I have been avoiding Lake Tahoe for years, especially in the summer months. And it was so easy to have excuses—too hot, too much traffic, too much of almost anything! This attitude was a mistake on my…
Tuolumne Meadows is a special place for me and my family.
I will never forget some of my first visits. I remember starting a back-country
trip in the Meadows in June of 1970–when I was 14 years old—…
If you’re a football fan, you’ll recognize this old quote from Vince Lombardi: “Perfecting the art of practice.” It’s something I think about often, and this image is a result of it. I have been worki…
I failed miserably on this subject in the Spring of 2018. Milky Way shooting
requires a different set of skills than my usual photography, which centers
around the KISS rule—keep it simple, stupid!…
I made it to UCSF
for all of my tests—all is fine—and then on to Point Reyes for three days of ….
rainy shooting! I have been sorting through images though, and as always, bad
weather equals great…
Point Reyes is located just north of San Francisco in rural Marin County. It is a truly beautiful spot, and I’ve returned to it several times. Margaret and I planned a trip this May with a week of hik…
I have been working on a "Soul of the Desert" gallery for my webpage. But Winter is always a time for introspection, and a time to peruse older work. Most, but not all, Milky Way images are made from…
The winter of 2018 and 2019 has gone on and on. Now its the end of March, and the eastern Sierra and Death Valley are still stormy. Margaret and I have made four trips to Death Valley, every visit has…
I hate to admit this, but I have hardly photographed in Death Valley in almost thirty years! I have been there many times, and there have been moments with the camera out that lead to some OK capture,…
