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As a photographer I consider myself fortunate to be alive during an amazing time where a resurgence in photography, thanks to digital, has paralleled an unprecedented revolution in communication, thanks to the Internet.  The Internet has facilitated a constant buzz and chatter relating to everything photography enabling us to learn, gain inspiration and even compete. Every moment of the day we are bombarded with phot

While at the Google+ Photographer’s Conference this past Tuesday and Wednesday I had the great fortune of being able to try the prototype of Google Glasses from Project Glass. These glasses provide a heads up display of sorts and also include a built in camera allowing you to capture some amazing photos and videos with a perspective that really hasn’t existed to date. So what were they like? They weren

Imagine a camera that has the dynamic range to capture the sun and night time stars all in one exposure, all while sporting an impressive 112 megapixel resolution. The folks at Spectral Instruments are toying with the idea of making one of their $100,000+ cameras for a pro photographer. What photographer wouldn’t want to explore the possibilities with a camera made for the heavens and enjoy a sensor that can pr

It was nice to unplug for a bit this weekend in Yosemite National Park. I took my first father/son trip with my 22 month old son. Photography wasn’t the priority this trip so it was nice to just enjoy and share the scenery as seen through the eyes of my son. While I wasn’t setting up for moonbows, sunset or sunrise photos with my dSLR I still had my iPhone with me just in case. In both of the photos below

Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world. ~John Muir

It’s amazing how a watch can be your worst enemy. Keeping a schedule or chasing fading light can be stressful, but also a significant hazard. Rushing around at dusk in national parks & forests invariably means you’re bound to see or worse yet run into wildlife. While I’m as guilty as the next person to be more rushed than I’d prefer when driving through national parks and forests, I have b

Earlier this year I had a lot of fun working with a client in the mountains of eastern California on astronomy landscape techniques. One of the highlights of the workshop was stopping by the CARMA array and photographing star trails. Temperatures were well below freezing being that we were at an elevation of 7000 feet, but the view was so incredible it made standing in the freezing cold a secondary thought. Reviewing

This weekend was one of the first opportunities this year to photograph moonbows in Yosemite. While it’s always a magical experience to photograph the falls in Yosemite it’s especially amazing to photograph them with a moonbow. The reason is that you can’t see the moonbow very easily with your naked eye as your night vision limits your ability to see color as you might during the day. For most peopl