Chased by the Light
On the first evening of my recent Valley of Fire Workshop, we hiked out to Fire Wave in hopes of capturing dramatic landscape images. The skies had some amazing clouds to the south hanging over Fire Wave when we first arrived and we set up for the more or less traditional shot. I encouraged my [...]
Snowy Egret Silhouette, Venice Rookery
I love finding a common subject and photographing it in an uncommon way. These Snowy Egrets are easy to find in S. Florida over the winter and at the Venice Rookery there were hundreds of them. I found this one perched on a small branch just above the pond late in the afternoon just [...]
Back from South Florida
I just returned home from a week shooting wildlife and landscapes in South Florida. The trip went really well and I spent the entire week driving from one bid hotspot to the other, often only sleeping a few hours each night. I spent 90% of my time and energy shooting birds and only a [...]
Daily Inspiration: Triple Falls, Glacier National Park
Before the snow melted, I took advantage of the situation and hiked out to Triple Falls across snow fields allowing me to access the location with damaging the fragile tundra. In 2010, snowmelt was late to come in the summer and when I shot this image the falls were raging. I returned to this location [...]
Latest release: After the Storm, Great Falls National Park
This our latest release, After the Storm, Great Falls National Park, VA I took a quick trip to Great Falls National Park the other day in hopes of catching some dramatic light as a winter storm that produced snow, ice and rain moved out at sunset. It was a gamble but it paid off nicely [...]
Never Stop Exploring
For the past eight days I have been in Jackson, Wyoming shooting landscapes and fall color, as well as leading a photo tour of Grand Teton National Park. Everyday I was up at 4am and often didn’t get to bed until after 11pm. Exhausted at the end of the trip I drove five hours south [...]
Snaefells Peninsula Reflections, Iceland
I don’t have much to say today, so I’ll let the image do the talking. Does this shot speak to you? If so, what does it say?
Storm Light, Great Falls National Park
Two weeks ago on my way back from West Virginia, I stopped by Great Falls National Park after noticing thunderstorms building in the area. The storms never produced any rain or lightning, but did put on quite a show at sunset. Here are two of my favorite images from that evening. This was the best [...]
Botany Bay Sunset, Edisto Island, SC
I am back from eight days shooting the low country spring in and around Charleston, South Carolina. At least I was planning on shooting spring, but Mother Nature had other plans, as she always seems to have. The spring blooms had all but dropped except for the Azaleas along Oak Lane in Magnolia Plantation which [...]
Taming the Light: The art and technique of exposure blending
I am often asked about my post processing and the one question that always comes up is, “Did it really look like that”, asked with a good deal of skepticism. And rightly so! In the age of digital capture, and Photoshop it is nearly impossible to tell the difference between what is a photograph and [...]
Mirror on the Marsh, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland
I am always in search of mirror reflections and the Chesapeake Bay of Maryland’s Eastern Shore is loaded with still waters, a landscape photographers dream. You won’t find any big mountains to reflect in the waters here, so it is always important to have a great sky. Fact is though, they just don’t happen all [...]
