Tempest Blooms
The Gravelly Mountains continue to produce amazing photos. Despite some difficult shooting conditions on my last trip, the images still came out wonderful. Maybe not quite as many good shots as during previous trips, but it’s hard to walk away from a place so beautiful without a few decent frames…
The Passing
At peace she is, my remarkable grandmother. This weekend was a celebration of her life and an honoring of her memory. Above all, she lived only for her family and for God, never for herself. She enriched the lives of everyone she knew and, through her example to others, many that she did not. A [...]
Negative Space
One thing I miss about working with traditional film is having a negative. Whether processing a roll, printing from it or just holding it up to a light for review, there’s something irreplaceable about the tactile nature of these actions. A digital tribute to an analog dream…
Grainy Elevator
One thing I’ve always disliked about digital cameras is pixel ‘noise’. It’s kind of like grain, but doesn’t have a lick of aesthetic value. In fact, if it’s in your photos it pretty much says you don’t know better or don’t care. With film, a higher ISO dictates the amount of grain in your shots [...]
3D MT Style
You’ll likely recognize the scene from today’s shot, but I decided to give the 3D action a little whirl. Neil Creek got me interested in 3D not too long ago and I’ve been playing around with the technique as it applies to larger landscapes. I know most of you will not be able to see [...]
Archive Dive I
Last evening I was going through some images from 2003, back when I was using my first digital camera. A 3.2 megapixel wonder, I disliked it quite a bit until I figured out how to manipulate the camera’s automatic settings to give me more manual control. After that it was a rare thing to find [...]
Swan Pond
This scene came about north of Livingston on a very stormy day in the Shields Valley. Taken on the same photo drive as Thursday’s image, we were actually chasing a small hole in a large storm that had settled over the region. We followed it for about 100 miles, always trailing behind and [...]