Photography

I spent several hours following these otters around this morning...

There is an old saying "The best camera you own is the one you have with you." These days we all carry our cellphones with us wherever we go.  If you have a cellphone that is newer than a few years old, it most probably is capable of taking raw files, if you use the correct app.

I am a big fan of auto ISO when photographing from my kayak, because there are many times, I don’t have time to make the in camera changes I want. Between split second action and the fact that I need to try and keep the kayak pointed in the correct location, auto ISO usually get me close enough to get a good picture without having to think too much about my exposures. But sometimes it fails...

As you have probably heard, there is a comet in view in the night sky. Comet Neowise will be with us until the end of the month. If you haven’t seen it, I recommend you make an effort to do so, it is a beautiful sight.

Here is a short slide show of images I took on the American River between July 1-5, 2020.

Lately I have been playing around with video.  For years, I have switched my dSLR over to video mode every once in a while, to record some of the wildlife I was seeing, but recently I have been doing that more often...

...For the last show, I chose to do river otters, my favorite animal on the river to photograph. I have about 12,000 otter images in my Lightroom library. Probably 10,000 more than I need to keep, but I have a difficult time eliminating otters.  Each picture brings back fond memories of the countless hours I have spent watching them. I hope these 15 minutes you spend watching the otters give you a little insight into why I find them so fascinating.

This year would have marked my 10th year in a row going to Lake Clark National Park to photograph bears. And my 9th time leading a tour there. But the coronavirus, and fear of COVID-19, put an end to my to my streak...

The theme for this week's slide show is night. The time when most photographers put their cameras away, can be some of the most exciting time to photograph...

In 2013 I moved to within ¼ mile of the American River in Sacramento, CA. These images represent 7 years of photography.