Later this year we are traveling to Namibia. For those of you who are geographically challenged, Namibia is in Africa just northwest of South Africa. As part of our trip we will be doing six days of safari, photographing animals large and small. Our safari guide Ryan recommended we get a longer lens to better…
Goodbye 2019, Hello 2020
Goodbye 2019 2019 began with some challenges. Treatment for a second cancer diagnosis loomed on the horizon. Cancer is a reminder of how short life is and how we don’t know what tomorrow will bring. Photography has become a passion. When I look through the viewfinder of the camera, I am transported to a different world. The…
Chasing the Iconic Yucca
In almost every location, there is an iconic image to capture. In White Sands National Monument, it is the iconic Soaptree Yucca plant on the white rippled sand. On our first visit last December, I didn’t do it justice. I had my list of excuses. We had cloudy skies. I couldn’t find one that was…
He Rolled His Eyes
I have always been fascinated by Petroglyphs – the mystery, the artwork, and that someone spent hours to etch each form into stone. What was their purpose? What messages were left behind? Was it early teenagers adding graffiti to the landscape? or a perhaps, a laborious form of ancient texting? Between Bosque del Apache and White…
An Unexpected Treat
If you put yourself at the right location at the right time, you have the best opportunity to get a good photo. We’ve done this many a time and got nothing for our efforts. Today we were rewarded with something amazing. Last year, almost to the day, we witnessed a few blastoffs at Bosque Del…
Magical Monument Valley
We’ve been to Monument Valley many times, taken some very nice photos, even doing well in a contest or two. Never was there great atmospheric conditions. Either there was no clouds, too many clouds, or even a sandstorm, but nothing spectacular to complement the monuments. This time the photo gods were looking fondly upon us….
Peek-a-boo Carnival
Peekaboo Canyon – A Carnival-Like Experience We decided on another outing with our new friend “G”. This one was sold to us as a visit to a slot canyon, but it was more like an outing to the carnival. It’s just a short 30 minute drive outside of Kanab to the canyon entrance, but there…
The Final Wave
Our first visit to the wave started about 8 years ago when Jeff saw a photo and said, “I want to shoot that!” It was then up to me to research what it was, where it was and how to get there. Answers: “The Wave”, Northern Arizona, 44 miles outside of the nearest town, with…
I Failed at Camping 101
I may have failed at camping 101 but I did not fail at photography. I haven’t camped since college, a time when young men do stupid things. That’s not to say old men don’t do stupid things. We do. But volunteering for camping in the frigid cold at my advanced age is beyond stupid. Why…
Singing the Blues
I am just back from two weeks in the Eastern Sierras of California. The mountains were beautiful, but the photography was quite different than I thought it would be. We talk about photography being, “all about the light”. On this trip, there were four light related challenges that impacted how I approached my photography. First,…
