There is one clear way of knowing that you’re approach to photography is wrong… when you realize you’re not having fun. I consider myself lucky, as soon as I look through the viewfinder of my camera everything else falls by the wayside. This ability to focus and free my mind of extraneous thoughts enables me [...]
Posted by Jim on 02.02.2010 at 10:57 am// Tagged: California, Death Valley, Landscape, Locations, Photography , Philosophy, Photography
Both mentally and photographically the most enlightening times I find are in moments of transition. It’s at these moments that my creativity and my admiration of my subject peaks. As it relates to landscape photography “transition” is likely to be interpreted as the transition between light and dark. This is certainly an accurate interpretation, but [...]
Posted by Jim on 01.18.2010 at 2:25 am// Tagged: California, Death Valley, Fine Art, Landscape, Locations, Nature, Photography, Stock Photo , Fine Art, Landscape, Photography, Stock Photos
In 2009 I was very fortunate to have had some incredible photo opportunities. Selecting my best photos from this past year was much more difficult than choosing my best photos of 2008 and 2007. After taking the time to review the best of the tens of thousands of photos I took this year I narrowed [...]
Posted by Jim on 01.04.2010 at 12:01 am// Tagged: California, Costa Rica, Death Valley, Fine Art, Glacier National Park, Landscape, Montana, Monterey, Nature, Photography, Stock Photo, Travel, Wildlife, Yosemite , Fine Art, Landscape, Nature, Photography, Stock Photos, Wildlife
When traveling to remote locations I strive to:
1. Make use of every moment of light possible.
2. Look for opportunities to capture a new take on a “common” subject.
This photo was taken during a transition of dusk and optimal morning light at the Racetrack. Not wanting to sit idle during this time I began experimenting with [...]
Posted by Jim on 12.28.2009 at 2:41 am// Tagged: California, Death Valley, Fine Art, Landscape, Locations, Photography , Fine Art, Landscape, Photography
I’m going to be taking a few day break from the blog, but before I do I wanted to wish all of my blog readers a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. While most photographers in a post like this might settle for a photo like I shared in my previous entry Christmas Wonderland, Yosemite National [...]
Posted by Jim on 12.22.2009 at 1:56 am// Tagged: California, Death Valley, Landscape, Locations, Photography, Stock Photo , Christmas, Humor, Landscape, Photography, Stock Photos
Death Valley National Park’s Racetrack is one of the most incredible locations for landscape photography. The iconic rocks that litter the playa with mysterious trails behind them are an endless source of wonder. Death Valley in general appears dull and lifeless during most hours of the day, but at sunrise and sunset the landscape transforms [...]
Posted by Jim on 11.04.2009 at 2:21 am// Tagged: California, Death Valley, Fine Art, Landscape, Locations, Photography, Stock Photo , Landscape, Photography, Stock Photos
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 [...]
Posted by Jim on 10.29.2009 at 9:23 am// Tagged: California, Death Valley, Fine Art, Locations, Photography, Stock Photo , Fine Art, Photography, Stock Photos
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 [...]
Posted by Jim on 10.27.2009 at 1:03 am// Tagged: California, Death Valley, Fine Art, Landscape, Locations, Photography, Stock Photo , Fine Art, Landscape, Photography, Stock Photos