Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images

Picture: Sunrise over the Sierra crest and the Lake Tahoe basin from 33,000 feet above the California / Nevada border.

I’m here at the Nanpa Summit in Destin, Florida this week. I knew from experience during last year’s summit in Palm Springs that there would likely be very little time for actual photography during the conference. [...]

So the big gorilla is all dressed up, hair combed back into tiny braids, and the pink tutu is donned with matching leotards. Is Cinderella’s ball this week? No. What about the prom? No. Is it time to parade the hairy beast across the stage so that buyers can see how good you look when [...]

< --Rant--> I’m absolutely buried with several deadline projects, family stuff, and prepping for travel to Florida for the Annual Nanpa Conference. The computer problems I had last month caused me to play catch-up for several weeks. Now, my valuable and limited time is being wasted waging war with the delete button. For whatever reason, [...]

Picture: “The Creature Rises”; Driftwood ‘monster’ rising out of the grass, Bullards Beach State Park, Bandon, Oregon

This is just one of those completely off the wall, out of left field items that has nothing to do with anything.
I know what it’s like to go through life with a bit of an odd, unusual, or easy [...]

I’ve been extremely busy of late with several big deadline projects that have been / are in the works. I’ve also enjoyed another fun period of “catch-up” following on the heels of my extended computer crash issues last month. Did I mention my brand new computer was built with bad motherboard that required more time [...]

Picture: Cannon at Fort Ross State Historic Park, Fort Ross, Sonoma County coast, California
It’s hard to believe when something so big has been reduced by so much over time that suddenly there’s only one left. Today, AP reported on the passing of the second to last U.S. WWI vet, aged 108. His caregiver described Harry [...]

I just got my email notice from Adobe Systems that Adobe Stock Photos will be discontinued on April 1st, 2008. Is this an April Fool’s joke? I don’t think so. Frankly, when I am doing photo research for clients, I’ve never used, or frankly, even thought of using Adobe Stock Photos. I’ll leave it to [...]

You should all know I’m a very vocal advocate for intellectual property rights. I’m also very much against big mega-corporate conglomerates that use gorilla tactics to to assert ownership over something they don’t own or can’t control.
 
Let’s take the NFL for example: Yesterday I watched the game with my wife and kids. Late in the game, [...]