The oregon coast & milky way   Cannon Beach, Newport, Bandon, Samuel Boardman Scenic Corridor and Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park     8 days & 7 nights  •  September 24th - October 1st, 2022    Cost  $2,150    Single Room Supplement  $585  ** as of June 23,...

Imagination is more important than knowledge

Eastern Point Lighthouse in Maine Those five magic words sum it all up for me with photography: “It’s all about the light!” Whether sunrise to sunset, the light is the key. But truth is, with shooting after dark, it is also all about the light! I think I have always...

The female body has been one of the most beautiful things to photograph since the camera was invented long ago. I love capturing the female form in different ways, in different lighting and that's one of the reasons I have been drawn to photographing women when they...

Amazing ~ but not the cleanest place on earth   How do you describe venturing to the mind-boggling country of India? For some, the first time they touched down in this massive country called India, it might have been the best day of their life. For others, I know...

I have been fascinated with capturing portraits of people since I was pretty young. It is pretty addicting when you realize how different people can be captured by your camera and also how much control you have over the the final outcome. Whether it is a family member...

Photography is about so many things to so many of us. But probably more than anything, it's about capturing the best photograph possible. An image that really stands out. And quite often, that means being at the right place at the right time. You can have all the...

    Update as of November 2015  ~   My new revision is finally out with a different cover and new images!! available here at Amazon Photographing the beauty of Burma I am very honored that the second edition of my book, Passage to Burma, has just been...

If there is one part of photography I absolutely love, it’s shooting after dark. Manipulating my shutter speeds and going after something that’s not so easily visible, is pretty yummy stuff. Watching the Perseid  meteor shower recently had me screaming into the night...

Was happy to have been asked by Outdoor Photographer magazine to use my image from the cover of my new book Passage to Burma in their blog for "Behind the shot" and talk about how I captured the image. OP is one of my favorite magazines and it was fun remembering how...

  I will be doing my first workshop in India on November 2nd - 14th, 2016. I am not sure I have ever been anywhere in the world as photogenic as India and up in the north, in Rajisthan, is just off the wall amazing for photography.  The incredibly bright colors...

  Not the easiest thing to capture...     but when you do......Wow! At the Grand Canyon with my fiancé Holly and a student in August of 2013.  see story below.... There are so many  things to photograph all over the planet, but without a doubt capturing lightning...

All of us who live here in Sedona are in shock and disbelief to what is happening in our town at this very minute. Since last Tuesday, the Slide Fire, a fire that was human caused, has consumed over 9,000 acres and has destroyed some of the most beautiful wilderness...

One of my favorite things to shoot are images after dark.  I love to venture out before the sun sets and get shots that are almost surreal and that are hard to perceive with the naked eye. With a little bit of effort, you can get the most beautiful cobalt blue skies,...

Sometimes I find myself out on a shoot and in need of a light stand but don't really like bringing extra gear when I don't have to. Many times I wish that I had  some kind of long pole to hold up a diffuser or silk that would enable me to have the ability to capture a...

If there's one thing that I absolutely love to do, it is trying to capture car trails after dark in many different environments. I have taught many classes after dark and whether it's involving shooting stars as points of light or star trails or even light painting or...

Shooting stock and travel photography for as long as I can remember, I am in different countries all over the world quite often and although I shoot all kinds of different subjects for my agencies, shooting people in all kinds of different scenarios and situations is...