This week I concluded a very personal project, undertaken for my 92 year old grandfather Mac, to scan photos with in 12 cherished family photo albums.  Amazingly some of the photos scanned date back to the early 1900′s. When I first took on this task it seemed to be straight forward… scan a large quantity of images at high resolution for archival purposes and distribute them to family on hard drives. What

This weekend I had the great fortune of attending the World Photography Festival in San Francisco. This was their first year here in town and I’m happy to report they’ll be returning yearly. This year the big draw was Elliott Erwitt. If you’re unfamiliar with the photographic work of Elliott Erwitt you should start to brush up on it immediately. He’s long been a favorite photographer of mine,

I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me. -William Hazlitt [tags]photography, nature, wildlife, Yosemite, stock photo[/tags]

I was this close to titling this post “Nature Photographers Deserving Of A Can of Whoop-Ass”, but I refrained. This week much debate has ensued regarding a photograph posted on Facebook of a photographer behaving badly climbing on fragile tufa formations at Mono Lake. G. Dan Mitchell took the lead in the comments of this post regarding the law surrounding these formations, but honestly wouldn’t you

Sunlight bleeds through a tear in the sky above Yosemite valley on a late morning last December. A contrast of static & change, light & shadow and terrestrial & celestial… and between it all, life. Nature forever captures my imagination as I see dramatic scenes such as this unfold. Invariably I am entranced with the thought that through the chaos of our world & universe a perfect balance exists

This past weekend I burned 1/2 a day digging up past images from a special time in my photographic career. That “special time” being a window of time when I was very serious about learning anything & everything about photography and remotely thinking about trying to do more with it as a profession. I then burned another 1/2 a day preparing those images for a formal copyright submission. Were all of th

For your enjoyment a photo of the simple beauty of the desert. While most focus on the iconic dunes of White Sands I’ve grown increasingly fascinated by the islands of life that exist in the meadows between the dunes. A closer look reveals the relationship of the plants to the land and wildlife.  My visit to White Sands inspired a couple articles that were recently published on the Digital Photography School si

If you’re like me you may have been unaware of a rare event taking part here in San Francisco next week. The World Photography Festival is coming to the U.S. for the first time, in and above its tour through London, Shanghai and Sao Paulo. Given the caliber of participants and sessions in the event  I wanted to extend my blog to make you aware of it and extend a discount to attend. If you make it let me know. P