Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images

Picture: Alpenglow at sunset lights up the summit of Mount Shasta Volcano, part of the southern Casacade Range, Siskiyou County, California

This was taken on my recent trip to Wyoming. Two of my lifelong best-friends now live in Mount Shasta city, only minutes from this vista. So when spending an evening visiting with them before turning [...]

In following with my last post, I found another good explanation page for something most amateur photographers know nothing about; the Historgram. One of the keys to improving your photography is to gain an understanding of how your camera sees the world – and it doesn’t see it like your eyeballs. Understanding the Histogram is [...]

Picture: Statue and gardens at Villa Toscana Winery, near Plymouth, Amador County, Sierra Foothills, California
I often get asked during workshops or classes about how someone gets everything in focus when looking from near to far. That discussion immediately turns to the concept of Depth of Field. We often see this term abbreviated as DOF. [...]

Photo: The Giant Dipper RollerCoaster at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz, California

Over the last month, many of you may have seen a dreaded Wordpress Error page where my weblog should have been. After about 15 calls to tech support over the last four weeks, each time requesting the mySQL server to be restarted, [...]

Picture: Detail view of Gibbons Falls, along the Gibbons River, near Madison Junction, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.

It’s wet and raining outside today. This just felt like the appropriate image to post. Like several other Yellowstone waterfalls, Gibbons Falls is tucked into a small, dark canyon. On the day I was there, rain made it tough [...]

Picture: Sunrise light and morning mist at Point Sur Lighthouse, Big Sur Coast, Monterey County, California

Finally, I got one. I can’t say how many times I’ve driven past the Point Sur Lighthouse, and not taken a picture. Either wrong time, wrong weather, wrong light, or I was on my way to or from some place [...]

Picture: Sunset light on Mount Diablo, Contra Costa County, California.

It’s a relatively short list; the number of famous people that I’ve had a chance to meet. But now I can add Jean-Michel Couteau to that list. This last Monday evening, I had a chance to meet Mr. Cousteau at a private reception prior to a [...]

Picture: Morning light on the Teton mountain range over aspen tree in autumn, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
It wasn’t all bad storms and grey clouds on my trip. Although that was the condition most of the time, there were pockets of time when the lighting was very nice. This morning started with me arriving [...]

Picture: Waiting for the light that never happens, Oxbow Bend, Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

I got back home from my little abbreviated tour of Wyoming late Saturday afternoon. As luck would have it, by far my best weather was during the drive home from Winnemucca, Nevada. It was crisp and clear after a [...]

Picture: Alpenglow lights up the summit of the Grand Teton through storm clouds over aspen trees in fall, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

Right now, all I can say is, “Clouds; clouds everywhere.” This morning, I would have been happy to even see this much clear sky. That would explain why I’m posting a weblog entry [...]