
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