Last week, November October 16th to be specific, Photo.net was acquired by NameMedia, Inc. It hasn’t taken long but changes are already in place including banner advertisements through out the site and a newly launched monthly email newsletter that went out this morning. Photo.net started out modestly as Philip Greenspun’s personal home page at MIT and developed into one of the largest photographer commun
I take it for granted, but there is one camera accessory that I carry in my camera bag that has played a central role to my photographic success. The accessory until now was a secret, but I thought after a couple of recent photo trips that I’d share it with those that read my blog. Now that I’ve built up a little anticipation here is why I decided to reveal this secret accessory… 1. It is central to
Happening upon a stream might not seem that exciting to most people, but for myself it proved to be one of the highlights of my day while photographing fall color in the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains. I found a couple great subjects including this small branch of Aspen leafs stuck in the water. What caught my eye when I first saw this was the droplet of water on the leaf glistening in the sun. The Aspen leafs float
One of the many things I’ve forced myself to do over the years when in the heat of the moment photographing a subject, particularly one that is right in your face, is to take a moment to pull myself away to see things I might be missing. Last week when photographing fall color in the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains it was easy to get pulled into photographing stands of Aspen trees, but it took effort to stop an
For many in San Francisco Sutro Tower is nothing but an eyesore, but due to the tower’s central location and height its now being employed to help monitor greenhouse gases as part of the California’s aggressive environmental legislation AB 32. The California Greenhouse Gas Emissions Project, a pilot program known as CALGEM, is the brainchild of scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. They
This past week amidst a quick run to photograph the eastern Sierra’s I experienced a moment of true bliss. I didn’t have much time to spare on my trip so I made use of every minute available to me to photograph the eastern Sierra Nevada mountain region. On the road at 1 AM and not stopping until 11 PM, my all day of travel and photography hit its peak at 10 PM when I photographed the Milky Way extending u
New York city is full of amazing places, but few other locations capture the imagination like Grand Central Station. If you’ve yet to see this building in person you owe it to yourself to do so. The ceiling is painted with an impressive mural of the stars and zodiac. You might think this photo to be out of place for my blog, but even in the heart of downtown Manhattan our natural world is commemorated. As impre
In case you didn’t know today is “Blog Action Day“. In the theme of environmental awareness I’m posting two recent photos that exemplify our day-to-day impact on the environment. Nothing brings social issues to the forefront of thought more so than photography. My challenge to those that read this post… point me to your favorite social documentary photograph highlighting the impact we ha