Sunset light falling on the beautiful California coastline at Jug Handle State Natural Reserve just north of Mendocino, California. I snuck this photo in while taking a walk with my wife on our mini-honeymoon a little over 5 years ago. Miraculously I stayed out of the doghouse while taking photos on our hike. With such amazing light falling on the California coastal landscape it was impossible to resist taking a phot

This past weekend my wife and spent some time in Mendocino, California for our “babymoon”. With 6 weeks to go this was our last trip together before “Baby G” joins us. We stayed in the same place we enjoyed our mini-honeymoon 4 1/2 years ago. It brought back great memories and we had a fun time rediscovering the beautiful landscapes of the lost coast. Epic landscape photography was not the goa

A late afternoon view of the Point Cabrillo Lighthouse in Mendocino County. [tags]Point Cabrillo, lighthouse, Mendocino, California, light station, Department of Parks and Recreation[/tags]

Todays weather reminds me of the crisp sunny weather I had when photographing the Mendocino area couple years ago. The Mendocino coast is so strikingly beautiful that once you see it, it never leaves your memory. Photographed below is the beach at Van Damme State Park with the coastlines iconic cliffs and trees in the background. [tags]landscape, photograph, photography, Van Damme State Park, beach, ocean, coast, los

As a follow up to my Top 10 Most Annoying Photo Critique Comments post I’m going to be posting a running series on photography terms and definitions. Some of these terms will be pretty straight forward and others will be new to most. The idea is that perhaps this will boost the vocabulary of those that make critiques and provide greater understanding behind much of what we see in photography. The first entry in

This past weekend I was treated to a very relaxing weekend in Bodega Bay by my wife for our 1st wedding anniversary. Last year at this time we were in Mendocino and I had taken this photograph “Sunset at Jughandle State Reserve“. Although we weren’t treated to weather as nice as last year, we were very fortunate to be treated to several wildlife sightings. During our brief weekend trip we crossed pa

I snuck this shot in while taking a stroll with my wife (of 24 hours) on my mini-honeymoon. My wife isn’t the most patient so I had to rush to get this one in. As soon as I saw this scene I knew I had to photograph it though and for as much grief as I got about taking the photo it was later confided in me that this photo is now one of her favorites.