February Workshop in Death Valley
With the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) ocean heat and weather pattern close to “on” since spring 2019, there was a reasonable chance that we’d… Read More »February Workshop in Death Valley
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Will There Be a 2020 Super Bloom in Death Valley?
About the possibility of a wildflower “super bloom” in Death Valley in 2020… There HAS been a great quantity of moisture in some areas of… Read More »Will There Be a 2020 Super Bloom in Death Valley?
Top 10 Travel Photos 2019
Some of my favorites on Flickr in 2019: 1. The Sunset That Wouldn’t End, 2. Oak and Granite, 3. Milky Way and Sunrise Light, 4.… Read More »Top 10 Travel Photos 2019
Bodie Photography Workshops 2019 Summary
Our eighth season on Bodie started on June 1. It had been a long, wet spring and there were still patches of snow on the… Read More »Bodie Photography Workshops 2019 Summary
Great Basin National Park, Nevada
Images from a couple of visits to Great Basin National Park in Eastern Nevada over the past few months. The snow was still melting in… Read More »Great Basin National Park, Nevada
Dark Night Skies: Endangered Resource?
Many photographers are taking up night photography, but with increasing population and development comes more light pollution. Truly dark nights, and dark places, are becoming… Read More »Dark Night Skies: Endangered Resource?
How Good Can One Sunrise Get?
You arrive for sunrise. It’s early, 5:14 am, but warm enough that you’ve left your jacket in the car. It starts raining. Do you run… Read More »How Good Can One Sunrise Get?
Yosemite Spring Workshop 2019
I’m a bit out of commission at the moment with a torn retina repaired and healing, and as of yesterday I may have broken a… Read More »Yosemite Spring Workshop 2019
The Advantages of Winter Light
A while back I noticed that some photos I took of sand dunes in Death Valley looked particularly good. I suspected that it was the… Read More »The Advantages of Winter Light
My Top 10 Photos of 2018
In the course of researching locations for workshops and in sharing my favorite locations in workshops at the best possible seasons and times, I capture… Read More »My Top 10 Photos of 2018