A few months ago, I saw a Nick Page video about the new Maven color-coded magnetic photo filters and the Kickstarter campaign for them. The review was very positive, so I decided to back the campaign. Fast forward to the week before last when I received the filter kit and some add-ons. The filter kit […]
Below are a few of my favorite images of the year. This one from Ruby Beach in Olympic National Park was taken during my May workshop. It’s a blend of two images, one for the background and one for the foreground. I liked what was happening in the background but suspected it may not last […]
Above are just a few pictures from my recent back-to-back tours in Sitka, AK. Each tour featured three trips on Sitka Sound to photograph whales, eagles, bears, fishing boats, puffins, and more. Weather was sometimes a challenge, especially during the first tour where we had our share of rain. But we still saw and photographed […]
Topaz Sharpen AI is an amazing piece of software. It can take out of focus images, images with motion blur, images taken with soft lenses, and image that are soft with atmospheric haze and it makes them sharp. In this image of Middle North Falls in Oregon’s Silver Falls State Park, I needed focus on […]
One of the first things I learned when I started getting serious about becoming a decent outdoor and nature photographer is that I absolutely needed a tripod. So I got one. It wasn’t the right one, I quickly learned. I got tips from my photography instructor and did a little research and bought my first […]
I finally received that tall tripod I’ve been waiting for!
I wasn’t really sure what to expect from White Sands. I’ve seen the pictures, so I knew the possibilities. My co-leader Cliff Zenor had been there before though, so I wasn’t going in blind. I’d seen plenty of pictures of white dunes, Yucca, pink skies. And I saw all of these. What I didn’t expect […]
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