One of the many things I love about Yosemite National Park is that it’s equally photogenic at night as it is during the day. During my last visit I focused on astro-landscapes, but Mother Nature had other things in mind with a lot of clouds. Fortunately for me the heaviest clouds cleared just in time for me to take this photo and several others. My location of choice was Glacier Point as the increased altitude

Things are heating up with the alleged discovery of Ansel Adams’ lost photographic work. What are you predictions to the outcome of this conflict? Background Info: Experts: Ansel Adams photos found at garage sale worth $200 million – CNN Matthew Adams Speaks out About Alleged Ansel Adams Negatives – SilberStudios.tv Ansel Adams’ Grandson Shows How Alleged Negatives are Fishy – SilberStud

30 minutes of amazing transformation is all it took to change a drab gray stormy view of  Yosemite’s Half Dome and Nevada Falls into a dynamic fiery rainbow filled  scene. Literally in the 11th hour after a full day of foggy and overcast weather I witnessed a sunset like I’ve never seen anywhere in all my travels. As if scripted, storm clouds rose above Yosemite Valley and were illuminated by a thin pipe

A visit to the Monterey coastline just south of San Francisco, California never fails to inspire. Recently I decided to use this location to test some camera bodies (Hasselblad H5D, Nikon D800 and Canon 5D Mark III) and squeezed in a little extra time to try out a new Singh-Ray Mor-Slo 10-stop filter.  While I didn’t have time to stack filters and experiment further I was very happy with the outcome. Gear aside

This weekend I went out with some new gear to test, namely the Hasselblad H5D medium format DSLR and Hasselblad 300mm f/4.5 lens via BorrowLenses.com. The location of choice was Asilomar State Beach. The H5D has roughly twice the resolution as my Canon 5D Mark II with a whopping 40 megapixels per image.  I had been curious to find out if Hasselblad’s reputation was hype or not. To cut to the chase I’ll te

Much is said about light in landscape photography, especially golden hour, blue hour and moonlight. While most associate these lighting conditions with the end of the day it’s important to note they happen at the beginning of the day too and not just sourced from the sun. It’s a little bit rarer to see, as fewer photographers actually want to stay up or wake up to see golden moonlight. Case and point was

Last week was the conclusion of my Ultimate Time-Lapse Photography giveaway and today I’m happy to announce the winners. A huge THANKS goes out to eMotimo and Dynamic Perception for donating the grand prize!  If you haven’t already please follow and thank eMotimo and Dynamic Perception on Facebook .  Thanks to BorrowLenses.com, GuraGear, and Lexar for providing great bonus prizes and most importantly ever

Last week I took the opportunity to photograph several amazing sights in Yosemite National Park ranging from night & astro landscapes, moonbows and blooming Dogwoods. The later is what captured my eye by day. This is the first time I’ve seen Dogwoods in optimal conditions. In the past I’ve always seen them after a storm or a little too late in the season. One thing I can say after seeing Dogwoods in p

Today is the last day to enter to win some amazing photo gear and software in my Ultimate Time-Lapse Photography Giveaway. Win an eMotimo TB3 Black & Dynamic Perception Stage 0 Dolly System with a Quick Change 8 RPM & 21 RPM with MX2/AT2 Controller! Enter Here: http://bit.ly/WGy7Jw Additional bonus prizes, many worthy of grand prize status, are available from Adobe, Apple, GuraGear, BorrowLenses.com, and Lexa