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Beyond the Wall
Hvítserkur Low Tide Reflection, Vatnsnes Peninsula, IcelandSony α1Sony 16-35 GM II30 secondsF/20ISO 50 I can think of no better way to see the world than to follow your camera to new, far-flung...
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Taking One for the Team…
Color and Clouds, Half Dome and Merced River, Yosemite Sony a7R V Sony 12-24 GM 1/5 second F/11 ISO 100 If there’s one thing every nature photographer agrees on, it’s this: Before the really good stuff...
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A Different Kind of Cat Herding
Majesty, Half Dome Sunset Reflection, YosemiteSony a7R VSony 12-24 GM2 secondsF/16ISO 50 With my April Yosemite workshop starting in less than three hours, I was experiencing more than my normal (mild)...
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Going Out a Winner
Milky Way Reflection, Colorado River, Grand CanyonSony α1Sony 14mm f/1.8 GMISO 6400f/1.820 seconds There was nothing easy about this picture. Milky Way photography in general is a challenge, but trying...
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Moon Chasing
Half Dome Autumn Moonrise Reflection, Merced River, YosemiteSony a7R VSony 24-105 G1/8 secondF/14ISO 100 Many years ago I stood with a couple of other photographers on Sentinel Bridge in Yosemite. It...
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Open Mind and Open Eyes
Splash of Rainbow, South Tufa, Mono LakeSony α1Sony 16-35 GM II6 secondsF/11ISO 100 As landscape photographers, it’s easy to arrive at a photo location with a preconceived idea of what we’re going to...
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Hold My Gear (the Sequel)
Color and Clouds, North Lake Autumn Reflection, Eastern SierraSony α1Sony 16-35 GM II1/100 secondsF/9ISO 100 After sharing in my prior post that I’ve been lugging a 30 pound camera bag through...
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Ruminating on my Workflow—Both Digital and Analog
Spring Sunset, Half Dome, YosemiteSony a7R VSony 24-105 f/4 GISO 50f/162 1/2 seconds In one of the training sessions during last week’s Yosemite Spring Waterfalls and Dogwood photo workshop, someone...
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Twin Peaks
Blue Hour Reflection, Vestrahorn, IcelandSony a7R VSony 12-24 GM1/6 secondF/10ISO 125 In the canon of iconic Iceland mountains, Vestrahorn is rivaled only by Kirkjufell, the much-photographed...
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Surprise Sunset
Moon and Clouds Reflection, Half Dome, YosemiteSony α1Sony 16-35 GM1/6 secondF/10ISO 100 Greetings from Iceland. Running a workshop that starts before the sun and often goes deep into the night...
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The Best Camera Is…
Framed Reflection, El Capitan, Yosemite Apple iPhone 16 Pro 24mm focal length equivalent ISO 64 f/1.8 1/1150 second … The one that’s with you Yes, I know it’s a cliché, but like most clichés, this one...
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No Sky? No Problem…
Autumn Symmetry, North Lake, Eastern SierraSony a7R VSony 24-105 f/4 GISO 100f/1613 seconds Anyone who has been in one of my photo workshops will confirm that I’m kind of obsessed with skies. Not just...
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One Click Wonders
Milky Way Reflection, Puna Coast, HawaiiSony a7R VSony 14mm f/1.8 GMISO 6400f/1.820 seconds For as long as I can remember, I’ve gazed at the night sky in wonder. Around the age of 10, my wonder was...
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Full Circle
Sunset Mirror, Lake Manly (Badwater), Death Valley Sony a7R V Sony 24-105 f/4 G ISO 100 f/11 1/15 seconds For many people of my generation, their earliest memories of landscape photography are some...
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Every. Single. Thing.
Sunset Reflection, North Lake, Eastern Sierra (2008)Canon EOS-1Ds Mark IIICanon 17-40 f/4 L10 secondsF/11ISO 200 A few days ago, while browsing old images looking for something else, I came upon this...
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Something Extra
Autumn Moonset, Oxbow Bend, Grand Tetons Sony a7R III Sony 24-105 f/4 G ISO 200 f/11 1/6 second Way back when I started getting into photography as a hobby, my subject selection criteria were pretty...
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New Zealand After Dark
Dark Night, Milky Way and Tasman Lake, New ZealandSony a7S IISony 12 – 24 f/4 GISO 10,000f/430 seconds This week I have New Zealand on my mind. In preparation for the New Zealand Winter photo workshop...
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Ripping Off the Band-Aid
Frosted, Cathedral Rocks from El Capitan Bridge, YosemiteSony a7R VSony 24-105 f/4 GISO 100f/131/10 second We were in the midst of a beautiful Yosemite Tunnel View clearing storm when I told my group...
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Permission To Suck
Twilight on Ice, Glacier Lagoon, Icelandony α1Sony 16-35 f/2.8 GMISO 100f/111 second True story: I once had a Yosemite workshop participant meter an El Capitan reflection scene, put her Nikon D4 in...
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Reflecting on Reflections
Sweet Sunset, Lake Manly and Badwater Basin, Death ValleySony a7R VSony 24-105 f/4 GISO 100f/111/30 second One of the (many) great things about choosing landscape photo workshops to earn my livelihood...
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