Happy Halloween from my photo assistants! This Halloween the dogs were in great form doing as good a job in front of the camera as they normally do behind the camera. Photographed below is Moe as Captain Hook, Curly as Tinkerbell and Zoe as Peter Pan. From my family to yours, stay forever young and have a safe Halloween. (see the videos after the jump)

One of the more interesting places in Death Valley National Park is a place called the Racetrack. This dry lake bed is home to a fascinating phenomenon of large rocks that seem to inexplicably move and leave tracks in the dried mud of the playa. The current theory is that as the lake bed becomes wet from the rain and as strong winds blow through the valley the rocks slowly move. No matter how the tracks are made thes

After a brief trip to New York for Photo Plus Expo I’m back and I couldn’t help, but publish another Zabriskie Point photo. This was taken earlier than my last Zabriskie Point Sunrise – Death Valley National Park. My recent workshop to Death Valley was well timed as lingering clouds from dissipating storms made the photogenic landscape even more photogenic. In addition sunset and sunrise colors were incre

Borrowlenses.com has been kind enough to make available yet another free week long lens rental (excluding super telephoto lenses) to be given away here on the JMG-Galleries blog. In order to be eligible you need to: Contest open to only those in the US. Lens rentals cannot be shipped to other countries. The lucky winner will place the order online at BorrowLenses.com and they request a credit card number to cover the

This past weekend I was able to share an amazing sunrise with a client at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley National Park. The scene as it unfolded was amazing to witness. Clouds formed unexpectedly in the extremely dry air and were illuminated with an unreal pink color. I couldn’t imagine a better morning to photograph this iconic location.  Mother Nature never fails to impress! Photo Info: Canon 1Ds Mark III, 2

Last year I kicked off the first year of the Buying Prints from Your Favorite Photographers blog project and was really happy with the participation, but even happier with the prints I purchased. In the hope of building upon last years effort I’m kicking off another blog project with the exact same goals. For details see below… “It’s not a photo until its a print“ One of the unique aspec

The work of Guy Tal is the fifth of five prints to highlight from my Buying Prints from Your Favorite Photographers blog project (see results here). I’ve been long over due in posting the 5th installment of my print purchase highlight from last years blog project, but in this case I saved the best for last. Guy Tal is a photographer, author and friend whose work I’ve enjoyed for many years. He is one of t

As part of Blog Action Day ’09 (that’s today) I wanted to share 5 tips on how to leverage your passion for photography to document the impact of climate change and other environmental issues. One of the most powerful tools to make people aware of the change that is happening around us is to document our environment. Photographs are great motivators and in a world where Social Media has taken root it’