At some point in the Winter of 2010 I saw my first shot of the firefall effect on Horsetail Fall in Yosemite. It may very well have been on 500px and at first glance, I thought I was looking at lava pouring off a cliff in a forest. Intrigued, I read the description and was […]
Landscape Photography
The Timeless Allure Of Lake Bled
I can’t recall how long ago it was that I came across my first photo of Lake Bled in Slovenia. It was almost certainly on 500px as several photographers began posting shots of this remarkable lake right about the time that I began posting on that site. I knew immediately
Tips For Shooting Big Sur’s Pfeiffer Beach
Around this time last year I posted an article detailing the annual pilgrimage of hundreds of landscape photographers who have been making the drive up to Big Sur each December in an attempt to catch the magical light pouring through the keyhole arch. My last attempt was in January of 2015 and I came back […]
Autumn In The Eastern Sierras
Last week, I took off on the first free weekend that I’ve had in a month. I had spent the previous few weeks up to my eyeballs in work between beginning a new school year and various home improvement projects. Somewhere in there I also found time to build a makeshift platform for a bed […]
Autumn In The Canadian Rockies – Part I
Last September, my three compadres and I flew in to Calgary airport from literally all over the country for a quick trip through the Canadian Rockies. Todd flew in from North Carolina, Mark caught a flight in from Orlando and Tom shopped around for a better flight than mine and came in from LAX. […]
Discovering Lake Ohara (Autumn In The Canadian Rockies, Part II)
In the Spring of 2015, I decided that my next photography trip would be to the Canadian Rockies. I wasn’t sure who would be going with me, but I decided that I wasn’t getting any younger and that if I was going to go off hiking in Canada, I would need to get on the […]
The View From Yosemite’s Diving Board
Over two years ago, I mentioned to my hiking buddy Tom Bricker that I was interested in finding some alternate locations to shoot in Yosemite as we were beginning to shoot the same locations over and over on our frequent visits. By that point, we had already been up the Four Mile Trail, Olmsted Point […]
Tips For Shooting El Matador Beach
It was only a few months ago that I finally made the dirve up to El Matador Beach which is arguably the most photogenic beach in Southern California. Located just a few miles North of the glamourous movie star-riddled enclave of Malibu, El Matador boasts several hundred yards of sea stacks, hidden coves and small […]
Fern Ledge : One Of Yosemite’s Hidden Treasures
After shooting in Yosemite for several years, I began to look for locations that were more off of the beaten path. A couple of years ago, I finally ventured up the side of the valley and found an alternate location from which to shoot the Horsetail Falls in February. I also began going on longer […]
Exploring The Range of Light
For the past two weekends in a row I’ve witnessed some of the most spectacular light I have ever seen in my life. How did I come to be standing on the bank of the Owens River when the sky erupted last Saturday?