New Work – January 2014 New Work

New Work – January 2014

October 2013 through January 2014 took my cameras and me around San Diego for sunrise scenes as well as up into the sky around Cabo San Lucas and over gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) during their southern migration off the coast of Southern California. Below are a few of my favorites…
January 23, 2014
Ghost Cormorant AbstractBirds

Ghost Cormorant

A cormorant speeds home to its nest in the La Jolla seacliffs, flying just above the waves. Shot long before sunrise, this image is blurred from the long time the shutter was open.
January 1, 2014
Scuba Diver (Korea) Pictorial Tear Sheets

Scuba Diver (Korea) Pictorial

Scuba Diver Korea is one beautiful diving magazine! The print quality is excellent and each thick issue is as heavy as a brick. I was recently introduced to Scuba Diver Korea by Kevin Lee. Kevin, a top marine photographer who has photographed underwater on all seven continents, kindly introduced me…
December 13, 2013
VLBA Radio Telescope at Night under the Milky Way Galaxy, Owens Valley, California Astrophotography and Night Scapes

VLBA Radio Telescope at Night under the Milky Way Galaxy, Owens Valley, California

The Owens Valley is home to a variety of radio telescopes. This particular radio telescope, photographed with the Milky Way galaxy rising above it in the night sky, is part of the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), a system of ten widely spaced radio telescopes that make certain forms of…
December 9, 2013
Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel at Sunrise, Embarcadero Marina, San Diego Beautiful Views of San DiegoSan Diego

Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel at Sunrise, Embarcadero Marina, San Diego

The blue pre-dawn sky, with just a hint of the color that is to come with sunrise, serves as a backdrop for the distinctive towers of the Manchester Grand Hyatt hotel, overlooking the yachts in their slips along San Diego's Embarcadero marina. Cheers and thanks for looking! Manchester Grand Hyatt…
December 5, 2013
New Work – September 2013 New Work

New Work – September 2013

During the last few months my photographic efforts have been limited so I have just a few images to include in this release. These new works arise from photography efforts at Guadalupe Island (Mexico), the White Mountains, Yosemite National Park, the Owens Valley, a blue moon evening along San Diego…
October 23, 2013
New Work – August 2013 New Work

New Work – August 2013

I made a series of very short trips to photograph Yosemite National Park, Death Valley National Park, Crater Lake National Park and Mount Rainier National Park, along with a brief visit to the Alabama Hills. Here is a small sampling of the images I made over the last couple months;…
August 31, 2013
New Work – June 2013 New Work

New Work – June 2013

To go straight to the good stuff and skip the verbiage: New Work June 2013. I released some really strong images in June 2013, including some from what is perhaps the most photographically productive southwest trip I've ever made. I froze my ass off during cold May weather high in…
August 30, 2013
Mount Rainier, the Milky Way galaxy, Star Trails and Climbers’ Lights at Night Astrophotography and Night ScapesMount Rainier

Mount Rainier, the Milky Way galaxy, Star Trails and Climbers’ Lights at Night

On my recent trip to Mount Rainier National Park, I had one particular image in mind, and I managed to achieve something very close to what I envisioned with this photograph. Seen here is the northeast side of Mount Rainier, with star trails in the sky and climbers' lights tracing…
August 23, 2013
Perseid Meteor Shower, Milky Way, Half Dome and Yosemite National Park Astrophotography and Night ScapesYosemite

Perseid Meteor Shower, Milky Way, Half Dome and Yosemite National Park

Perseid Meteor Shower, Milky Way, Half Dome and Yosemite National Park I spent two evenings at Glacier Point during the peak of the 2013 Perseid Meteor Shower, hoping to capture my first photographs of meteors. I have a few landscape astrophotography images that have chance meteors recorded in them, but…
August 14, 2013
Zodiacal Light, Milky Way and Jupiter over Yosemite National Park Astrophotography and Night ScapesYosemite

Zodiacal Light, Milky Way and Jupiter over Yosemite National Park

Photographing Zodiacal Light over Yosemite National Park August 11-12 was near peak viewing for the 2013 Perseid meteor shower, and many people including myself were viewing the show from Yosemite's Glacier Point all evening long. However, because the moon was nearly new and it was late summer, I knew there…
August 13, 2013