Part of this week's lesson in The Art of Seeing, is to use my camera in fully manual mode. Most people today take photos with a phone or...

The fact that oil and water don't mix is what created this image. I covered a table with a colorful Mexican blanket. Put two glass...

Among its gardens, the University of Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden has an impressive collection of plants and trees from...

When I was a child in upstate New York, my family went on many camping trips. They were inexpensive and gave us a chance to enjoy the...

The 365 Day Project poses the biggest challenges when the word of the day is an adjective. As much as the instructor of The Art Of Seeing...

One of the assignments for The Art of Seeing course this week is to incorporate a pattern into an image. Before I watched this week's...

My landscaper planted dozens and dozens of bulbs, but I wasn't quite sure where she put them. Over the past few weeks, green shoots...

Week 2 of The Art of Seeing with Bryan Peterson focuses on capturing images that evoke an adjective from the viewer rather than a noun. A...

I found a never-used empty nest on my walk today. It was on the ground, in the open, in a space that the deer typically congregate for...

On January 31, four gobblers showed up (see The Gobblers Return). Within a few days, they were gone. I tried to lure them back with a...

This week I started a photography course—The Art of Seeing. It goes over the elements of design and provides lots of tips and techniques...

When I was in Oman several years ago, I came upon fishermen hauling bags of sardines from the sea to waiting pickup trucks. My guide,...

I received email today from Adventure Canada about their small ship cruise in Atlantic Canada. I signed up for it some time ago, and now...

The SS Palo Alto was built in the Oakland Naval Shipyard with the intention of using it during World War 1 as a tanker. At the time,...

When I arrived at Natural Bridge State Park, the sun was high in the sky. Although noon time isn't the most ideal time to capture an...

Sharks Fin Cove is easy to miss if you come speeding down the Cabrillo Highway. The rock, named for its shape, isn't visible from the...

I took a road trip to visit some of the photogenic spots on the coast between San Gregorio and Capitola. Although I've been down that...

When I worked at Apple, I attended every event in person, when possible. One year, after the slew of announcements, Tim Cook announced...

Every year, just before Thanksgiving, the wild turkeys disappear. They reappear early in the New Year, sometime before March. Today, four...

One of the 365-day project prompts is "Favorite Recipe." I have many recipes that I consider favorite, so it is really impossible to...