Picture: Moonset at dawn from Taft Point, with El Capitan in background, Yosemite National Park, California There’s something incredibly joyful about having a place like this all to yourself. First of all, it’s quiet. (Kind of like this blog over the last few weeks.) My friend and I drove to the trailhead on Glacier Point [...]

Picture: Sunrise light on the western Sierra foothills, Fresno County, California Click on the photo to see the image larger. This image follows on the heels of my last post. As I mentioned, I’m usually attracted to the larger landscape type photos, but will use my eyes like a virtual zoom lens to explore the [...]

Photo: Tourist overlooking Badwater and the Panamint Mountains at sunrise, Dante’s View, Death Valley National Park, California It was a long time coming; almost eight full months. As I drove, I kept hearing that old cowboy song reverbarating over and over in my head, “Back in the Saddle Again, Yes I’m back in the Saddle [...]

Photo: Footsteps leading forward in sand dune at sunrise – at the dawn of a new day, Algodones Dunes Wilderness, Imperial County, California. I know I’ve posted this photo before, but it seems fitting today. You know from reading this blog that I don’t involve myself in political discussions. And today, that’s no different. It [...]

Picture: Pickup truck driving on a long straight rolling hills country road at sunrise, near Santa Ynez, Santa Barbara County, California Sometimes you just have a feeling about a photo as you’re taking the shot. For instance, knowing it would make for a perfect cover photo. Cover photos are usually not the perfect composition you’d [...]

Picture: Golden sunrise light over the coastal hills above Gaviota State Beach, near Santa Barbara, California One thing I can tell you is that this photo doesn’t live up to the reality of the environment. The northernmost public beach in southern California, you’d think it would be warm outside. This photo has a nice warm [...]

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 [...]

Picture: Oak trees and sunbeams through morning fog at sunrise, in the hills above Carmel Valley, Monterey County, California I thought it would be nice to post a few more of my favorite images from the recent new image galleries that I’ve uploaded onto my web site. This picture was one of my favorites from [...]

Picture: Stormy sunrise over the La Sal Mountains and Washer Woman Arch from atop a mesa, Island in the Sky section, Canyonlands National Park, Utah I refer to the story behind this image to every single workshop client or at public speaking venue that I give. The concept I am trying to teach is to [...]

Picture: Morning light and fog over vineyard near Hopland, Mendocino County, California I just got back another batch of keyworded images; this time it was my collection of 400 photos of Mendocino County taken for my book, Backroads of the California Wine Country. This is about as fresh as it gets, in that I just [...]