Community work isn’t something I’ve written about since I’ve been doing retrospectives. Dut my activity is picking up so I thought I’d...

I spent a fair amount of time this year on photography, both taking workshops and capturing images. I started the year with an Equatorial...

This year we are back to pre-pandemic travel. Most of our travel was by car, to places in California, but we also went to Seattle three...

I was invited to give two presentations about past travel, the first for the Georgia Photography Club, a member of the Photographic...

My reading list reflects gifts I’ve been given, places I travel to, things I want to learn, book reviews I’ve read, and a few books I’ve...

The Photographic Society of America (PSA) has a 365 Day Project for photographers to submit an image a day for a year. PSA supplies a...

Since 2019 I’ve begun each year by writing about my accomplishments. I find that looking back on all the things I’ve done over the past...

A few years back I watched Werner Herzog’s Encounters at the End of theWorld, a fascinating look at life in Antarctica. I knew he was...

If you own a globe, as I do, you'll know that Antarctica gets skewered in such a way that is it difficult to view the entire continent....

As I gather things to pack for a very long trip to Antarctica, the weight of each item is on my mind. I have a 50 pound limit for my...

My orchestral piece, Transitions, is as finished as it is going to get. I cleaned up the score and sent the PDF to NYC Music Services to...

Now that I've declared my piece, Transitions, "finished", I am solidly in the tweaking phase. I brought each section as audio files into...

One of my hopes in life has been to write a piece of music for orchestra. I got a very late start in life learning anything significant...

Vasona County Park is a favorite for those who live in or near Los Gatos. The Los Gatos Creek trail, which runs through the park, is...

Photographers can be gear-hungry people—upgrading equipment as better technology evolves. This often means that old cameras lie around...

With temperatures at almost 90 degrees, Seattle residents who were suffering a meltdown headed for the fountain at the Seattle Center to...

Some of the most compelling images I've seen are portraits of people on the street. In the past, I haven't been brave enough to approach...

Still Life scenes are popular subjects for painting and photography because the maker has complete control over the composition and...

Due to exposure to Covid, I spent three days in isolation during a recent cruise around Newfoundland. I tested negative, but the on-board...

Standing at the top of a tall ladder in the dark, I steadied myself as I peered into the eyepiece of an amateur 30” telescope. The four...