2014 Was a Big Year It was fresh and exciting, full of transition, and adventures. I left my engineering job and took a 6 month road trip through the West coast of America visiting California, Arizona, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, …
The Stairway to Heaven
“If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night I bet they would live a lot differently” Calvin & Hobbes, Bill Watterson Starlight It is a quiet and still night. A cool breeze gently brushes by; the milky …
A Fixture in the Night
Canyonlands National Park – Islands in the Sky Mesa Arch & the Milky Way Here is the heavily photographed Mesa Arch shot with light painting. I met up with a fun couple to go here at night and there was …
The Magic of This Place
Valley Fantasy – Yosemite National Park This scene was shot in the evening just before moonrise. The colors at the horizon are from the moonlight illuminating the area behind the mountains, but the moon had not yet risen in this …
Entering Death Valley and Coming Out Alive
Death Valley National Park It’s like being on another planet. The landscape is filled with rocky crags carved out over centuries. Sediment layers create mysterious colored horizontal lines in the rock, sand dunes rise hundred of feet out of nowhere, …
Into the Night
Buttermilk Road Near Bishop, CA Serendipity While I was stopped off the highway just outside of Bishop, CA shooting a mountain scene, another car pulled up behind me to admire the view. We started chatting and he told me about …
A Starry Night in Paradise
O’ahu, Hawaii This was taken on the last night of my trip to Hawaii this year. A perfect clear, crisp night with fast moving clouds. I had a chance on the last night of a 3 week vacation on …
10,000 Stars
One of my fascinations with outdoor photography is shooting the night sky. A lot of effort, planning and luck goes into each one of these shots. The reward is not only a shot that captures a unique perspective and event …