Chasing the Northern Lights
After finally witnessing a total solar eclipse and declaring it the most beautiful thing Iβve ever seen, I started hearing people say things like, βWait until you see the northern lights.β So when...
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Near and Far: Thinking in Three Dimensions
Prickly Sunset, Hellβs Gate, Death ValleySony a7RIVSony 12-24 G.4 secondsF/11ISO 100 Photography is the futile attempt to render a three dimensional world in a two dimensional medium. Itβs βfutileβ...
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Itβs in the Bag
Winter Storm, El Capitan in the Snow, YosemiteSony a7RIIISony 12-24 G1/20 secondsF/16ISO 50 Ready for some irony? One reason I switched from a Canon DSLR system to Sony Alpha mirrorless (about 5 1/2...
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Lenses: The Long and Short of it
Howling Dog at Sunset, Bandon Beach, OregonSony a7RIIISony 24-105 G1/50 secondsF/11ISO 100 I hope everyone is doing well. Iβve been sequestered at home since returning from Anchorage two weeks ago...
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Groundhog Day
Winter Reflection, El Capitan and Three Brothers, YosemiteSony a7RIIISony 12-24 G1/20 secondF/11ISO 100 Sitting down to write this blog, I looked at my watch and realized that if the world were normal,...
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Inside a Glacier
Blue Cathedral, Vatnajokull Glacier Crystal Ice Cave, IcelandΒ Sony a7RIIISony 12-24 G1.3 secondsF/8ISO 800 When I was a kid, my family took a camping vacation to the Pacific Northwest. We packed our...
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Blue Hour
Blue Hour, Vestrahorn, IcelandSony a7RIVSony 12-24 G8 secondsF/16ISO 50 βMany of us would probably be better fishermen if we did not spend so much time watching and waiting for the world to become...
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Road Trip (in the Time of Coronavirus)
Painted Sunset, Mather Point, Grand Canyon Sony a7RIV Sony 12-24 G 1.3 seconds F/11 ISO 100 With the exception of a couple of recent up-and-back trips to photograph Comet NEOWISE (8 hours of driving...
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Itβs a Wide, Wonderful World
Cascade, Deer Creek Fall, Grand CanyonSony π1Sony 12-24 f/4 G1/4 secondF/16ISO 100 I used to consider my 16-35 lens ultra-wide (by many definitions, it is), and as such, all the focal width I...
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New Zealand After Dark
Dark Night, Milky Way and Tasman Lake, New ZealandSony a7S IISony 12 β 24 f/4 GISO 10,000f/430 seconds This week I have New Zealand on my mind. In preparation for the New Zealand Winter photo workshop...
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