There are some places on earth that seem designed specifically for the lens. Stunning vistas, ever changing cloud formations, cobalt blue water, waterfalls and forests. Where???
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“The Way Home” – Story behind the image
Standing still and silent, the Coronado Bridge traverses the bay in a graceful curve, carrying workers and visitors back and forth to downtown. It is relatively new (1969), but an icon that represents San Diego as much as Balboa Park.
Continue reading“Seashells by the Seashore”
Remember those trips to the beach when you were just a little kid? You would walk along the shoreline with your little green bucket swinging from your hand as you scanned the sand for a beautiful shell to add to your sandy collection. Maybe it was a whole sand dollar, or perhaps a jewel toned shard of shell. Everything was a treasure. You would bring them home, hose them off, and line them up on the warm bricks to dry. What is is about collecting seashells that is timeless?
Continue readingShoot’n The Sloughs
There is a patch of old So Cal coast where time is forgotten and development was left behind. It is raw; it is natural; it is called the Tijuana Sloughs. It also happens to be a great place to spend a day with your camera.
Continue readingThe Story Behind the Little Crab
Every image has a story behind it and “The Scavenger” is no exception. I absolutely love this little image as much as for the symmetry as the moment in time. Here’s the story….
Continue readingThe Little Red Dart Frog of Bastimentos
One of the awesome benefits of surf photography is the opportunity to travel. You get to go to unique corners of the world and experience and see things that are full of wonder. When the boys are resting between sessions, I like to do a little exploring. There may be no better place for this than Latin America. Let me give you an example…
Continue readingChasing Waves: Photo Gear to Bring on a Surf Trip
There is something special about a surf trip to an exotic locale. It is even more special when your son calls you in the middle of winter and invites you to be the photographer on his surf trip to Panama! When such events occur, I’m all in. Having done a number of surf trips, I have learned a few things about traveling with photo gear. Here are some tips I have gathered along the way.
Continue readingThe Making of an Alpine Time Lapse
When I was in college in the 1980’s and studying “abroad” in Vienna for a semester, I took a weekend trip to Switzerland. The landscape was phenomenal. Lush green valleys with clusters of yellow daffodils blooming everywhere. Snow topped mountains released dozens of waterfalls that cascaded into the valleys below. I spent the first two days snapping pictures left and right. On my final day, I took the train to Zermatt to see the might Matterhorn. It was one of the places I had always wanted to visit and it proved to be stunning. However, in one of my biggest photographic fails, I had left my camera behind in the hostel back in Interlaken. I was devastated and although Zermatt was incredible, I had no images from the trip (remember, cell phones were not a thing back then). I knew that someday, I would have to make my way back and try again.
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