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I was going to post this on my blog as a reply to my original post Pinterest – Seeing Beyond Your Own Nose, but I decided to branch it off into its own post so as to not get lost in my blog. I have numerous articles posted to my blog as to why companies should have their feet held to the fire when their terms of service are overreaching. I still stand by that. In the bigger picture though I felt it important to remin

This week was Ansel Adams birthday, he would have been 110, and one of his lesser known photo subjects that caught my eye long ago was his photos of Devils Postpile National Monument. I have to admit I had a soft spot for Devils Postpile due to the geology of the basalt columns to begin with, but his take on the formation as a photo subject always inspired me. Truly a fascinating place to explore and photograph. Happ

Funny thing about the Internet there is always some new site or technology or comes along that scares the pants off photographers. Enter Pinterest the latest site to get photographers up in arms about copyright infringement, image theft and wasted marketing efforts. What is a Pinterest? Pinterest is a social media site that you create a virtual pinboard to share and reshare items online that you like. You can share p

Ever have a moment where you’re out with your camera and you think to yourself that there isn’t anything to photograph? I’ve had my moments in the past where this thought has crossed my mind, but over the years such notions have disappeared from my thought process. There is always something to photograph. Always! Enter my world of nerdy thoughts… zero. The number zero. Did you ever stop to thi

One of the many things to love about Yosemite valley is that once you get past those big grand landscapes the valley starts to speak to you in subtle ways. Heading home on my way out of the valley this reflection caught my eye.  This scene could have easily been overlooked for a view of a near by waterfall or a dramatic valley wall photo, but it was the slow meandering flow of the Merced river that caught my eye. Not

I’m kicking off a new email newsletter called Contagious Creativity (Please Note This Is Now On Hiatus). The goal of this newsletter is to talk inside baseball on web marketing, social media, self-publishing and developing industry trends. In my other life I was a corporate web marketing strategist and web manager and while I’ve left that behind to pursue photography full-time I’m still actively thi

Seeing that we’re about to end another week I thought a sunset / dusk photo might be in order. Pictured below is the north western section of San Francisco (Sea Cliff, Outer Richmond, the Golden Gate Park and Outer Sunset) as seen from the Marin Headlands on a mildly foggy evening at dusk. Note the solid horizontal band dividing the city lights is Golden Gate Park. I should also note as we transition into the w

In a predictable fashion I often read a flurry of activity in photo forums, social media sites and photography blogs about the latest and greatest camera body announcements. This predictability is dictated by the fact that modern cameras are as much computer as they are anything else and have a regular upgrade cycle much like traditional computers. Hard hitting discussion points about frames per second, megapixel res

A little over a week ago I was working with a great client in the Owens Valley on a private workshop at Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve. Our session was timed perfectly after a large storm passed through the area and we were treated to great star trail photography conditions. At the time the moon was at 20% visibility which provided just enough light to give the tufas some needed side lighting and made them a gr