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Early morning light breaking through the trees revealed this beautiful sight while traveling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Arctic Lupine (Lupinus Arcticus) wasn’t the most common flower seen during my travels but there was a beautiful spread of these flowers in a small meadow shaded by a stand of Balsam Poplar trees. Arctic Lupine (Lupinus Arcticus) [tags]Arctic Refuge, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

For those into nature, wildlife and conservation photography you may already know about the Environmental Photography Invitational (EPI) photo contest. I’ve had a few friends inquire about the status of this contest as the historical submission deadline has past. Last week I got a hint of what was to come, but kept the update to those that asked. Today I can provide a broader update to those who read this blog

Last week I discussed the Adobe Photoshop Express terms of use (ToU) and how the wording was nothing short of a rights grab (see Adobe Photoshop Express & The Mindless Photo Rights Grab). By weeks end John Nack posted an update, regarding the ToU, that “the Photoshop Express team has made some changes”. Reading the paraphrased revisions on John’s blog post alleviated what concerns I had, but whe

One of the most amazing things about nature is how it so easily dwarfs even the largest man made structures. I’ve taken my fair share of Golden Gate Bridge photos over the past 10 years, but my favorites are those that put this impressive structure in context to the natural world. A recent favorite is the following “San Francisco Starry Night”. Conditions were optimal on this evening to photograph f

I had an interesting conversation a couple weeks ago with a neighbor, Saïd Nuseibeh, who is a professional art photographer. Although I have known Saïd is a professional photographer we’ve never talked at great length all that often and until recently, we never talked much about photography itself. While catching up, Saïd and I ended up talking about use of the term “shooting” or “photo sho

I think this may be my favorite April Fools Day prank this year. The BBC released a TV advertisement for a new documentary on a newly discovered colony of flying penguins. Here you have it… hosted by Terry Jones Behind the scenes making of the prank video… [tags]BBC, nature, documentary, prank, April Fools, penguin, television, video[/tags]

For those that are using Adobe Lightroom you may be interested to learn that the Beta of Lightroom 2 has been released with in the Adobe Labs. John Nack’s blog details some of the new features including: Greater CS3 integration with Smart Objects, panorama creation, HDR creation and multiple file management. Additional editing functionality has been built into the application enabling regional editing of “

Monday BALCO laboratory founder Victor Conte stepped into the spotlight once again with news of his tell-all book “BALCO: The Straight Dope on Barry Bonds, Marion Jones and What We Can Do To Save Sports.” What many consider to be the most shocking new development revealed with in its pages is the use of performance enhancing drugs by local and professional photographers in addition to the already publiciz

One of the more interesting features off the San Francisco coastline is a small cluster of off shore rock formations near Sutro Baths. Under the right conditions they can take on an ethereal form for someone creatively inclined. For the thousands of birds that reside here nightly it’s just home. Seal Rock, San Francisco [tags]San Francisco, landscape, seascape, photo, stock, photography, bell curve, Seal Rock[/