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Few moments are as special as when a stormy sky lets a select few rays of sun through to highlight a master work of nature. Such was the case on a cold winter morning earlier this year in Yosemite when Three Brothers was briefly, yet ever so beautifully, illuminated between snowfalls. Amazing how nature’s beauty timelessly builds upon itself. While such a thought makes me sad that I only get to see a nanosecond

This Weeks Friday Freebie iPad Wallpaper: Costa Rican Foothills Friday Freebie features an image to liven up your iPad display with images from my travels… all for free. Costa Rica is well known for its abundant wildlife, but it is also full of beautiful landscapes. Inland the foothills provide a beautiful backdrop to the ever changing tropical skies. Dense rainforests are often the core attraction to Costa Ric

Yet another urban wildlife encounter ends in death. Yesterday, Wednesday March 29, 2011, a mountain lion was spotted in Redwood City and killed versus tranquilized and relocated. This time I was able to be on site with in minutes of the sad conclusion to this urban wildlife encounter to capture a few photographs. The last time I wrote on an urban wildlife killing, Two Coyotes Killed In Golden Gate Park, San Francisco

This Weeks Friday Freebie iPad Wallpaper: Grindelwald Glacier, Switzerland Friday Freebie features an image to liven up your iPad display with images from my travels… all for free. Switzerland is one amazingly beautiful location. The extreme mountain-scapes and diverse history of each region makes for a fascinating time of exploration. I particularly enjoyed exploring the high country around Grindelwald, Wengen

This Weeks Friday Freebie iPad Wallpaper: Badlands National Park Detail Friday Freebie features an image to liven up your iPad display with images from my travels… all for free. Badlands National Park in South Dakota is an abrupt transition between the prairies and the mountains. Erosion has created an amazing tapestry of color and texture that is as beautiful as it is rich in history. I was surprised at how ph

This Weeks Friday Freebie iPad Wallpaper: Two Medicine Lake, Glacier National Park Friday Freebie features an image to liven up your iPad display with images from my travels… all for free. Two Medicine Lake isn’t as well known as Swiftcurrent Lake in Glacier National Park, but it is equally beautiful. Waiting for sunrise to light up Mount Sinopah the blue hour set in and I was blown away by the serene bea

One of the most beautiful things about photography is that it’s limited only by one’s ability to visually explore. In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration. – Ansel Adams As Yogi Berra as it sounds if you’re not looking, you’re not seeing and there is so much to photograph when you’re seeing. This weekend I’m looking forward to

During my most recent trip to Yosemite I was struck by how many people I came across had a camera. Virtually everyone had a camera in fact. Some were enjoying themselves, some were strangely aggravated as they worked, some were rushing and many were curiously sizing up the person next to them getting the exact same photo. There was not one location I traveled to that did not have a group of photographers staked out p