Heading South – Out of the Snow!
Well, intentions were good, but mother nature dealt us a whopper. Faced with the possibility of being snow bound for a few days, we decided to head southwest. We barely skirted the eastward moving storm, saw a few flurries, but managed to miss the big stuff. But all was not lost. [...]
Finding the “Magic Hour”
Reviewing some photos from a trip out west in 2006, I ran across these that were taken while I was at a conference in Phoenix. I was hoping, while there, for an opportunity to take some photos during that “magic hour” — right after after sunrise. I had scouted a location in the Superstition Mountains [...]
You never know who you’ll meet while on a shoot
As mentioned in an earlier post, I had the good fortune of stumbling across a really great photographer while “on safari” in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park a couple of weekends ago. Noticing that somebody else in the campground was driving a Toyota FJ just like mine – I stopped to say hi. A [...]
Gear I’m packing for Smokies “photo safari” No. 3
I’m getting ready to head to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park again for a 3rd time. Read more to see what photo gear I’m packing and why.
Back to the Smokies via Texas
Since the Smoky Mountains are in my travel path on my occasional visit back to Texas to visit relatives, I stop along the way to capture a few moments. On this trip I experimented more with HDR captures of the sunset from Clingmans Dome. See my web site gallery at the end of the blog entry to view more photos.
