Landscape, Nature And Travel Photography

Photography By Jim M. Goldstein

Happy Halloween from the Photo Assistants II

As with last years Halloween photos of my dogs (AKA photo assistants) my wife picked out outfits as a surprise and assigned me to creatively capture them reflecting their very own unique personalities. The irony is that Moe who is donning the Security muscle shirt is the naughtier of the dogs. Well I’m sure he [...]

An Over Due Review: Digital Railroad vs. Photoshelter Collection

I’m a bit overdue in my review of Digital Railroad and PhotoShelter… so overdue in fact my review will cover how each of these services died rather than what they offered photographers.
Both PhotoShelter Collection and Digital Railroad aimed at bucking the trends of the traditional photo stock market giving more to photographers on each sale. [...]

Photo Project Final Stretch & Reminder

Several weeks ago I announced the Buying Prints from Your Favorite Photographers project to reintroduce photographers and photography fans to the physical and emotional experience of viewing prints versus images on a computer monitor alone.  We’re in the final stretch and I wanted to remind my readers its not too late to take part. If [...]

Swiss Cows in the Countryside

Not isolated to the Zermatt mountains I made new friends and contacts all across Switzerland. Near Gstaad I had a fun encounter with these inquisitive cows enjoying the autumn sun in their meadow. Smiling wasn’t an option. Perhaps I shouldn’t have asked them to say fromage.

Technorati Tags: Switzerland, Gstaad, goat, alps, [...]

Back After Making New Friends in Switzerland

I’m back after spending two weeks traveling across Switzerland. Along the way I made some new friends including this goat who with the rest of her buddies decided I made for a great high altitude salt lick.

Not pictured is a great view of the Matterhorn above Zermatt, Switzerland that I had been taking in at [...]

Finding My Happy Place

I’ve crossed the half way point of my trip and so far things are going quite well. Today was particularly nice. The weather was mostly cloudy, cold and even rainy. For most these conditions would seem far from ideal, but that’s not the focus of this post. What made today particularly nice for [...]

Heading For The Mountains

I’m off for an extended trip, two weeks to be exact. As a result the blog may be inactive for a bit. As I can I may blog remotely, but in a very limited fashion. Stay tuned for more photography.

10 Essential Tips To Get Great Blue Angels Photos

This weekend is Fleet Week here in San Francisco and given numerous emails I’ve received about photographing the event I thought I would consolidate my tips to photographing the Blue Angels. Following these tips should put you on the fast track to walking away with some great photos.
Logistics – Be Prepared
In San Francisco that means [...]


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