Blogging in the Age of AI
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
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2026 Death Valley Super Bloom So Far
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
Will 2026 Be A Super Bloom Spring In Death Valley? Was 2024?
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?
Photographic Composition: Conception and Fine Tuning
This was one of those “stop the car” moments. Snowy Telescope Peak had nice side light on it, and there was a lone Joshua tree… Read More »Photographic Composition: Conception and Fine Tuning
Death Valley Wildflowers, Rainfall and Super Blooms
So called “super bloom” years make it easy to find wildflowers in Death Valley, but they’re difficult to predict. A “1000-year rainfall event” hit Death… Read More »Death Valley Wildflowers, Rainfall and Super Blooms
Night and Landscape Photography Workshops 2022-2023
We’ve reached a major milestone on our workshop program: we celebrated completing ten years of leading landscape and night photography workshops in May! We’ve made… Read More »Night and Landscape Photography Workshops 2022-2023
Death Valley “Adventure Series” Trip March/April 2022
Spring 2022 is shaping up to be a very busy year in Death Valley, like many national parks in recent years, so we’re going to… Read More »Death Valley “Adventure Series” Trip March/April 2022
Death Valley Spring Workshop February/March 2022
Spring 2022 is shaping up to be a very busy year in Death Valley, like many national parks in recent years, so we’re going to… Read More »Death Valley Spring Workshop February/March 2022
Favorite Images Captured in 2020
The year started our innocuously enough, with a quick trip to Death Valley (below) to enjoy water on the Badwater Salt Flats, and another trip… Read More »Favorite Images Captured in 2020
Stacking Starry Night Landscapes With Sequator
For quite some time astrophotographers have used a program called Deep Sky Stacker to align and combine multiple starry images and create a better result.… Read More »Stacking Starry Night Landscapes With Sequator