News and Adventures
Only 84 Shopping Days Before Christmas!
Just in time for Christmas, the print store is open for business! OK, maybe I’m jumping the gun a little bit, but now when folks ask if they can order prints directly from my website, I can say “But, of course!”.
read moreWhat is That, Anyway?
One of my favorite types of photography that I don’t do enough of is abstracts. Webster defines an abstract of the art variety as “expressing ideas and emotions by using elements such as colors and lines without attempting to create a realistic picture”. I define it as “if it’s in focus and you still can’t tell what it is, it’s an abstract”.
read moreSmell That?
Fall is in the air! Can you feel it? I know, I know, summers are short enough in Seattle, so why get excited about the beginnings of another dreary, cloudy, rainy, nine month long winter, right? Well, it just so happens that autumn is, to many photographers anyway, the most photogenic of the seasons. The bugs are gone, the heat and temperature inversions have moved on, and what’s left is fresh, clean air and, depending on where you are, some pretty amazing colors!
read moreNeon, Anyone?
Back in 2009 I signed up for an evening photo shoot called “Neon Lights Reflections” with the Mountaineers Photography group. The idea was to “create colorful abstract images of neon lights reflected in puddles and pools”. These activities are posted on the website several weeks prior to the date of the event, but somehow the leader had an idea the streets might be wet on the date of the outing in Seattle in February. And of course they were.
read moreDo Ghost Towns Have Ghosts?
The last couple of weeks I’ve been talking about some of the unique features found near the eastern edge of Yosemite National Park in California. There’s one more gem in this part of the world that I have to talk about, and then I promise I’ll move on. So how about a ghost town?
read moreWhat Happens in Mono Lake…
Sometimes the most interesting things are found on the way to something else. That’s how it is with the tufa towers at Mono Lake.
read moreThe Marlboro Man Lives!
If you ever decide to go to Yosemite National Park in August, I have one piece of advice for you: DON’T DO IT! If you’re there already, I’m sorry.
OK, I’m being melodramatic to make a point. Yosemite Valley, even at 4,000 feet elevation, is hot in the summer. And besides that, it’s full of tourists. Not that there’s anything wrong…oh, heck, I’m repeating myself. I covered all that in Ghosts of Hikers Past. But I didn’t tell you what I actually did instead of going to the valley.
read moreWhen Pikas Attack!
Last weekend I went on a hike with the Seattle Mountaineers to a place called the Kendall Katwalk – an amazing section of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) that was blasted out of a tall cliff face of solid granite so the trail could continue past an area that would otherwise have been, well, let’s just say a bit of a challenge to pass. (Read that as impossible to pass without serious climbing gear.) So this week we’re going to talk about – you guessed it – something else! Throughout that hike we heard the frequent warning calls of pikas (to pronounce this, think “bikers” with a Jersey accent), and so I thought I’d spend a couple of minutes talking about these cute little guys.
read moreNeed Your Help with Photo Contest
Occasionally I will enter a photo contest if the rules, entry fees, and prizes are reasonable, and so today I received an email from the International Mountain Summit team informing me that one of my images had been selected as one of the best 100 photos of the IMS Photo Contest 2013 with the theme “Mountain Lights and Shadows”. Well, I suppose that’s not a bad way to start a Monday!
read moreGallery Amante
My images officially have a new home!
The owners of Trattoria Amante Issaquah Pizza and Pasta have graciously offered me space to show my images on the walls of their beautiful restaurant. My display is located at the front entrance and consists of approximately sixteen framed prints of various sizes. If you live in the area, come by any time and take a look! The images will rotate periodically and will be on display throughout the summer and fall.
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