Backyard Photography
Just a quick post as a reminder how easy and fun it can be to find images around your own yard. You don't have to travel long distances or endure pelting rainstorms to get great [ read more ... ]
Healing Power of Nature
As a landscape photographer, my preferred locations are in the beautiful locations in nature. And living in the Pacific Northwest, this whole area is amazing beautiful. I am very fortunate to have so many beautiful [ read more ... ]
Analog Feel in a Digital World
Just a little random thought from me today as I was discussing photography with my friend and mentor Jack Graham. As things often do between us, our conversation switched often between photography and [ read more ... ]
Loving Our Parks To Death
A couple of recent announcements has once again brought to the forefront how much we are loving our National Parks and other scenic areas to death and causing our government to step in and try [ read more ... ]
What’s Right With The World
I recently came across a talk from a former National Geographic photographer, Dewitt Jones. His views and learnings through life come together in an amazing Tedx talk in South Lake Tahoe. As a photographer, I've [ read more ... ]
Preserve memories by printing your photographs
I just wrote a recent post about how I create a book each year with the best of my images from the previous year. It's a way for me to preserve and reflect on what [ read more ... ]
End of Year Photography Workflow
At the end of each year and the beginning of the new, I tackle the backlog of images I captured during the year. My goal is to extract the best shots to process and share [ read more ... ]
Pictures are talking to me
Have you ever used the phrase “it speaks to me”? It’s a fairly common phrase and one that most people understand what it means, even if they might not be able to agree on the [ read more ... ]
The art of art in photography
I was recently having a conversation with someone who is wanting to improve their photography skills and the act of the conversation started a train of thought for me. I do generally find that when [ read more ... ]
Columbia River Gorge Eagle Creek Fire
Here in the Pacific Northwest, it almost goes without saying that we do love our outdoor spaces. The beauty, the recreation, the abundant fertility and the views are all enjoyed every day by so many [ read more ... ]