Everyone it seems has a recommendation on how to name your image files.  There’s the cryptic file name assigned by your camera such as CRW0123.   Programs like Lightroom allow us to modify the name when the files are imported.  Many people recommend adding the date to the camera file name.  I like to add the [...]

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Come to the desert next weekend and join us at the 16th Annual Joshua Tree National Park Art Festival.  It runs Friday, 4/4 through Sunday 4/6.  You will see some spectacular art in a variety of media.  And while you’re there, venture into the park to enjoy the beautiful wildflowers.
To get there go east on [...]

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I certainly don’t want to presume to hold myself up as the definitive expert in shooting Antelope Canyon but I wouldn’t mind sharing my thoughts and welcome feedback from anyone who has shot there and has similar or dissimilar impressions.
Anyone who has been to Antelope Canyon in northern Arizona just outside Page knows there are [...]

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There’s a companion photograph to Pas de Deux that was announced yesterday - Guardian Angel.  It’s the same rock and Juniper but from the opposite side.  And in this image they change roles.  Actually, this portrays their relative sizes a bit more realistically.  The story of how it was taken is not quite as interesting.  [...]

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A new Joshua Tree photograph is posted on the website.  I call it Pas de Deux and the reason should become fairly obvious when you see it.  New Joshua Tree Photograph
You may find the story behind it interesting.

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This image started in a bit of a disaster.  If you’ve ever shot in Upper Antelope Canyon outside Page, AZ you know that you park your car, get into your guide’s truck and are carried about three miles up a dry wash to the canyon entrance.  It wasn’t until we arrived and were in the [...]

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In the first posting on personal style I discussed how the tools we choose affect the finished photograph and thus our personal style.  There’s one more aspect of tool selection that needs to be mentioned.

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Ever since I attended my first workshop two years ago I’ve been pondering personal style.  At first I had no clue as to what my personal style was.  But as time has gone by and I become more aware of the kind of work I produce, the idea of a personal style is starting to [...]

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I’m finding working on the Antelope Canyon images I shot last month is a powerful, moving experience.  No other images that I’ve shot or worked on have produced such a strong emotional response.  Granted, there are many times when I get very excited about an image I’m working on.  But each one of these Antelope Canyon [...]

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Several weekends ago I make a quick trip to Joshua Tree National Park to work on a sunrise assignment.  I left home at 2:30 and arrived in the park about an hour before sunrise.  The sky in the east was already growing light.  I grabbed my camera backpack and tripod and headed out into Lost [...]

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