Okay, this one kind of snuck up on me. I can’t say National Bird Day was on my radar, but hey, go with the flow, right? So what do I have in the way of birds?
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The Story Behind “The Dive”

I posted before about my fascination with our Brown Pelicans and got so many great comments and questions, I thought I would share the story behind this image I call “The Dive.”
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 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 readingIn Search of Floyd, San Diego’s Wild Flamingo

Photographers in San Diego know that a wonderful secret exists in the southern reaches of the San Diego Bay. With the ocean on your west, there is only a thin strip of road called “The Strand” that separates the ocean from the wetlands, which host an amazing assortment of water birds, from skimmers to osprey. There is one particular feathered friend that dazzles and surprises. Yes, we play host to a wild flamingo. He is a brilliant shade of pink with a wingspan of nearly five feet and has made himself at home in the expansive shallows between the Cays and Imperial Beach. The locals have given him several names, but Pink Floyd, or simply “Floyd” seems to have stuck.
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