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Sol Duc Falls in Olympic National Park, Washington is one of my all-time favorite places in the world. It is a ¾ mile hike through a magnificent old forest to get to the falls and there are photographs everywhere. Go there on a quiet, misty day or even a lightly raining day- the light will be magnificent and the forest will magically glow. Please don't go...
Too Much!!!
I learned the other day that there is actually a time when it is possible to have too much of a good thing. I never would've though this was possible- all the other good things in my life I can't get enough of but yesterday things changed. This last week we have had a series of snowstorms that left a couple of new feet on the ground already covered with...
Hugh in the Barn
I am often asked what it is like in the barn in the winter. My response is usually, “It is not as cold as you might think inside and it is much colder than you can imagine outside.” Today, I got a different answer to the question care of Hugh.
Serious snow on the farm
Here is what happens on the Bromley farm when we get lots and lots of snow followed by a day or two above freezing. This is the side (an alcove) of the horse barn- what is called the calf barn- where the new calves are kept during the cold months. When the snow slowly crept off the roof it formed an arching wall about 4 feet in front of the door to the...
Working Locally – Underground
Back to one of my favorite topics- the advantages of photographing locally. This morning, after being in Danby for 10 years, I finally got the chance to take some pictures in the local marble quarry. While most people don't know anything about this quarry, it is a big deal here in town. The quarry produces the purest white marble in the US and Danby marble...
Death Valley
Just got back from a quick trip to Death Valley National Park to try to get some of the shots that I saw during my workshop there in November but because I don’t photograph while teaching I never got. Trips like this for me don’t usually work out- the old saying ‘You can never go back again’- is usually true for me. But this time it did work out and I got just the shots I wanted of the dunes.
Some More Winter
Greetings Everyone! February here in Vermont and it is as wintery as I have ever seen it. Since the middle of December there has been a steady parade of big winter storms and they have all been snow, snow and snow. No January thaw this year and it doesn't look like the pattern is going to change soon. We couldn't be happier! Anyone who lives in northern...
Ecuador
I just got back from a short 10 day trip to Ecuador. No, it wasn't a photography trip, it was a bird watching trip with my brother. Ecuador is part of what is known biologically as the Arc of Hyperdiversity- Columbia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. There are more kinds of life crammed into this area than in any other area in the world. As an example, there are...
More on Winter Wonderland Photography
Since we are on the topic of winter wonderland photography I thought I would add one more twist to the topic. Winter wonderland pictures are especially nice at twilight. Of course, almost anything is especially nice at twilight but with lots of snow on the ground and every where else twilight is a great time to photograph winter scenes. If you can find an...
Capturing a Winter Wonderland
I have been watching the weather a lot lately and have noticed that large parts of the country are snow covered. For motorists this can be a pain in the fender but for photographers it can be a magical time to take pictures. If you are going out in winter to photograph and you want a shot that looks very wintery- what I call a winter wonderland shot- there is an important trick to remember.
My Digital Workflow
By far the most important part of my or any workflow is what happens before you get to your computer. If you eliminate the photographic errors and sins when you are taking the photo you won’t have to correct them later in your computer. (Now, if you don’t mind, take a moment and reread that last sentence. It is by far the most important part of the digital photography processes.) Optimizing capture will make your editing much easier and faster and your processing much, much more efficient and simpler.