2012 was full of great photo opportunities and between my DSLR and cell phone I must have taken close to 55-60,000 photos. This years personal projects were centered around time-lapses and iPhone photos of my son, but I was also selectively choosing my DSLR photo subjects. A sample of what caught my eye is quite evident in my Best Photos of 2012 final selections. As was the case in years past it is impossible to rank

When one thinks of a focal length ideal to nature or landscape photography 24mm usually tops the list. Historically use of a 24mm prime lens was seen as the ideal way to go and over the past decade lens technology has improved so much that wide zooms (14-24mm, 16-35mm, etc.) are now the norm.  The 50mm focal length on the other hand is seldom thought of as ideal for nature or landscape photography and more so for pho

You can take a nature photographer out of nature, but you can’t take nature ouf of a nature photographer. While exploring and photographing New York City last year I found some great subjects for travel stock, but I was most excited about photographing a simple nature scene lost to most rushing by on their “leisure” filled Saturday morning in Central Park. While many New Yorkers were squeezing in th

One of the most beautiful Christmas spectacles to witness is the Rockefeller Christmas Tree in Manhattan, New York. Seeing the tree, lights and decorations is only part of equation. The cold brisk air, excited crowd and thousands of flashes firing as people photograph the scene is what creates the energy that makes this experience special. I realize this type of experience may not be for everyone, but I would surely

There is a lot to be said for keeping an image clean and simple. You would think this would be an easy thing to do, but whether in the city or the backcountry isolating your subject can be quite difficult. Distracting elements such as cars, buildings, people, trees, rocks, even bright spots can easily pull a viewers eye away. Techniques that work in isolating a subject include changing perspective, changing location,

When people think of places that exemplify the holidays New York city often comes to mind whether because of movies past or just because many of the morning news programs are filmed in downtown New York city. This past weekend my wife and I returned to Manhattan to take in all that New York had to offer for the holidays. As always it proved to be quite a bit of fun from watching the kids and adults a like being awed

New York city is full of amazing places, but few other locations capture the imagination like Grand Central Station. If you’ve yet to see this building in person you owe it to yourself to do so. The ceiling is painted with an impressive mural of the stars and zodiac. You might think this photo to be out of place for my blog, but even in the heart of downtown Manhattan our natural world is commemorated. As impre

Another view of the Guggenheim museum in New York city. The amazing architecture of this Frank Lloyd Wright building is itself art. Viewing people moving up and down the spiraling levels was as entertaining to me as viewing the art housed with in this famous New York museum. More Guggenheim museum photos… [tags]Guggenheim, New York, New York city, Manhattan, museum, architecture, photo, Frank Lloyd Wright[/tags