Cabin Fever!
I’d say it’s been a long winter but most of you that know I live in northern California would scoff at that comment – given the amazing cold temps and snow so many of you have had! Usually I can get...
View ArticleEven the Pigs Pose in Cuba
It’s true. Everyone seems to want to be in the photographs we make when we’re in Cuba. Even the pigs. Perhaps they are just as curious about us as we are of them. Just like many of the people. And how...
View ArticleTopaz Labs Special and Cuba
Cuba Today, or Yesterday?? It’s alway amazed and delighted me how taking the color away from an image can give it a timeless feel. Such was the case here. I loved how the light spilled down the...
View ArticleYosemite: Mirrorless and Moonlight
Cabin fever got the better of me this past weekend, and I took off for a very quick trip up into the Merced River canyon and Yosemite. I was in search of redbud, having heard they were popping into...
View ArticleThe Rites of Spring
Poppy-scape, Italy I love to travel, and I am really looking forward to my tour in Morocco and then on to Spain and Portugal, but I have to be honest: I HATE missing Spring here in northern...
View ArticleRainy day in Philly
Spent an afternoon walking around through center city in Philadelphia, amidst raindrops and blustery winds. I wasn’t feeling terribly inspired today, and the white skies above the buildings weren’t...
View ArticleWhen Things Seen Are Not What They Seem
I love it when you see things in nature that remind you of other things! As I was walking through the Quiver Tree forest in Keetmanshoop, Namibia, this root looked a lot like a tiger or lion paw and...
View ArticleThe beauty of Age
We are having a great time on the photo tour in Morocco. Yesterday, we were driving from Fes to Midelt, and we stopped to walk around a Berber village that is not a traditional tourist stop, which we...
View ArticleAbstract Reality
I posted this picture a while ago, but yesterday was editing others near it in Lightroom and inadvertently rotated this one by mistake. But when I looked at it, I loved how it now looked like a...
View ArticleIt’s a BIG DEAL!!
Just wanted to pass this information along. I think it’s a pretty amazing deal for the price! No obligation -just click on the link to check it out to see for yourself! 100 hours of video training •...
View ArticleLet’s not take things for granted!
For this blog post, I am posting snippets from an email one of our participants on our January Cuba Tour sent to me. She assembled several PDF slideshows she shared with us all, each one prefaced...
View ArticleWith a little help from my friends
I love it when the muse ‘strikes’ while I’m editing my pictures! I finally imported my latest iPhone pics – from January forward, and found this fun picture. I had originally used Hipstamatic>Jane...
View ArticleThe Power of a Low Angle
“GOT IT” I’ve posted similar bear pictures on Facebook, but that led me to consider this post for today. Almost everyone we encountered in the field photographing bears at my recent bear photo tour...
View ArticleThe Power of Gesture
I know we’re not supposed to anthropomorphize wildlife, but how can you not when they do things that are so, well, human-like? Or at least what we think of as human-like, anyway. I couldn’t help...
View ArticleRockin’ around the rocks in Namibia
I love geology, and when I travel to places with weird rock formations, I get excited. Nature’s processes to shape our world never cease to amaze me. I’m also amazed at the transformation an image...
View ArticleShadow Man, Cuba 2015
Well, it’s been another whirlwind of 2 months of travel and leading/teaching and I didn’t keep up with posting on my blog very well. But I’m back to it, and look forward to sharing images and insights...
View ArticleNew – Topaz Texture Effects Program
Quiet Day, Portmagee, Ireland My friends over at Topaz have done it again! This stand-alone and plug-in program has an incredible selection of texture effects, and everything in the library is...
View ArticleAnother dramatic view of Lake Superior
Here’s another scene from my last day along the shores of Lake Superior in October. It’s ironic how in the last few days things began to finally come together in terms of cooperative weather...
View ArticleAutumn Reflections on Presque Isle River, Michigan
I stood in the shallow edge of the river, watching as the river breathed. Each surge of water over the submerged rock was different, more or less, as it flowed over the submerged rocks, resulting...
View ArticleWinter Beauty in Tahoe
This past weekend we drove back from DRY Death Valley, up 395 on the eastern side of the Sierra. We were on our way to visit a friend at his cabin on highway 50, but things changed, so we continued...
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