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Back to Capri

Locations

Back to Capri

Mary and I took our second trip to Italy this past October, this time to Positano. Another special time. Of course, it helps to be traveling with a...

Equipment

Photography Backpacks: F-Stop or Shimoda?

This is not a photography equipment website, and most of my visitors are unlikely to be in the market for any of the gear I am going to discuss tod...

Equipment

"Which Camera Should I Buy?"

I get asked this question a lot. And I realized today that I have been giving enough of the same answer that maybe I should post the information an...

Family

London Models Brave Haleakala

That was the joking caption I always gave this photo. Allie and Brie were freezing their butts off at the top of Haleakala that morning. It was col...

Photography

Composition: Transcribing Emotions

When I attended my first professional photo workshop last year, I described myself as “compositionally challenged.” It was true then, had been for ...

Wildlife

Hummingbirds

There are several hummingbird images in the Nature gallery. All were taken in our yard, and each is somewhat opportunistic. It takes more shots to ...

Locations

Revisiting Mono Lake

All my images of Mono Lake probably fit the broad category of "landscape," but there is a reason that Mono Lake is a separate gallery in the portfo...

Locations

Mosquitoes and Fire Ants

When I made my plans to surprise my Dad on his birthday, there was no way to know if there might be favorable shooting conditions in Macon during m...

Say "No" To Disappointment

We’ve all heard the advice: prepare for the unexpected, be flexible, adapt, etc. My daughters have certainly heard it. And in all aspects of life,...

Clothing

Being Prepared

I was a Cub Scout as a boy, but not a Boy Scout. Still, I’ve lived long enough to know the value of preparation. Yesterday, I was not prepared for ...

Photography

Some Tools of the Trade

Traipsing all over California, let alone the rest of the world, "hoping" to catch a good shot is a surefire road to disappointment in this hobby. E...

Locations

Sacramento’s Tower Bridge

iPhone sketch shot from this morning’s foray down at the Tower Bridge over the Sacramento River

Photography

You Can't Scout In The Dark

This morning, I went up to Altamonte Pass to shoot the wind turbines at sunrise. Forecasts called for a reasonable chance of some high clouds under...