I want to tell you a story… For an age of the earth, hundreds of thousands of years, so long in fact that evolution had time to specialize much of the biom, ice lay across the face of the earth. … Continue reading →

Last December a member of  NAPfS (photo club) put together a group trip to Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. It’s been on my list of places to visit so I headed out to join them. I also managed to … Continue reading →

It’s been a quiet few months photography wise. After my trip to Bosque in early December, not much has happened, at least with a camera in front of my eye. Between the shutdown and our busy live, we canceled our … Continue reading →

As a photographer, I spend a lot of time hiking alone. Self rescue is important.  I normally keep some waterproof matches and water purification tablets in my camera backpack. I bring a head-light, and some general use tools for my … Continue reading →

Today’s blog post is a bit of a laundry list. I’ve been meaning to post something about Costa Rica for a while now, but the trip was pretty big and diverse. Frankly, I mostly took pictures of critters and didn’t … Continue reading →

Now that I live in San Diego, Joshua Tree National Park is only a few hours away so I’ve got the access to spend more time there exploring. Last weekend I set out to do some scouting for my upcoming … Continue reading →

Caprock Canyon State Park feels like somewhere I’ve spent a lot of time, but looking at my photos, I’ve only really been there a couple of times. That isn’t surprising since it is a 7 hour drive (each way) from … Continue reading →

I awoke this morning to see the turtle patrol at work just down beach from me. At some point over night an endangered green sea turtle had come onto the beach and into the dunes to lay a clutch of … Continue reading →

One of the strange things (to me anyway) was how greed the Davis Mountains were. I don’t expect anything in west Texas to be green in late September. The area is at significant elevation (5000′ give or take) and late … Continue reading →

The ranger at the desk greeted me, asking if I was going to be camping. All pretty standard stuff. Her next statement surprised me. “You might want to reconsider. They are forecasting 70mph winds, baseball size hail and a chance … Continue reading →