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
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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
Flickr Updates Its Explore Algorithm
Explore is Flickr’s automated attempt to show you “the most awesome photos on Flickr.” Explore showcases 500 photos per day, said to be about 0.005%… Read More »Flickr Updates Its Explore Algorithm
Death Valley “Winter Light” December 2019 Workshop Results
It may be a while before I get to most of my images, but I wanted to share some of the results from one of… Read More »Death Valley “Winter Light” December 2019 Workshop Results
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