There are quite a few photos in my portfolio that I look back upon and question my sanity due to the absurd conditions I’ve endured to capture them. This particular photo is up there on the insanity scale.  This past winter has seen extraordinary snowfall levels in the Sierras and now that Spring has rolled around the water levels are quite high in Yosemite Valley due to the snow melt.  That translates to huge

Canadian landscape photographers Samantha Chrysanthou and Darwin Wiggett have created the League of Landscape Photographers, a self-identified group of artists who photograph the world around them in accordance with high ethical and artistic standards. ‘Landscape’ in this group is defined broadly to include wilderness and human interactions with and connections to the land. There is no cost to being a Lea

What better way to start 2017 than to be creatively inspired. The results of my 10th annual Best of Photos project hopefully will do just that by introducing you to photographers and their work from all over the world. Many of my blog readers are photo enthusiasts and many are seasoned professionals, but the great thing about photography is that no matter what your experience level we all can relate equally in our lo

As is customary I spend the end/beginning of the year reviewing my best photos of the year. This year I had less time to focus on personal projects than in years past, but one thing that I’ve continued to focus on is making the outdoor experience as fun as possible for my boys who are now 6 and 2. Considering both ask regularly to go camping and explore new areas I’d say that project is a great success. M

It’s that time of year again and if you’re a regular JMG-Galleries reader that means one thing… it is time to kick off the 10th annual best photos of the year blog project. This is by far my most popular blog project with hundreds of photographers taking part last year (see Best Photos of 2015, 2014, 2013,  2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007). Around this time of year people start to ask if IR

It’s an interesting feeling to be atop Haleakala, high above the South Pacific, with the feeling of being on top of the world. Atop Haleakala National Park you can see out for 50 miles in every direction when its cloud-free and you tower above the rest of Maui.  Yet when you take a star trail photo such as this you quickly realize that you were really on the side of our spinning globe. Star trail photos are alw

I recently put the new Canon 5D Mark IV through some very rigorous tests in the field. I put together a series of 7 videos covering a wide variety of tests that you may find interesting over on my YouTube channel All Things Photo. If you’ve been interested in learning more about what the Canon 5D Mark IV is capable of see the video links below: Canon 5D Mark IV Speed Review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgRIA

As part of my effort to field test the new Canon 5D Mark IV I decided to head out to Mount Tamalpais in Marin, California. Low lying fog hugging the coastline made for some very scenic and surreal sunset photos. This is a teaser photo seeing that it was taken with my old 5D Mark II, but rest assured I’ll have more images and opinions to share about the new 5D Mark IV soon enough. Have any questions about the 5D