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By definition the towers of the Golden Gate Bridge rising above the fog is as iconic a photo as you can take.  Most of these  types of photos are taken looking Southeast from the Marin Headlands at a distance of 1 – 1 1/4 miles. The photo below was captured from a distance of 4 miles, looking North towards the Marin Headlands. This extreme telephoto perspective via the Canon 800mm f/5.6 lens breathes a bit of l

This past week a few things have happened to help me put perspective in perspective. My DSL connection stopped working which is always helpful in seeing the world strictly in an off-line fashion. It’s quite refreshing so make sure you reserve time to unplug and embrace the moments where perhaps that is forced upon you. One of my dogs has been suffering from deteriorating health. Moe my 15 year old Jack Russell

The past several days I’ve been in Santa Barbara where I caught up both with family, as I attended my sister in-laws wedding, and on some long over due photography. It’s embarrassing to admit, but in the 8 years years I lived in Santa Barbara I never photographed the area. If you’ve never been, Santa Barbara is roughly 100 miles north of Los Angeles and is often called the American Riviera. Santa Ba

Fresh off the heels of my Practical Review of the Canon 17mm TS-E f/4 lens I thought I’d post one of my many favorite photos taken with the lens. The areas surrounding the Golden Gate Bridge forever call me when I’m testing or learning new gear. In particular I love exploring between Baker Beach and the Golden Gate Bridge. It never hurts photographing this area when Mother Nature serves up an amazing suns

In 2009 I was very fortunate to have had some incredible photo opportunities. Selecting my best photos from this past year was much more difficult than choosing my best photos of 2008 and 2007. After taking the time to review the best of the tens of thousands of photos I took this year I narrowed my choices down to the best 50, then best 25 and finally down to these 10 best photos. To view higher resolution versions

Monday’s snow storm transformed Yosemite before my eyes from a rusty yellow and green landscape to a white snowy wonderland. Standing in a meadow during a heavy snow storm I couldn’t help but think “Christmas Wonderland” when I photographed the Yosemite Valley Chapel. The snow covered pine tree, vibrant red historic structure and icy Oak trees as a backdrop epitomized what comes to mind when I

With so much attention paid to exotic landscape locations and civilization free scenes its easy to forget that we all have something special in our own backyard. Sometimes it takes a special moment to see it, but there is always something amazing in our backyard. This thought isn’t too different than one I expressed sometime ago after I took Morning Sunlight & Fog – Between You, Me and the Trees and ran the

This week PBS is airing the Ken Burns: National Parks – America’s Best Idea series and two days in I can’t say enough about it.  The history and archival footage (inclusive of early photography) intermixed with modern video footage is spellbinding. The quality of this documentary is as good as it gets. I have been visiting National Parks and inspired by them all my life. It is the beauty of the land