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...

Artist’s Palette is one of the must-see drives in Death Valley. It winds and dips its way through hills of many-hued volcanic deposits....

One of my favorite sites in Death Valley is the Devil’s Golf Course. According to Wikipedia, it got it name from this quote in the 1934...

One of the most photographed and visited spots in Death Valley is Zabriskie Point. It is almost a right of passage for a photographer to...

There aren’t too many ways to get to Furnace Creek in Death Valley for those coming from the Bay area. You can approach from the south,...

I’ve driven over Pacheco Pass in California dozens of times and wondered about the dinosaurs on Dinosaur Point road. I finally stopped...

I sometimes purchase flowers for photography projects. More than two weeks ago I bought a bouquet of yellow flowers and another of...

The Opera San Jose production of Carmen was so wonderful, that I decided to see it a second time. The first time I attended a matinee,...

Now that I am participating in a Photographic Society of America (PSA) digital dialog for video, I am dusting off old videos. This month,...

One of my assignments for The Art of Seeing class, was to create a silhouette image during the day. It is far easier to created a...

When yesterday's temperatures dipped to 36 degrees, I thought it was cold. But this morning it was even colder at 30 degrees. Those of...