From a trip to the southern Oregon coast with a group of Ashland photographers a couple of weeks ago. I liked the barnacle patterns on this rock and spent some […]
This amazing location required a 4:00 AM wake-up and a cross country hike through grizzly country in the dark up on Logan Pass in Glacier National Park. It was well […]
For the last couple of years I have been selling greeting cards that feature my photos through the Ashland Artisan Gallery. I’m now happy to announce that my greeting cards […]
The Southern Oregon Photographers Forum, a group that I am a member of, announces its first annual group photography show. Extending from November 7 though December 1, at Studio 5, […]
Through Ashland Artisan Gallery and Art Center I am offering an outdoor fall photography workshop on Saturday, October 25 2008 from 9-12 AM. I will meet participants at Ashland Artisan […]
I am very excited to announce that my photo titled Lunar Eclipse Over Mt. Shasta has been selected as the category winner in the Creative Digital Category in the 2008 […]
 In situations involving low levels of light it can often be beneficial to obtain a longer exposure to allow the sensor/film more time to absorb color and glow. There […]
Two prints were jurried in to the International Conservation Photography Awards exhibit this year. Red Willow Sea was the winning image in the Flora category and Lunar Eclipse Over Mt. Shasta was also accepted in the highly competitive Landscape category.
Photography is all about light. Without it, no photo. However it goes far beyond that. The type, direction, color, amount and quality of light, as well as the photographer’s ability to see and manage the light, are serious contributors to the success of a photo. The ability to see, feel and anticipate light as well as know how the camera will capture light are skills that take a long time to acquire. Some light is right for some scenes but completely wrong for others. The best way to learn what works and what doesn’t is to get out and shoot in all lighting conditions and stick around to shoot the same subject as light is changing, all the while making special note of how the light looks to the eye.
A few months back, Christopher Robinson, editor of Outdoor Photographer Magazine, contacted me to see if I would be interested in being one of the featured photographers in the upcoming annual Landscape Photography Special Issue. I was astonished to find out that I was on OP’s radar and that they were interested in featuring me in the special issue…

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