Category: Newsletter
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Rainy Day Photography — Skip it?
Do you skip out on Rainy Day Photography? If you do, then you are missing out. If you go out on rainy days, you already know the secret. The secret is simple: rainy days make for great photography. This is especially true when photographing waterfalls. Earlier this week, I did a one-on-one photo workshop with…
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Additive Composition
While many approaches exist to produce simplicity in photography, the idea of additive composition instantly creates a simple minimalist shot that works as a palette for as much complexity as needed. In my workshop presentations, I talk about a three-part process for composition: Simplicity, Flow and Relationships. Summed up, simplicity means including as few compositional…
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My Favorite Shots of 2017 Runner-up Images
I recently did my typical year-end post where I talk about how my year went as an artist: what worked, what challenges I had, how I feel about my work in that year. In that post (see: My Favorite Shots of 2017), I also picked one shot from each month that was my favorite shot. It…
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My Favorite Shots of 2017
Each year I like to look back and see how things went. In 2017, I put a lot on my plate. It was the year that I was on the road the most since back when I was 25. I spent about 120 days on the road and put just under 36,000 miles on my…
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Badlands Trip Report
My Early Winter in the Badlands Photo Workshop is the last workshop of the year. I always look forward to it, because I love being in the Badlands and that time of year is quiet in the park. Next year, I’m running a June workshop there and in the Black Hills, so I’ll miss the early…
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Find a Project and Find Inspiration
Find a photography project and find inspiration should be all I need to write. But, somehow I need to convince you that when you are feeling a little burned out on photography or just lost your focus then you should start a personal project to find the inspiration and revitalize your love of photography. I’m…
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Breaking the Twig
Over the weekend while teaching a waterfall photography class, we hiked up the Cascade River State Park waterfall trail and came to the first waterfall. In previous years, the waterfall was framed in by two massive white cedars. It made for the perfect symmetrical shot. But, last year the tree on the left fell down…
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Best Photos of 2016 Runner-ups
Back in January, I selected my favorite photos of the year. Each month I picked one favorite shot and then I published them in my Best Photo of 2016 post. There were 62 runner-ups that I didn’t post and a few of you asked me if I would post some of those runner-ups. It’s hard…
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Review Sensei Pro Filter Holder System
Filters are important for the type of landscape and seascape photography that I do. For sunrise and sunsets, I almost always use a Singh-Ray ND grad and often use a Singh-Ray Mor-Slo ND filter (see my Filters for Outdoors article for more info). Because those filters are rectangular or square, respectively, you need a filter…
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Hello from Grand Teton National Park: the Old Patriarch Tree
Just a quick note from Grand Teton National Park. The other day, I hiked (bushwhacked) into the Old Patriarch Tree. The Old Patriarch Tree is a limber pine and an iconic tree that stands alone in the sagebrush flats. The park road used to go past the tree, but it’s now a 3/4 mile hike to get…
