Salmon

Salmon

Salmon are amazing animals, almost mystical actually. they are born in fresh water, grow to maturity in salt water and then return to their natal stream, to the very gravel bed in which they were born to spawn.  It is a journey of thousands of miles driven by a...
Sitka!

Sitka!

Hello All! About to get on a red-eye flight to Chicago from Seattle after spending the last 10 days in Sitka, Alaska teaching a Crossroads Photography Workshop. there will be more on the workshop in posts to come but I wanted to pop up a couple of my favorite images...

What to Photograph in August

  Are you lacking photographic inspiration at the moment, wondering what to do in the summer doldrums? For me, August equals dull- the thill of the spring and early summer is over and the joy of fall colors is still a couple months away. What is a photographer to...
Photography for the Greater Good talk

Photography for the Greater Good talk

Earlier this summer I did a presentation in New York City at the Optic 15 photo conference sponsored by B&H Photo. The topic of my talk was Photography for the Greater Good- making a difference. I tried to illustrate ways that we all can use our photography to...
Inside Wood

Inside Wood

Just in case you were wondering what I have been doing these last few weeks I will let you in on my activities- I’ve been putting up my firewood. Yup, that’s about it. I’ve done 12 cords so far- cut, hauled, split,  stacked and admired- that’s...