Cathedral Rock Reflection
📍 Photographing Cathedral Rock: Reflections, Timing, and Terrain Cathedral Rock at sunset is a siren call for many photographers—but capturing a strong composition requires more than pointing a camera toward red rock glory. This post dives into the how behind one image: from scouting and timing, to gear setup and visual harmony. 🗺️ Scouting from […]
Forever Young
This image is part of my mirror project, where I attempted to use a mirror as a prop for a portrait to meet one of the category with my photography club year end photo contest. In this case, the category was “How I see myself”. This image is a composite of two images, one of […]
Mirrored Reflection
This image is part of my mirror project, where I attempted to use a mirror as a prop for a portrait to meet one of the category with my photography club year end photo contest. In this case, the category was “Three”. This image is a composite from three images. The inner image is one […]
Infinite Me
This image is part of my mirror project, where I attempted to use a mirror as a prop for a portrait to meet one of the category with my photography club year end photo contest. In this case, the category was “Reflection”. This image is a composite of the same image repeated five times. The […]
Great Sand Dunes Site Guide
Summary Experience the photographic opportunities year-round at the tallest dunes in North America. While the dunes are the centerpiece, the preserves are a diverse landscape of grasslands, wetlands, conifer and aspen forests, alpine lakes, and tundra offering photographers a plethora of photo opportunities. At night photographers can enjoy a startling starry sky on moonless nights […]
Photography Options for Cathedral Rock
One of the dominate geological features found in the Sedona area is the ever popular Cathedral Rock, which is often used as a wedding photo shot backdrop and a location where numerous day hikers climb to take one or two breath taking Instagram photos from between the two pinnacles. In the winter of 2021, in […]
The Optimum Landscape Photographer’s Gear List
This article considers the optimum gear list from two perspectives: Recommended gear to enable dynamic photographic shooting opportunities during day and night; Ultralight options to lighten the load when the desired photo is in a remote location and you don’t want to wear yourself out For this article, I will approach building a gear list […]
Photographing the Goosenecks
Situated in southeast Utah, north of Mexican Hat and east of the Valley of the Gods (see below map) is a unique landscape feature formed from over 300 million years of geological activity. Here, you’ll find that the San Juan River has carved out a series of tight turns, referred to as goosenecks, below the […]
Why I am a Sony Photographer
My photography interests began in the early 70s, while in high school when I bought a Minolta SRT-101 Single Len Reflect (SLR) camera that provided TTL (through-the-lens) full aperture light metering. I loved the ability to calculate light exposure without having to carry a hand held light meter. I can’t remember what made me want to […]
Photography Categories
If you happen to do a web search you might notice that there isn’t a 100% consensus on photography categories or genres, which is why I am making this post. When I started putting together this website, I noticed WordPress offered an option to select a category for galleries, posts, and portfolios. So it seemed […]