I can hardly believe that 2025 is over. While I was experiencing it the year seemed as if it was just crawling by. I spent a large part of the year convalescing – recuperating from, shoulder surgery. Last March found me under the surgeons knife. I had torn the rotator cuff tendons in my right … Read more
Last week I traveled to Uncertain, Texas, to co-lead my annual photography workshop at Caddo Lake. I’ve grown familiar with this place over the past four years, but it never loses its magic. The quiet bayou, the slow dark water, and the ancient bald cypress trees draped in Spanish moss create a world that feels untouched by time.
What I didn’t expect was that I would witness a rare aurora at Caddo Lake, something almost unheard of that far south.
In today’s hyperconnected world, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of talented artists sharing their work online. We might start to doubt ourselves or feel like we—or what we do—aren’t good enough.
Chasing the Aurora in Oregon with My Faithful Trail Dog A Late-Night Adventure with My Red Heeler and the Northern Lights Last Saturday night, my wife Darlene was keeping tabs on the aurora forecast through an app she uses, and around 10 p.m., she called out: “It’s popping!” That’s all it took. I grabbed my … Read more
My Favorite Photos from 2024 My Favorite Photos from 2024 – As another year comes to a close, I’m taking a moment to reflect on what has been an unforgettable year behind the lens. I traveled from the rugged coastlines of Oregon and California to the wild beauty of Alaska, the peaceful bayous of Texas, … Read more
Because I’m a landscape photographer, I’m prone to seek adventure in the outdoors, sometimes I can be found in the middle of nowhere in the dark photographing the night sky. It’s a common part of my life but it’s not for everyone. It’s certainly not something that my 82-year-old mother does.
There have been two birds that have eluded my lens. The large pileated woodpeckers are always teasing me from the trees with their jungle call. The second one, unbelievably, was the little native rufous hummingbird.
Grizzly bears are fearsome creatures. They are the apex predators in their environment and when we, as humans armed with nothing more than a camera and some bear spray, enter their environment we are at a distinct disadvantage.
The Northern Lights have always fascinated me. When I was a little boy, I was curious about Alaska. I enjoyed reading Jack London books. White Fang and Klondike Tales, To Build a Fire was my favorite story.
We were invited as guests to attend a Pow Wow at Simnasho on the Warm Springs Reservation in Central Oregon by Charles and Vicky. They offered to let us stay in Charles’s Medicine Lodge, a beautifully decorated Plains Indian style tepee Darlene and I were quick to take them up on their kind offer and it turned out to be an experience that would change our lives.