After a few postponements and multiple destination considerations, Kathy and I decided to celebrate our 30th anniversary with a trip to Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon National Park. I love anything to do with a national park and the outdoors, and Kathy has been very intrigued by the western U.S. since her 2014 trip […]
It was rainy and stormy on 90% of a recent extended weekend trip to southwest coast of Florida, but it didn’t dampen spirits and fun. I had a great time with incredible friends and family – my bud Carl, good friend Brent, brother Larry, and sister-in-law Jude. Carl, Brent and I chased and ran from […]
Project 365 – Day 40 “People only see what they are prepared to see.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson We often confine our thoughts, our vision, our creativity to the familiar. To the concepts we grew up with, or to what we perceive others want us to do or be. When we step away from these […]
Project 365 – Day 6 As I walked a pathway today, I ran into several areas impassable due to standing water from recent rains. This caused me to detour from my normal course, and I ran across formations of small sand drifts, reminding me of the beach. I love texture and patterns, so this caught […]
5D MkII, 24-70L f/2.8, 1.3sec. @ f/9, ISO100
This stream is difficult to shoot … it’s large, with many boulders and obstructions. But, one never tires of wandering the stream, looking for new vantage points and listening to the soothing sounds of the rushing waters. Enjoy. 5D MII, 16-35L II, 21mm, 1.6 secs. @ f/10, ISO100
On our recent Smokies trip, we set out to shoot Spruce Flats Falls in the Tremont area. The hike is a mile or so in, and it’s a moderately difficult hike due to steep climbs on both the approach and return. About halfway in, we reach a mostly dry ravine coming down the face of […]
My brother Mike, my daughter’s beau Evan, and I met up with Uncle Bobby the 2nd morning after Christmas at Mike’s cabin. “Camp Liberty” is located on the Buffalo River near our home town of Hohenwald, TN. I spent many a day in my youth along the river. Daddy and I would occasionally float it […]
“The tide rises, the tide falls, The twilight darkens, the curlew calls; Along the sea-sands damp and brown The traveler hastens toward the town, And the tide rises, the tide falls.” ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I stumbled upon this Longfellow poem while researching tide pools, and it just seemed to fit the occasion and mood. […]
Never having been to the northwest, much less its coast, one of the things that confounded me is how a bank of clouds and fog could move in and hover for hours on end. My limited beach time has been spent on the Atlantic or Gulf. Not only is fog out of character, but clouds […]
What could be better for a landscape photographer than trekking up and down the beautiful Oregon coast photographing the wonders of God’s creation? Perhaps taking timeout for a nap atop a dune with the cloud-muted sun shining down, light breeze in the air, and a temperature of 65F! 🙂
From Wikipedia: Multnomah Falls is a waterfall on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge, located east of Troutdale, between Corbett and Dodson, along the Historic Columbia River Highway. The falls drops in two major steps, split into an upper falls of 542 feet (165 m) and a lower falls of 69 feet (21 m), with […]