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...
View ArticleNear 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...
View ArticleItβs 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...
View ArticleLenses: 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...
View ArticleGroundhog 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,...
View ArticleInside 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...
View ArticleBlue 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...
View ArticleRoad 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...
View ArticleItβs 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...
View ArticleNew 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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