Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images

Photo: Looking out the airplane window at sunset light on engine cowling of Boeing 737-400 enroute from Chicago, Illinois, to San Francisco, California

As I mentioned on a previous post, I planned my recent flight from Chicago to be flying right over the Sierra at sunset; which we were. However the skies were so hazy that [...]

Picture: Aerial view of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, near Chicago, Illinois.

This was taken just moments after my plane took off from Chicago’s Midway Airport. At the time I was really bummed that we were flying so close to the accelerator that the bottom half of the ring extended just past the bottom edge of [...]

Picture: Fall colors on grape vine leaves in vineyard, Alexander Valley, Sonoma County, California.

Today is one of the two days of each calendar year when the sun rises and sets at exactly 90 and 270 degrees respectively. It also marks the official first day of fall; a season when most travel, landscape, and nature photographers [...]

Picture: Oak tree canopy of branches and leaves, McDonalds University Campus, Oak Brook, near Chicago, Illinois.

This is probably the only 100% true nature photo taken on my trip. But honestly, being only 60 feet from the door of the Hyatt Lodge, how much of a commune back to nature could this have really been?

Been quiet here, huh? Well there’s a good reason, and it ties into my last two posts. I just got back from a road trip to Chicago. I wish I could say I got lots of good photos, but this wasn’t a photo trip. I got a few, and I do mean FEW. I wound [...]

Picture: Steam rising from geothermal vent along the Firehole River, Firehole Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

There’s a reason for posting this photo; except nobody has bothered to tell me what that might be.
See more of my Wyoming Photos in my online web gallery.

Picture: Storm clouds at sunrise over lonely, empty two-lane desert highway, near Wells, Nevada.

Wise man says: The Road Ahead is merely the past for anyone traveling the opposite direction. Furthermore, an idiot standing in the middle of the road is either (a) lost, (b) confused, (c) waiting to be hit by a speeding vehicle, (d) [...]

I stumbled across an internet discussion a few days back. It was very long-winded, so I won’t bother you with all the gory details. Sufficed to say it dealt with the differences between Travel Writers, Travel Photographers, and Travel Writers who are asked to supply photos with articles they write.
Most pro photographers aren’t awesome righters. [...]

Picture: Red tractor and rolled bales of hay in freshly cut farm field near Cambria, along the Central Coast, San Luis Obispo County, California

The thing I like about this photo, in addition to it’s seasonal appeal, is that it seems like it could be from almost any rural location. You just would never know by [...]

In some crazy universe, our local school district decided to start school four days prior to Labor Day, then give the kids five more days off, so they attend classes for three days this week. So, what’s a Dad to do? I took off the last five days while the kids were home, did practically no work (photo-biz), but spent time [...]