Photography

I am getting near the end of my first session of my 5 month online master class, “Take Your Photography to the Max,” and it has worked out even better than I had hoped. Everyone has enjoyed the lessons...

As I was packing for my tour to Homer, Alaska to photograph eagles, I was a bit discouraged because the weather forecast was for rain and cold the whole week. Typical Alaska weather. I always tell my participants,” when going to Alaska prepare for rain every day and then if you get good weather it’s a bonus!”  I didn’t think we were going to get a bonus, but fortunately I was wrong!

Yesterday a local Facebook group, Sacramento Photographers, was hosting a photo shoot at our local zoo.  I had been wanting to practice with fill flash a bit more and one of my attendees for my upcoming “Eagles, Home, Alaska” tour wanted to practice as well.  So, I c

...I spent several weeks in Florida in January/February and knew I was going to be at Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida photographing birds often.  I have spent a lot of time in this location, so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to practice my fill flash techniques. I do have some new equipment and going back to the same location multiple times gave me a great opportunity to try it out and experiment with my settings...

It doesn’t take much to get me motivated to doing night photography, so when I saw there was a “Seascapes at Night” program at Fotofusion last week, I signed up in a hurry! 

I like to look back on the photographs I made in the previous year and pick out my favorites.  This year I decided to make the challenge of picking my top 24 by choosing 2 images from each month.

Listen to my interview on switching from Canon to Nikon on "Photographing the West" podcast.

I have been taking pictures of birds for many years. I have made some nice images in that time, but I never considered myself very good at capturing birds in flight. While I have made some nice images in the past, I always considered those lucky shots.

Several months ago, I got commissioned do to a project on the American River, photographing and writing about my experiences...

As part of my “Expanding Your Creativity – Mono Lake” workshop, I take clients for a night photography session at Conway Ranch. The ranch was owned by early settlers of the region and is now protected by a conservation easement and management plan from Mono County, Eastern Sierra Land Trust, Caltrans, California Department of Parks and Recreation, and the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation.

The first time I came to this location to photograph was in the fall a few years ago during the day. I thought it would really cool at night with the stars behind.  When I checked the app, Photo Pills, I saw that I could stand on the west side and look east, or stand on the east side of the house and look west...