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In recent blog posts and articles I’ve read about concerns and fears that creators have because of AI. Absolutely justified, of course: backed by big tech, those companies stealthily took som…
on Jan 10
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My monthly “End Notes” for December 2023 include weather observations, notes from the trail, articles worth reading, music — and a few recent photos and portfolio additions, as usual. P…
on Dec 31
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Three more studies of light and how it sculpts the desert landscape, from the recent desert hike at Canyon Sin Nombre with my friend Chris.
on Dec 30
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2023 was a pretty great year for photography. I’m nowhere near done with evaluating and developing all my photos, but for this year’s selection of personal favorites I took a few turns …
on Dec 26
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Three photos from 20 Mule Team Canyon in Death Valley National Park, documenting the progression of light on the landscape at sunrise: twilight glow, shade before sunrise, first direct light.
on Dec 25
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Photo series of hazy layered landscapes and mountains; spanning 2007-2021.
on Dec 12
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Every year in December, I struggle. So many things “behind the scenes” that remain invisible must be completed, and the short daylight hours seem to put a crunch on everything. This may…
on Dec 10
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Accidentally used raw+JPEG? Get rid of the JPEGs! (Video)
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It has happened to most of us: at some point, we accidentally had the camera set to store both raw files, and JPEGs. And then those file pairs sit on our computer and the JPEGs are a waste of space…
on Dec 1
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If there is one month of the year that makes us feel most spoiled to live in Southern California, it must be November — especially when you’re a photographer! ;) I explain why in my monthly E…
on Nov 30
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NEW PORTFOLIO “A More Complex Kind of Order” with twenty photographs.
on Nov 29
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This month’s throwback to photos that I made ten years ago, in November 2013, is very much intimate landscape themed.
on Nov 17
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In the previous post I mentioned my fascination with Badwater and the strangest part is perhaps the area south of the popular Badwater boardwalk, where the lines of numerous channels of water meand…
on Nov 16
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Log entry for the Wheeler Peak hike on our September 2018 trip – including video of the delightful Canada Jays that don’t fear to get a nut from your hand.
on Nov 14
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Three photos from around Roswell, New Mexico, where we spent a little bit of daylight and a night during our March 2019 road trip.
on Nov 5
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Badlands may be “bad” from our normal, human point of view: hardly any plant life, deeply eroded, difficult to navigate. From a photographic point of view though, they are among the mos…
on Nov 3
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At the very end of our trip to Yosemite Valley in October 2023 and on the way home, we visited the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum). It was a strange experience.
on Nov 1
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Happy Halloween! It’s the end of the month and as usual, I’m looking back at my photographic activities, documenting the weather, sharing some links to worthy distractions, and other su…
on Oct 31
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Photography Gear Sale (Nikon F-Mount & More)
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As part of our switch to mirrorless, we currently have the following photography gear for sale. If you’re interesting in any of these items, please contact me and we’ll figure out the d…
on Oct 28
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Spring Morning With A Long Lens
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During my spring morning outings to photograph “the sycamores” I also photographed some other scenes along the way, with my long and heavy 200-500mm lens. In early March, trees growing …
on Oct 21
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Photographic impressions from a day-trip to Königssee in Germany’s Nationalpark Berchtesgaden, including the boat-ride to Salet and hike to Röthbachfall, highest waterfall in Germany.
on Oct 19
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I just stumbled upon a news bit in which images, made by the Hubble and James Webb telescopes respectively, of the Eagle Nebula (M16) gas pillars known as the Pillars of Creation are shown side by …
on Oct 17
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A photographic homage, perhaps love declaration even, to the chaparral and sage scrub shrublands of Southern California.
on Oct 16
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It’s the middle of the month so today I’m looking back at the activities and events of October 2013. This was a fun month for photography and everything around it, but I can’t den…
on Oct 15
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Spider Appreciation & Unseen Worlds
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Sorry if you have arachnophobia but you’ve been warned by the title: this post does indeed include the photo of a spider! I’ve come to quite like them, this summer. And just a few days …
on Oct 14
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New Features in Lightroom Classic 13
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Lightroom Classic version 13 has just been released, as usual at the Adobe MAX conference, and at least on paper, it brings some interesting new features. I’ve been taking a critical look at …
on Oct 11
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This portfolio began, as it often goes, when I noticed a small grouping of 3 or 4 images that all showed dead trees, all in vertical format and in black & white already. I didn’t approach…
on Oct 9
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The “thermometer is long” as they say, right now: while the days have been pretty warm, with temperatures of 90F/30C during the daytime, at night it cools off considerably and quickly, …
on Oct 9
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It’s not getting easier for me to photograph (and identify!) new plants but over the last couple of months, I did add new photos to my archive/gallery of Native Flowers & Plants in San Di…
on Oct 5
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Update-O-Phobia is an affliction of all computer users and commonly defined as: the haunting fear that a software update will necessitate a hardware update. 😂 But what the heck does that ha…
on Oct 2
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Humboldt Lagoons Beach (black & white)
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Black & white impressions from a stop at the “Dry Lagoon” of Humboldt Lagoons State Park, and a walk at the beach. The beach has coarse, dark sand, sometimes large and in the transi…
on Oct 2