Los Islotes, Espiritu Santo Biosphere Reserve, Baja California, Mexico Sea LionSea of CortezUnderwater LifeUnderwater Photography

Los Islotes, Espiritu Santo Biosphere Reserve, Baja California, Mexico

Los Islotes is a small island at the northern end of Isla Espiritu Santo, near La Paz in the Sea of Cortez. Espiritu Santo Island and Partida Island are two beautiful desert islands, scalloped with gorgeous white sand beaches. Bird nest on their rugged slopes, and cardon cacti grow in…
February 10, 2012
Plus One Collection Tear Sheets

Plus One Collection

Plus One Collection Limited Edition Book The exciting new collaborative photography project Plus One Collection has just released its first Limited Edition portfolio. The best part is: the net profits from the Limited Edition Book go entirely to Kiva.org, which provides micro loans to entrepreneurs in all countries and cultures…
February 10, 2012
New Work – November 2011 New Work

New Work – November 2011

I have posted a collection of newly released photographs from November 2011. Included are some dynamite blue whale underwater portraits including several just a few feet from my underwater camera housing, images of the Hotel Del Coronado, sunset and sunrise cityscapes of gorgeous San Diego, and new underwater images from…
February 1, 2012
Leucadia Sunset Beautiful Views of San DiegoSan Diego

Leucadia Sunset

Sunset over the Ocean, Leucadia, California This photo was made a few minutes after the sun went down, in Leucadia, California, an eclectic beach community in north San Diego county that is home to great surf, great taco shops and nouveau riche homes teetering on the edge of crumbling sea…
January 18, 2012
New Work – October 2011 New Work

New Work – October 2011

If you want to go straight to the eye candy and skip the verbage, visit my “New Work - October 2011” gallery! My October 2011 release of new photography is fairly focused and includes some underwater images of blue whales, nighttime photographs of bioluminescence caused by red tide dinoflagellate plankton,…
January 15, 2012
Nature’s Best Windland Smith Rice Contest: Pacific Harbor Seal, La Jolla, California Harbor SealLa Jolla

Nature’s Best Windland Smith Rice Contest: Pacific Harbor Seal, La Jolla, California

Cute Harbor Seal Photo, La Jolla, California. This is the third of three images I had that were Highly Commended in this year's Windland Smith Rice photography competition.* This is one of the famous or, depending on your political position, notorious Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi) the reside at…
December 16, 2011
Nature’s Best Windland Smith Rice: Giants Marbles at Dusk, Joshua Tree National Park, California Joshua TreeThe American Southwest

Nature’s Best Windland Smith Rice: Giants Marbles at Dusk, Joshua Tree National Park, California

Giant's Marbles, Joshua Tree National Park, California. This is the second of three images I had that were Highly Commended in this year's Windland Smith Rice photography competition.* I made this photograph in Joshua Tree National Park just as the sun was setting, at a series of granite boulders that…
December 5, 2011
Nature’s Best Windland Smith Rice: Photographer in the Virgin River Narrows, Zion National Park, Utah Slot CanyonsThe American SouthwestUtahZion

Nature’s Best Windland Smith Rice: Photographer in the Virgin River Narrows, Zion National Park, Utah

Photographer in the Virgin River Narrows, Zion National Park, Utah I was fortunate to have three of my photographs receive Highly Honored recognition in this years Windland Smith Rice photography competition sponsored by Nature's Best Photography. 21,000 images were entered in the competition, 500 made it to the final round…
December 2, 2011
The Wedge and Cylinders Surf

The Wedge and Cylinders

A big New Zealand swell is hitting south-facing beaches, including the Wedge in Newport Beach which is seeing 20'+ faces right now. The light was terrible and the waves were sloppy and foamy. I'm glad I did not choose to shoot in the water because it would have been a…
September 2, 2011
New Work – August 2011 GalleriesNew Work

New Work – August 2011

If you want to go straight to the good stuff and skip my base prose, visit my "New Work" gallery! My latest sampling of new photography originates from a variety of great outdoor experiences, all with my family and a couple of good friends. All of these images were produced…
August 18, 2011
New Work – July 2011 GalleriesNew Work

New Work – July 2011

I was fortunate to make a return trip to Joshua Tree National Park with Garry McCarthy to try to improve on the night time arch photos we made there earlier. I think I succeeded, producing three keepers including one large panoramic image of the Milky Way spanning the night sky…
July 11, 2011