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At times I miss this deliberativeness of my old 4x5 cameras. There were no zoom lenses, film was about $5.00 per capture in 2006. I needed to be so careful, really this meant being emotionally mindful…

Once again, I can't even begin to say how many times I have stopped at Minaret Vista over the years. Winter, Summer, Autumn! And afterwards, musing over the idea, that if only I "went up enough", I co…

It has been so long since I made this image. This final version was done in 1992, and I believe this the first time my son, Dylan, was along with me to make a photograph. Here is the original story...…

My first trip to the Subway was in 1985. I have been to the Subway four times now, things have changed in Zion since the mid-eighties. The park has become incredibly crowded, and one needs permits for…

"Don't do a mess-up, Dad". That was a quote from my son, Dylan, way back in 1996, while we were working on an image that would become an important part of my portfolio, "Cathedral Peak Alpenglow". My…

Another image from earlier in my career..."This is another image with the digital Canon that is just amazing. It is so sharp and so detailed that I doubt my 4x5 could have done any better. For years,…

Late in 2017, I looked at the moon schedule for 2018. It was a wonderful surprise to see there was a Super Moon moonrise on January 1. My daughter, who is now a senior at Yale, would be home, and I kn…

Here's another image from long ago..."My wife and I flew to New Mexico over a long weekend. It was our first vacation without children in 15 years! On this cloudy rainy Sunday, we drove the High Road…

How many times have we all driven by Siesta Lake on the Tioga Pass road? It is a magic place, and it always seems very, very hard to present properly. Snapshots are easy, a real meaningful image seeme…