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This Weeks Friday Freebie iPad Wallpaper: Pristine Rainforest Friday Freebie features an image to liven up your iPad display with images from my travels… all for free. In honor of Earth Day I thought I’d share what Mother Earth looks like when she’s at her healthiest. Today’s Friday Freebie was taken high above Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica. While traveling to this remote refuge by sma

This Weeks Friday Freebie iPad Wallpaper: Ocean Light Friday Freebie features an image to liven up your iPad display with images from my travels… all for free. While most people think of flowers during Spring I think of clearing weather fronts along the coast. Late season rain clouds can create some very dramatic lighting conditions over the ocean. Photographing such coastal scenes at sunset is a really special

I recently had a great time leading a client on a private wild flower photography workshop and was blown away by the beauty of the very green hills of the San Francisco bay area. If you’re unfamiliar with California Oak Trees you might think they’re always this green and beautiful, but in fact such vibrant color is fleeting as the vast majority of the year their leaves are yellow, orange and brown. Amidst

This Weeks Friday Freebie iPad Wallpaper: Spring Bloom Friday Freebie features an image to liven up your iPad display with images from my travels… all for free. Spring is in the air and that means wildflowers. While, Mustard pictured above, is not a California wildflower I always associate early mustard blooms with the beginning of the wildflower season.  Over the years I’ve seen some rather amazing varie

Few moments are as special as when a stormy sky lets a select few rays of sun through to highlight a master work of nature. Such was the case on a cold winter morning earlier this year in Yosemite when Three Brothers was briefly, yet ever so beautifully, illuminated between snowfalls. Amazing how nature’s beauty timelessly builds upon itself. While such a thought makes me sad that I only get to see a nanosecond

This Weeks Friday Freebie iPad Wallpaper: Costa Rican Foothills Friday Freebie features an image to liven up your iPad display with images from my travels… all for free. Costa Rica is well known for its abundant wildlife, but it is also full of beautiful landscapes. Inland the foothills provide a beautiful backdrop to the ever changing tropical skies. Dense rainforests are often the core attraction to Costa Ric

Yet another urban wildlife encounter ends in death. Yesterday, Wednesday March 29, 2011, a mountain lion was spotted in Redwood City and killed versus tranquilized and relocated. This time I was able to be on site with in minutes of the sad conclusion to this urban wildlife encounter to capture a few photographs. The last time I wrote on an urban wildlife killing, Two Coyotes Killed In Golden Gate Park, San Francisco

This Weeks Friday Freebie iPad Wallpaper: Grindelwald Glacier, Switzerland Friday Freebie features an image to liven up your iPad display with images from my travels… all for free. Switzerland is one amazingly beautiful location. The extreme mountain-scapes and diverse history of each region makes for a fascinating time of exploration. I particularly enjoyed exploring the high country around Grindelwald, Wengen