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Another Sierra Panoramic

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Picture: Panorama overlooking the Emigrant Wilderness at sunset near Sonora Pass, Tuolumne County, California

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This is another of the images taken from my recent trip to the Sonora Pass region of the Sierra Nevada. My buddy who was with me is a big [...]

An Alpine Escape

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Picture: Overlooking the Sierra Nevada near Sonora Pass, Tuolumne County, California

This last weekend, my friend Michael Routh, a.k.a. the SmokeChaser and I made a trip up to the Sonora Pass region of the Sierra. This was the first of several trips to the region for my new book project. In scouting the area, not only [...]

Even More Book News – and now another

Monday, August 9th, 2010

Picture: Photographer at work in the High Sierra, near Yosemite, California

Today I turned in the edited manuscript and new chapter introductions for my current… no, wait… make that previous book project.
I’m both proud and honored to announce that I have a brand new book project I’m now working on. This will be my seventh book. [...]

Book News: California; Yesterday and what?

Friday, July 16th, 2010

Picture: Sunrise light on cliffs above Drakes Bay, Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California

Many of you will recall my numerous mentions here and elsewhere about my latest upcoming book, California; Yesterday & Today, that had originally meant to be published this year. That’s apparently not gonna happen now. The first note of bad trouble [...]

Working with Galen

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Galen Rowell, Berkeley Hills,

What you like, Part 2; the bigger picture

Monday, June 14th, 2010

Picture: Sunrise light on the western Sierra foothills, Fresno County, California

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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 details and [...]

Round Valley Panorama

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

Picture: Sunrise light on Mount Tom and the Eastern Sierra over cattle grazing in pasture in the Round Valley, near Bishop, California

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This is another image that marks one of my first few attempts at a panoramic composition using the PhotoMerge feature in Photoshop. One [...]

Did you see the signs?

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

Picture: Road sign pointing to Sand Dunes at Mesquite Flat, Death Valley National Park, California

I occasionally find a sign that I think will make for a good photo. Signs are a form of communication. Photography is a form of communication. It only goes say that one can often compliment the other. I usually find that [...]

What about Bob, or When Life Hands You Lemons

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

Picture: Photographer next to tracks left by mysterious moving rocks on the dried flat mud at the Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, California

Last fall I had my first chance to visit the Racetrack Playa in Death Valley National Park. While walking out on the Playa, I met a photographer I’ll simply refer to as [...]

A day in the life of a Photo Edit

Friday, May 7th, 2010

Picture: Sunset light on the Trona Pinnacles, near Ridgecrest, California

Yesterday I announced through my Facebook & Twitter profiles that I’d just completed a weeks long edit of a 10 day trip I took last fall to Death Valley & the Sierra while working on my book, California; Yesterday & Today. It turned out that after [...]






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