The Milky Way My Way
What’s my problem? I’ve been sharing lots of Milky Way images lately. But then, so has everyone else. And when I look at some of the other truly spectacular Milky Way images posted online, I realize...
View ArticleStarry Night
It’s midnight and I’m right back where my day had started 21 hours earlier. Standing in the frigid dark beside Lake Wanaka, I feel equal parts energized and exhausted by the longest photography day of...
View ArticleGrand Canyon After Dark
On an impossibly balmy summer evening, this year’s first Grand Canyon Monsoon workshop group waited at Cape Royal (with more hope than optimism) for the Milky Way. We’d just photographed a beautiful...
View ArticleChasing the Northern Lights
After finally witnessing a total solar eclipse and declaring it the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen, I started hearing people say things like, “Wait until you see the northern lights.” So when...
View ArticleEnjoying Our World on Nature’s Terms
Nature photographers have a tenuous relationship with clocks and calendars. They’re useful when we need to interact with the rest of the world on its terms, but pursuing our craft requires us to defer...
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The Milky Way Saves the Day
Yosemite Night, Half Dome and Milky Way from Olmsted PointSony a7SIISony 24mm f/1.4 GM20 secondsF/1.6ISO 3200 I stress a lot before and during a photo workshop. A lot more than people know, and a lot...
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2019 Highlights
Click to view slideshow. We’ve reached that time of year where everyone is compiling their Top 10 lists. I like retrospectives as much as the next person, but I’ve always resisted assembling these...
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My Favorite Planet
Click to view slideshow. Happy Earth Day, everyone! (The irony of celebrating Earth Day cooped up at home isn’t lost on me.) If nothing else, COVID-19 has taught all of us that, as much humankind...
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The Megapixel Myth
Comet NEOWISE and the Big Dipper, Grandview Point, Grand CanyonSony a7SIISony 24mm f/1.8 G20 secondsF/1.8ISO 3200 I kind of have a thing for comets As soon as I announced that I’d purchased the...
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One Quiet Night on the Rim
Comet NEOWISE in the Clouds, Navajo Point, Grand CanyonSony a7SIISony 24mm f/1.8 G20 secondsF/1.8ISO 8000 One of the great joys of making my living photographing nature is the opportunity to witness...
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