Aerial PhotographyCaliforniaSan Diego Aerial Photographic Survey of San Diego Marine Protected Areas for Lighthawk I recently made a special flight with my pilot friend Steve Parker in collaboration with…adminApril 26, 2015
Astrophotography and Night ScapesDesertJoshua TreeThe American Southwest Lunar Eclipse April 4 2015 from Joshua Tree National Park I went up to Joshua Tree National Park to watch the lunar eclipse of April…adminApril 5, 2015
CaliforniaDesertThe American Southwest Moonflowers – Desert Wildflowers at Night "Moonflowers" - with a nod to my favorite rock band, and the best guitarist of…adminMarch 12, 2015
Astrophotography and Night ScapesElephant SealValley of FireWildlife Elephants (Three Different Ones) I am starting to post my images from a fantastic safari experience in Kenya in…adminFebruary 24, 2015
San Diego Paradise in February: San Diego President's Weekend was nice here. The rest of the country is freezing, yup that's pretty…adminFebruary 18, 2015
BirdsPelicansSan Diego The Original Wind Surfers: Pelicans, Waves and Surf Wikipedia describes the origins of wind surfing in the 1940s and 1950s. It couldn't be…adminFebruary 16, 2015
Marine LifeSea Lion Killer Whales (Orca) attacking California Sea Lion I saw Wild Kingdom in action yesterday: killer whales preying upon California sea lions. Classified…adminFebruary 9, 2015
BirdsLa Jolla La Jolla Birds La Jolla birds as of this morning. I had until 8:45 before catching the end…adminFebruary 7, 2015
Birds Ring-Billed Gull, Larus Delawarensis, La Jolla Once in a while I will photograph seagulls. I really should spend more time on…adminFebruary 6, 2015
Birds Royal Tern Breaking Its Fast, La Jolla This Royal Tern (Sterna maxima) manages a Exorcist-worthy head twist as it reaches for a…adminFebruary 4, 2015
Birds Heermann’s Gull, Larus heermanni The Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni), photographed when I am out and about in La Jolla…adminFebruary 1, 2015
La JollaPhoto of the DaySurf La Jolla Reefs, Surf and Clouds This morning in coastal La Jolla was lacking in color but there is always something…adminJanuary 31, 2015
Blue WhaleIconsUnderwater LifeUnderwater Photography Blue Whale Full Body Photo Blue Whale Full Body Photo For more, see Blue Whale Photos, Balaenoptera musculus I made…adminJanuary 29, 2015
Astrophotography and Night ScapesCaliforniaSan Diego Stars, A Galaxy and … Wind Turbines? On a lark one evening in 2014, my buddy Garry McCarthy and I headed out…adminJanuary 28, 2015
Pelicans Photographing the Head Throw of the California Brown Pelican in La Jolla I photograph brown California brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis). A lot. I love them, they are…adminJanuary 23, 2015
ArchesThe American SouthwestUtah Wild West Magazine – Shooting Star and Milky Way over Delicate Arch A shooting star and the Milky Way over Delicate Arch at night, seen on the…adminJanuary 11, 2015
Aerial Photography Wildcoast Annual Report 2014 The Wildcoast annual report for 2014 has my aerial photograph of a mother and calf…adminJanuary 11, 2015
Best Photographs of the Year Natural History Photography – Best Photos of 2014 My Best Natural History Photographs of 2014 This is the eighth year in a row…adminDecember 20, 2014
La JollaSurf Dawn Patrol, Scripps Pier, La Jolla Three guys head out for a surf, under leaden skies and rain, pre-dawn. Scripps Institute…adminDecember 14, 2014
Pelicans California Brown Pelicans, La Jolla, December 2014 A PDF guide to photographing these pelicans: Guide to Photographing Pelicans in La Jolla. If…adminDecember 10, 2014
Astrophotography and Night ScapesCaliforniaSan Diego Lunar Eclipse Photo Sequence, October 8 2014 Lunar Eclipse Sequence Over Broken Hill, Torrey Pines State Reserve. While the moon lies in…adminNovember 10, 2014
