If you follow me on Facebook you already know this. I was recently asked to post a nature photo on Facebook every day for a week as part of the #challengeonnaturephotography. It was a challenge because it was difficult to…
Maybe Joyce Kilmer was right. I don't know. My knowledge of poetry is almost nonexistent but I suppose it's possible that none of us will ever see "a poem lovely as a tree." Although it was never a plan of…
This post is not about the Civil War, it's about Grand Canyon National Park. The Grand Canyon is, of course, a very popular park with visitors from around the world. It was the second most visited National Park in the…
It's difficult to imagine something made out of rock as being delicate, but Delicate Arch in Arches National Park seems to fit that bill rather well. I've hiked out to it several times over the years and have always been…
I get out to Las Vegas every year or two. If you follow this blog you may have read previous posts on Viva Las Veglass, Model behavior in Las Vegas and A walk down the strip. Since I don't gamble and don't…
The holidays are over and a big cold snap is finally letting up. Other than taking photos of family and friends at social gatherings, I haven't done much with my photography in the past few weeks. Just before the holidays,…
I know very little about Southern plantations. What I do know was probably gleaned from a couple of viewings of Gone with the Wind some decades ago. So, on a recent trip to Charleston, South Carolina, my wife and I…
When I photograph a sunset I don't usually plan to turn my back to the sun and orient my camera vertically. Sometimes, however, you just have to go with the flow. Earlier in the week I was in Three Lakes,…
You have undoubtedly heard about the supermoon and were aware that last's night full moon was of the super variety. When I'm in the mood to photograph a moonrise I often try first on the day before the full moon. …