Jichu Drake (pronounced Chits-zoo Drah-kay) is a mountain in Bhutan whose height is around 23,000 ft. Its height varies depending on the...

You would think that living on 15 acres away from town would be a peaceful, quiet experience. But at this time of year, when male turkeys...

Today was unseasonably warm so I headed to Vasona Creek Park to work on my motion studies assignment. I had three objectives: Create a...

Today I was preparing a presentation on the Great Bear Rainforest for the AAUW and came across this image of a Stellar jay. The jay is on...

There are two approaches to capturing motion in an image. One is to freeze the action, such as the leap of a ballerina, the jump of a...

The tallest lighthouse on the West coast is the Pigeon Point Light Station. Built in 1871, it is still an active aid to navigation for...

When Hakone Gardens started in 1915, water wasn't a consideration. But after more than 100 years, climate change, and the current drought...

Redwood trees are one of the most difficult subjects to capture. If you make an image straight on, only a tiny portion is captured. If...

Hakone Gardens started as a private estate in 1915, when Isabel Stines started planting a garden just outside the village of Saratoga,...

Today, I was a guest presenter at the Foothills Photography Group in Georgia where I talked about my September 2019 trip through the...

It has been two years since California had its residents sheltered in place because of Covid. Since then, the world has been under...

Wave is word of the day for my 365-day photograph project. I have photos of lots of waves, but only one green one. This was taken in...

I went to Sunnyvale Skate Park today hoping to see some amazing action—skateboarders catching air, speeding up and down concrete...

New York City dancer, singer, and painter Marta Becket gave up city life to move to Death Valley Junction in 1967. She purchased an old...

I spent most of the day writing drafts for upcoming workshops at my local camera club. I volunteered to be "VP of Education." A heady...

As much as I love to travel, doing so sets me back on many of the projects in which I am involved. I worked on a set of photographs...

While driving through central California last week, I past many almond orchards. This is the time of year for them to blossom. The...

Driving back from Paso Robles, the route winds past lots of farm land. Some is still brown, having been recently planted. But there are...

In a desert that is mostly shades of brown and white, bright colors, especially red, can be quite striking. During my recent trip to...

I scheduled our Death Valley trip to coincide with a new moon so that the sky would be dark and stars more visible. Indeed, each night we...