ArchesThe American SouthwestUtah Sunset over the Garden of the Gods, Arches National Park, Utah The sun sets over the Garden of the Gods in Arches National Park, Utah. Garry…adminAugust 13, 2014
San Diego Surfer’s View of Scripps Pier Perfect Sunset, Solar Alignment, La Jolla Twice each year, the sun sets perfectly centered in the long thin window of the…adminAugust 12, 2014
Aerial PhotographyChannel Islands Anacapa Island, Aerial Photo, Channel Islands National Park, California This is Anacapa Island, viewed from the west with the California coastline visible in the…adminAugust 8, 2014
White Mountains Ancient Bristlecone Pine Trees and the Night Sky Milky Way If you like this, please see my Gallery of Ancient Bristlecone Pine Tree Photos or…adminAugust 6, 2014
Sierra NevadaYosemite Dusk on Vogelsang Peak, Yosemite National Park, California The last time I stayed at Vogelsang High Sierra Camp, my dad and I took…adminJune 24, 2014
Sierra NevadaYosemite Townsley Lake and Cathedral Range at Sunrise, Yosemite National Park One of my favorite lakes in the Sierra Nevada is Townsley Lake, located a bit…adminJune 23, 2014
Sierra NevadaYosemite Lembert Dome Sunset, Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park Nice pastel light hits the clouds and lights up Lembert Dome rising above Tuolumne Meadows…adminJune 22, 2014
Astrophotography and Night ScapesDesertJoshua TreeThe American Southwest Lunar Eclipse Sequence, Juniper and Standing Rock, Joshua Tree, 2014 For the eclipse of April 14/15, 2014, I wanted to depict the course of the…adminJune 9, 2014
CanyonlandsThe American SouthwestUtah Mesa Arch Sunrise and Night under the Milky Way, Canyonlands National Park, Utah Icon alert: this post is about Mesa Arch, a major icon which many now scorn…adminJune 7, 2014
ArchesIconsThe American SouthwestUtah Icon: Sunset over Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Utah I unapologetically photograph a lot of icons and Delicate Arch is one of my favorites.…adminJune 1, 2014
ArchesCanyonlandsNew Work New Work – May 2014 With the exception of one image, all of my new work in May comes from…adminMay 30, 2014
Astrophotography and Night ScapesCalifornia Searching the Skies – Palomar Observatory at Night My father took my brother and I camping at Mount Palomar a few times when…adminMay 29, 2014
Astrophotography and Night ScapesPanoramasSan Diego Panorama of the Full Moon over San Diego City Skyline I shoot a lot of images of the San Diego City Skyline, to keep them…adminMay 27, 2014
ArchesAstrophotography and Night ScapesThe American SouthwestUtah The Eyes of Utah – Natural Arches and the Milky Way The Eyes of Utah? I think these two images look like "eyes", at least to…adminMay 23, 2014
ArchesAstrophotography and Night Scapes Light Painting Delicate Arch, Utah The first few times I photographed Delicate Arch in Utah's Arches National Park, most of…adminMay 14, 2014
ArchesAstrophotography and Night ScapesThe American SouthwestUtah Delicate Arch, Milky Way and Iridium Flare at Night, Arches National Park, Utah I have shot Arches National Park a number of times, including a very fruitful trip…adminMay 13, 2014
Astrophotography and Night ScapesDesertJoshua TreePanoramasThe American Southwest Lunar Eclipse Sequence over Arch Rock, Joshua Tree National Park, April 2014 The lunar eclipse of April 14 and 15, 2014 was a wonderful event to see.…adminApril 29, 2014
Astrophotography and Night ScapesDesertJoshua TreeThe American Southwest Lunar Eclipse Blood Red Moon Sequence over Joshua Tree National Park This is the first of my photographic efforts shooting the lunar eclipse the evening of…adminApril 17, 2014
Astrophotography and Night ScapesJoshua TreeThe American Southwest Venus, Milky Way and Arch Rock at Astronomical Twilight, Joshua Tree National Park Things are always better at astronomical twilight. Venus was often referred to as the “Morning…adminApril 11, 2014