Few experiences are as humbling as witnessing the sun rise over the Grand Canyon. Looking down thousands of feet and two billion years, surrounded by a silence as ancient and impressive as the view itself.
First Light
A few weeks ago I finally decided it was time to take on archiving and keywording my image catalog. I recently completed the first of several monumental tasks: a review of every single image I have on file in any format – film, raw, or processed. It was very labor intensive and kept me up [...]
I realize there are many out there (my own state’s governor included) who are yet not convinced that global climate change is a result of human activity. I respect their opinion, but I feel that even the skeptics have sufficient reason to act.
What’s not in dispute is that more than 90% of people in the [...]
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By some estimates, photography is the most popular hobby (at least in the US) and many newcomers join the ranks each day. That’s a wonderful trend! Yet, it seems the practice of some businesses is to prey on the gullible and photo-beginners are a lucrative target. I’m referring to those who peddle snake oil “tips [...]
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of exchanging prints with Floris van Breugel and after some contemplation picked his wonderful hummingbird image seen below. I planned to post about it sooner but Floris asked that I wait until his new web site was ready. It was well worth the wait. If you haven’t [...]
While having little to do with photography, I feel compelled to share this story as a warning and a plea to all readers.
Lucky was a little helpless kitten when adopted by my friends Michael and Shauna. When they took him in, he was not even able to feed himself. They were able to nurse him [...]
It almost seems like I’m the only nature photographer not to have co-opted Ken Burns’ National Parks series for some self promotion. There are two reasons for that: I don’t watch TV, and I don’t feel quite comfortable taking a free ride on someone else’s hard work. For those who haven’t heard me say it [...]
This is shaping up to be a strange year for the aspens. Some are still sporting a full green coat of leaves while others have been stripped bare by a recent storm (and another one is en route).
This was one especially beautiful patch in a local grove I visited earlier today.
Aspen Heart
