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Steps and Streaks

Taken at Thousand Island Lake in the Ansel Adams Wilderness, Eastern Sierras, on October 6th, 2012 A place of timeless beauty, Thousand Island Lake sits high up in the Sierra near Mammoth Lakes, California. In this shot I wanted to give a sense of the enduring wonder of the place so I included these ancient […]

Sky Island

Taken at Thousand Island Lake in the Ansel Adams Wilderness, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California on October 6th, 2012 Thousand Island Lake has always struck me as a magical place. A place of great and stark beauty where mountains soar and waters reflect the sky. And in the lake itself are dozens of tiny granite islets […]

Minaret Lake, Black and White

Taken at Minaret Lake in the Ansel Adams Wilderness, Eastern Sierras, on October 5th, 2012 The clouds were rushing overhead and a 30-second exposure created the streaks you see in this shot. The streaks in the foreground are yellow and purple mineral stripes through a green limestone.

4,000 Facebook Fans Giveaway

To say thanks to the 4,000 of you (well, 4,078 as of writing this) who are fans of mine on Facebook, I am giving away a 20×30 archival gallery-wrap canvas print to one fan of the photo of his or her choice. Yup, any photo of mine you want, on a canvas, sent to you […]

Ask a Photographer, Part 1

Want to know what gear to buy? Curious about how to improve your technique? Looking for some post-processing tricks? Or just curious about what life is like day to day as a working photographer? Ask your questions in the comments and I’ll be answering them all day. Now let’s kick off part I of this […]

Backpacking…..Rocks!

There is no greater way to explore nature than on foot. Yes it’s hard work, but the feeling you get when you come over some mountain pass and see the stark beauty of white granite and azure lakes laid out in front of you is indescribable. For those of you who haven’t been backpacking and […]

Why are there so few women (nature) photographers?

Walking around the Captiola Art and Wine Festival where I was exhibiting my own photography I noticed something: there are a lot of photographers these days. There were probably 10-15 landscape photographers exhibiting there as well. And at the close of the show on Saturday I realized something else: not a single one of them […]

Morning at Mt. Rainier

Taken near Paradise, Mt. Rainier National Park, on September 5th, 2012 In early September 2012 I was in Seattle for a friend’s wedding. Since my birthday is also in early September and since the wildflower bloom was spectacular at Mt. Rainier in 2012, I decided to treat myself to a little birthday camping trip near […]

Top 5 Sunsets

I’ve been very fortunate in my life to experience a plethora of beautiful moments and gorgeous sunsets. Yet even among all the wonderful evening light shows I’ve seen over the years, a handful of them stand out from the rest. Here are the five sunsets so brilliant they’ve burned themselves permanently into my brain. Number […]

Enchanted Forest

Taken in Yosemite Valley on May 18th, 2012 I love fresh maple leaves in the Spring. They have a vibrancy of color that has always appealed to me. And when these young leaves are backlit, they glow with their own magic light. This shot was two years in the making. In 2010 I snapped a […]

The Catlins: New Zealand Photography Adventure, Day 24

“Are you scared?” she asked me. Scared, me? No way. But the truth was I was a little scared. New Zealand is often considered the adrenaline capital of the world but I wasn’t queueing up to jump off a bridge or leap out of a plane. No, I was getting ready to walk back into […]

McLean Falls, The Catlins, New Zealand

  Taken at McLean Falls in the Catlins, South Island, New Zealand on April 28th, 2012 The Catlins in New Zealand are famous for three things: wildlife, a storm-dashed coast, and waterfalls. And if you explore the area around the tiny hamlet of Curio Bay, you’re bound to see all three. At the very end […]