Photography
Timefulness
But sometimes, there on your screen, you see the very way that it felt to watch and feel the sun come over your shoulder, to see the bungalows bath...
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Photography
Groundhog Day
I remember reading a photography article about the Brighton Beach pier, and one photographer's daily visits to it over several months. His lesson: ...
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Photography
Swimming With Cameras
Anyone who has ever been to the shore knows that you don’t turn your back on the ocean. Every photographer has heard this and said it to others. An...
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Locations
Shooting Slot Canyons
I chose the shot above to headline the post because it illustrates several fundamentals of slot canyon shooting: scale, lighting, and general condi...
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Equipment
The All-in-One Sony DSC RX10 IV Bridge Camera
Fast forward to now: bridge cameras are still being made, but they are being squeezed by the mirrorless full frame revolution from above, and incre...
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Clothing
Not Nancy Sinatra's Boots
I have old man feet. A bunion on one foot, flattening on the other. So long as I hike with a light load, mass-produced boots will generally do me j...
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Equipment
Technically Speaking
In landscape photography, in particular, taking more images may actually reduce your odds of getting the shot you want. Consider that, if you have ...
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Locations
Going to Bora Bora: A Review
Mary and I recently returned from Bora Bora. To say this was a marvelous vacation would be a monumental understatement. And, of course, one might e...
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Photography
Stop & Watch the Flying Fish
This morning following my main shooting, as I was scouting for tomorrow in a shallow but large tidal pool, I heard a splashing commotion in the wat...
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Photography
Time in a Bottle
I like to shoot long exposures. Ever since I first saw an image with smoothed water flow, a river or waterfall I believe, I have been captivated by...
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Photography
Time in a bottle
Ever since I first saw an image with smoothed water flow, a river or waterfall I believe, I have been captivated by the camera's ability to expand ...
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Photography
The Goldilocks Syndrome
The light is too flat, or there isn’t enough light, it’s too cloudy, or there aren’t enough clouds, and—worst of all—there are too many other photo...
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Locations
"Sometimes, you just gotta say WTF!"
I made my second Horseshoe Bend trip of the day yesterday. I was hoping to catch some nice evening light, perhaps even reflected in the Colorado Ri...
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