Last night’s (November 16 2011) Night HDR Photo Shoot of San Diego’s skyline, hosted by Stephen Burns, was a great success.  Lots of fellow photographer’s sharing tips on photography, and afterwards, good conversation ensued over pizza at a nearby restaurant by the ferry landing on Coronado  Island.  Here is quick image I got processed today. [...]

Please join me at the 34th Annual Fall Arts & Crafts Fair being held at the Bernardo Winery, from 10am to 4pm this Saturday and Sunday, October 15th and 16th.  There will be lots of food, drink, entertainment and over a hundred artist & craft vendors. I’ll be there displaying and selling some of my fine [...]

I just returned from a vacation and photography trip to Hawaii where I took over 2 thousand images.  Most were on the Big Island and a fair number on Kauai.  It will be weeks before I’m caught up and can edit the selections. With each trip to the Big Island I hope to be able [...]

I love to photograph waterfalls; especially with a neutral density filter which allows for longer shutter speeds to blur the water.  I’ve wanted to photograph Burney Falls for sometime and I had the chance this past week as I passed through Redding, California on my way back from Oregon.  These falls are located in McArthur-Burney [...]

Micro Stock Agencies have forever changed the stock photo industry in may ways.  On the positive side, it has opened up considerable opportunity, especially for young photographers interested in getting their foot in the door. It can be difficult getting an account with one of the big (Macro Stock) agencies.  On the other hand, micro-stock [...]

Inspired by a photo in the May 2011 issue of Outdoor Photographer magazine by Michael Frye, I traveled 500 miles out of my way to eastern Utah from California on a Easter vacation trip to visit family and friends in Arizona. My intended destination was to Lower Calf Creek Falls in Grand Staircase Escalante National [...]

This beautiful water fall, located off the north branch of the Wailua River, is easily viewed from an overlook near parking turnout area on Kuamo’o Road. The best time to view these lacy falls is mid-morning when the sun is at a nice angle.  The name Opaekaa Falls dates back to the days when shrimp [...]

Mark Twain called this canyon the “Grand Canyon of the Pacific.” Although this canyon is actually much smaller than Arizona’s Grand Canyon, it is still a grand natural wonder at 26 miles across and 21 miles from north to south. The best times to take photographs would be in the first hour after sunrise or [...]

The Zion Narrows is a favorite place of mine to photograph. This images won 1st place for PhotoBin.com, Summer 2009 Photo Contest http://www.photobin.com/dev/info/photo_contest_2009

I love to use Photoshop as a tool to create paintings from photographs. Here is an example of watercolor made from a photograph of a Hibiscus.

I decided I needed to create a blogging site in order to supplement my portfolio site and to share photography tips, adventures, experiments, successes, and of course, failures.  Using WordPress is a new adventure in and of itself, so I’ll probably be blogging about the evolution of this site as well.