Perseid meteor shower in Death Valley National Park The Perseid and Geminid meteor showers are the strongest meteor showers of the year, but viewing conditions… Read More »The Perseid and Geminid Meteor Showers Will Be Particularly Good This Year (2026)
Desert gold in Death Valley, spring 2016 Currently weather models are predicting a “super El Nino” in 2026-2027, stronger than the strong one in 2015-2016,… Read More »Will Spring Wildflowers in Death Valley Be Stronger Than 2016 in 2027?
Well that depends… are you primarily practicing deep space astrophotography? That’s what they’re designed for: remove terrestrial sources of light so you’re only working with… Read More »Should I Use a Light Pollution Filter For Night Photography?
Someone asked me on Facebook recently when I mentioned some adjustments on an image, “I thought you said you made no edits?” Fair question! My… Read More »Faking Images vs. Taking Them: Post-processing Tradeoffs
I recently asked a workshop client how they found us, and he mentioned that he had performed a search, and AI responded that I was… Read More »Blogging in the Age of AI
Based on our scouting in January, we returned to Death Valley in early March to enjoy this year’s strong wildflower bloom. It’s going to take… Read More »2026 Death Valley Super Bloom So Far
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So how did we do in 2025? Judge for yourself. Is there anything we could or should have done differently? I’d like to touch up… Read More »Top Photos 2025
Our calendar for a new year is set in place as we finalize photography workshop dates and itineraries for the second half of the year… Read More »New 2026 Photography Workshops Released!
First, let’s establish what a “super bloom” of wildflowers is, or isn’t. It seems to imply that a wildflower bloom is particularly strong in a… Read More »Will 2026 Be A Super Bloom Spring In Death Valley? Was 2024?