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Landscape Photography Ethics and Stewardship

Columbia Gorge

Landscape Photography Ethics and Stewardship of our public lands. If you haven’t noticed lately, our public lands have become quite popular in the last decade. Many of the folks that are visiting them are inspired by the photos posted on social platforms such as Instagram or Facebook. We have all seen that epic photo of someone standing … Read more

Adobe Lightroom Tutorial Low Key Photo

Ramona Falls Oregon

My latest Adobe Lightroom Tutorial covers Processing Low Key Black and White Landscape Photos. Please leave any questions that you might have in the comments. This photo is from Ramona Falls in the Mt Hood Wilderness in Oregon. Thank you! 🙂  

Playful Little Bears

Gary, Darlene and the Denali Bus

I love Denali. This last trip in August was my second trip into the park and this trip was the best. The skies were clear which allowed for a great view of Denali the mountain as well as the animals roaming the early Autumn tundra. For those unaware, when you explore within the park you … Read more

Is That Photoshopped?

Trillium Lake Aurora

“Is that photoshopped?” I hear that question every now and then, mostly on Social Media, although not as much as I used to ten years ago. I suspect that it could be that digital photography has become accepted more, and with websites such as Instagram that allow the user to alter their photos with a … Read more

Upper Trail Lake at Moose Pass Alaska

Upper Trail Lake Kenai Alaska

 A front row seat to the light show at Upper Trail Lake at Moose Pass on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska.   The story behind this shot… Darlene and I had scouted this location out earlier in the day and then drove in the Seward to get a room for the night and some food … Read more

Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center Photography Workshop 2016

Opal Creek 2016

Opal Creek Ancient Forest Photography Workshop 2016, the third year for this amazing experience. We had the largest group yet and we all had a great time. The weather was sunny for the first day for the hike in to Jawbone Flats and to our cabin. We spent the rest of the day exploring places around … Read more

Take Better Cell Phone Photos

The Columbia River

What did we ever do without our cell phones? In this era of miraculous technology it’s hard to remember how it was to wait until we got home to make a call or to search for a phone booth along the way. They have revolutionized communication. These little devices have also revolutionized photography as well. … Read more

Alaska Glacier Workshop 2016

Matanuska Glacier Workshop 2016

Alaska is an amazing place. It’s so expansive that the scale is nothing that can be imagined but needs to be experienced to comprehend. Even the travel from location to location can be challenging in its distance. There is so much to see in Alaska that careful planning or a lot of time to wander … Read more

The Perseid Meteor Shower 2016

Perseid Meteor Shower 2010

This is a composite that took 360 images taken as 30 second exposures over a three hours period of time layered over a single 30 minute exposure. The secret to this shot was to be patient for three hours as the camera snapped away its 30 second exposures first, and then in post processing the additional patience … Read more