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JPEGmini is a company that has a unique approach to optimizing your JPEG format images in an effort to help you save storage space. I took a quick look at their offering and shared my thoughts on it with Sarah Perez in a recent TechCrunch article New Startup JPEGmini Reduces Photos’ Size, Not Their Quality. I thought I would share a little more about my take on the service in the event it’s something you feel i

Glacier National Park suffers from no shortage of iconic vistas and formations. Hidden Lake lookout, above Logan Pass, is a place you can lose yourself taking in the iconic vistas and mountain peaks. Even the locals (Mountain Goats, Marmots and Bighorn Sheep) seem to stop to enjoy the views from time to time. They also seem to enjoy watching visiting photographers as I found out. The Mountain Goats (photos to come) m

The more I travel the more I see people taking photos with mobile devices (cell phones, tablet computers, etc.) Case in point while in Glacier National Park I spied a tourist photographing Logan Pass from a turnout on the Road to the Sun with an iPad 2. It’s very common to see people taking photos with their mobile phones, but the difference in this case is that the iPad 2 has a very weak camera by modern stand

After departing Glacier National Park last week I made a one night stop in Yellowstone National Park. What do you photograph at night in Yellowstone? If you’re me, Old Faithful erupting at night with the Big Dipper in the background. I was fortunate that the weather was clear on this particular night as it allowed for the moon to illuminate the scene evenly and it made it easy to capture the starry sky above. O

Logan Pass in Glacier National Park is a truly special place and a gem of the U.S. National Park system. It is for this reason it is one of the most popular locations to visit in Glacier National Park. Adding to the allure is a very short season that the pass is open. At an altitude of 6646 feet (2026 m) it is often one of the last portions of the park to open. In fact this year the Road to the Sun, the road leading

One thing I’ve come to terms with over the years is that when in the field no matter how psyched or enthused I am, I end up having a comical internal conversation with myself to wake up for a sunrise photo. Mind you this isn’t all the time, but the frequency is greater when I’ve been putting in long hours the day before. Case and point was my recent trip to Montana and Wyoming where I was frequently

This coming Saturday I’m honored to be presenting in Utah at the Professional Outdoor Media Association conference on the topic of mobile applications publishing. If you’re a JMG-Galleries blog subscriber and will be there, do say hello. I look forward to meeting you. After that if all goes well I’ll be aiming to re-explore Montana’s Glacier National Park during a very small window of time. An

This is the third image in my series of light painting photos taken on the Racetrack in Death Valley, California. Other photos from this series include Light Lasso and Light Lasso II. I’m looking forward to returning to the Racetrack later this year on my next photo tour. This particular photo tour in October is booked, but if you’re interested in joining me to this amazing location via a private tour or on my next D