I just returned from a week shooting in Yellowstone National Park, and some of my favorite images were taken at night. My favorite star trail shots use both the North Star and land elements in the composition. Adding landscape grounds the swirling stars above, and using the North Star gives a pleasing central point for Read More
Shooting Tips
Let it snow…
11 degrees. Blowing snow. Icy roads. Sounds like a perfect day to go shoot fly fishing! Time and again I mention on workshops that bad weather is good weather in terms of photography. Snow adds an atmospheric element creating mood and emotion in an image. We are getting lots of cold and snow in Colorado Read More
Happy Holidays!
Next week many people will have a little extra time off for the holidays and hopefully be enjoying family, friends and some seriously good food. Just remember one thing…take a few photos during the break! Use some of that free time to go to your local park and just photograph what appeals to you. No Read More
The 50mm exercise.
I recently returned from a spectacular week of shooting in Sedona teaching on a ANPW workshop. Everyday brought amazing light, rosy sunsets and stunning clouds. I have shot a lot in Sedona, so I decided this trip I would endure the 50mm exercise. What is this you say? When I taught college photography classes, I Read More
Long…really long..exposures.
I have been using the Singh-Ray 10 and 15 stop ND filters a lot lately, and I am really impressed…these filters are as much about slowing down water as stretching tiny movements into creative blurs and building up colors. Above is a shot I took in Hvar, Croatia; about a 5 minute exposure. With just Read More
Three Kinds of Motion
I’m in the middle of trips right now, in Australia last week, off to Croatia right now. I love travel; it puts my senses and creativity in overdrive. New sights, sounds, smells…very intoxicating stuff. One aspect I try to look for in my travel images is motion. And there are three types I try to Read More