The Old Faithful Geyser of Calistoga erupts about every 90 minutes. While waiting, people can hang out in lounge chairs, play bocce ball,...

A couple of days ago I mentioned the difficulty of capturing a scene that was mostly white, and the need to over expose it to trick the...

The word of the day for the 365-Day project is kiss. Glen was kind enough to pucker up. I did some post processing to impart a painterly...

One of the most difficult scenes to photograph accurately is snow. Actually anything that has white on white is difficult: a white dog...

I stopped in Napa Valley for lunch before driving home from three days in the Calistoga area. Joe’s Downtown has corn riblets on its...

One of the reasons to join a wine club is the opportunity to pick up shipments in person. I'm lucky that I live close to Napa Valley...

The Antinori family of Italy claims to have been making wine for the past 630 years. It is a business they are in for the long term....

All the years that I have been visiting Calistoga, I've driven past the Bale Grist Mill. Today I stopped and took a tour. The mill was...

I am still participating in the 365 Day Project for which I submit an image a day to the Photographic Society of America (PSA). PSA...

Saratoga, New York became famous for its hots springs. When I was growing up in upstate New York, I took many trips there. First, to the...

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...