Out From Hibernation: Recovering From Being Sick & A Tip
For over a week now I’ve been fighting off a really bad cold. A couple doctors appointments, a trip to the ER, lots of coughing, asthma attacks and walla! I’m back after a bit of being hibernation to...
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Lupine Microcosm & The Law of Opposites
One thing I’ve trained myself to do over the years while out in the field is to look in the exact opposite direction of what I’m focused on photographing. I call this creative exercise “The Law of...
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10 Essential Tips To Get Great Blue Angels Photos
This weekend is Fleet Week here in San Francisco and given numerous emails I’ve received about photographing the event I thought I would consolidate my tips to photographing the Blue Angels. Following...
View Article10 Tips When Using dSLRs in High Humidity
For those of us that live in dryer climates humidity can be a mysterious factor to account for when traveling. Significant moisture in the air around us can impact equipment in a variety of ways in...
View Article5 Tips to Get Followed on Twitter
Since my Twitter post 5 Tips to Get The Most Out of Twitter was received so well I wanted to make the most of my recent 4 hour flight and write down and share some additional Twitter tips. Just because...
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Watermarking with Lightroom & Mogrify
Adobe Lightroom has been a critically important application to my photographic workflow, but from early on watermarking functionality has been limited. The standard copyright text line provided by...
View Article10 Great Audio Resources for Photo Videos
A few weeks back I was hunting for music that I could use on a web based video and had a challenging time. As a photographer who cares about rights to my work being respected, I felt it was important...
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Getting the Shot: 3 Critical Steps to Battle Increased Traffic & Limited Space
Recently I had a horrible experience getting a much needed photo for an assignment due to increased traffic and limited space. Here are 3 critical steps I learned to overcome these obstacles. #1:...
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Pro Tip: Calculating Unknown Star Trail Exposure Times
One of the greatest features of digital photography is the automatic recording of exposure information in the EXIF data of each photo. Unfortunately back in the day film photographers lacked this...
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New eBook: Photographing the 4th Dimension – Time
Today I’m releasing my first eBook in PDF format titled: Photographing the 4th Dimension – Time Slow Shutter & Video Techniques for High Impact Photography Photographing the 4th Dimension – Time...
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Shadowless – Yosemite National Park
While it can be enticing if not blinding over time to chase golden hour light I’ve come to savor the moments I can explore a foggy landscape. While photographers will often use depth of field and...
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When Photoshop’s Content-Aware Fill Made My Mouth Drop Open
When Adobe began demonstrating Content-Aware Fill in Photoshop CS5 it generated 2 reactions on average. The first fear about the removal of watermarks identifying the work of photographers and the...
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Grand Teton Peak in the Clouds
It’s time again to explore… after a week of wandering I’ll be back to post again. Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods....
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Government Shutdown Effect – Yosemite National Park
Tioga Pass East Entrance with Sign – 2013 Federal Shutdown Day 1 of the partial U.S. government shutdown just happened to fall on the day I left for my fall photography and new moon astro-landscape...
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Hunter’s Moon Rising
Last nights Hunter’s Moon was quite beautiful. I ducked the fog of San Francisco by heading slightly south to watch a big purple and later orange moon rise above the East Bay hills. Air conditions...
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Destroying Landmarks: The Majority or Exception to the Rule
In news recently was the utterly astonishing video posted by Boy Scout leaders who purposely destroyed an 20-million-year-old rock formation in Goblin Valley State Park, Utah. Since their video...
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Sky Rock Under the Stars
Ancient petroglyphs are amazing to see, but one question that always comes to mind is, “What were their significance?” In the case of Sky Rock I’ve often wondered if they reflected an interest in the...
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Chip Off The Old Block
A little boy mans a camera with a Canon 800mm f/5.6 lens Last weekend I took my son to the top of Twin Peaks in San Francisco, California to watch the rising Hunter’s Moon. Being 3 years old I...
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The Ancients – Bristlecone Pine Forest, California
Atop the White Mountains, along the eastern border of California, lies the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. This area is known as the home of the worlds oldest trees including the oldest tree,...
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Photo Term Series #21: Dark-Frame Subtraction
Digital SLRs offer a function called Dark-Frame Subtraction usually called “Long Exposure Noise Reduction” or “High ISO Noise Reduction” in your camera’s settings menu. Dark-Frame Subtraction exposes...
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