Month: February 2010

Southwest Road Trip: Soft Light and Shifting Sands

On the last leg of my recent southwest road trip, I had the choice of either heading north out of Zion National Park to head for Great Basin National Park, or heading south into Death Valley.  A brief weather check on the morning of my departure let me know that it was extremely cold in […]

Notes from the Field, Badwater, Death Valley

Here’s a new Notes from the Field from a recent trip to Death Valley.  I was in the Badwater Salt Flats (lowest elevation in the US: 282 feet below sea level) for sunrise and came away with this shot: Full details with videos on how I chose this composition, what camera settings I used, and […]

Notes from the Field, Laguna Creek Beach

Here’s a new Notes from the Field from a trip to Laguna Creek Beach in Santa Cruz.  I headed down to the beach for sunset and came away with this shot: Full details with videos on how I chose this composition, what camera settings I used, and how I post-processed the image after the jump.

Southwest Road Trip: Curving Toward the Light

I arrived in Page, Arizona in a late January evening just as the clouds were beginning to roll in. I had little idea of what to do in town so I just found a cheap motel in which to spend the night. While checking in I perused the ubiquitous motel-bookstand-full-of-fliers-of-what-to-do-around-here and discovered to my delight […]

Southwest Road Trip: Horseshoe Bend

Horseshoe Bend on the Colorado River – one of THE classic southwest photo locations. And in my ignorance, I didn’t even know I was there until I practically fell into it.