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San Diego Fog

San Diego isn’t exactly known for its fog. Sure, we have “May Gray” and “June Gloom” where the marine layer rolls in and covers the blue sky along the coast, but we rarely get a dense fog. When that happens, it’s time to break out the camera. Today’s weather was weird for mid-December. We had…
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October’s Celestial Wonders

October 2024 was the month of a once-in-80,000-years comet and another super moon. I’m not big on astrophotography, but these were two events that I didn’t want to pass up. Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. It took me two attempts to photograph the comet. The first was…
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Lone Pine & Mount Whitney Gallery

I’m not a very spontaneous person, so it was really out of character for me to decide at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday to make a run up to Lone Pine. There was a little motivation behind my madness, though. As you may have gathered, I’m a fan of the Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains, and one…
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Zion National Park

After my visit to Death Valley, I spent two nights in Zion National Park. This was my fourth or fifth visit to the park, but the first time in winter and the first time staying in Zion Lodge, right in the heart of Zion Canyon. There was snow at elevation, but none in the valley.…
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Death Valley National Park

I took a quick trip to Death Valley National Park 9-12 January 2023, arriving along with one of southern California’s recent atmospheric rivers dumping rain on the state. It was raining as I arrived at the west entrance to the park near Panamint Springs, and that did make for some interesting shooting conditions. I spent…
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La Jolla Tide Pools

I have visited La Jolla countless times, but oddly, I’ve never taken photos of the tide pools there until last night. They are easy to access and I’m sure I’ll be back. Luckily, I was there after low tide, but the tide was coming back in, and I had to dodge a few waves splashing…
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SoCal Wildflower Bloom

Spring has sprung in Southern California! Yes, SoCal really does have seasons, as mild as they are. This photographic expedition required a bit more effort, as the location was about 250 miles from my home, and I had to drive across Los Angeles to get there. That is never fun. Ever. I planned my trip…
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Yosemite National Park

Last week (16-19 November 2021), I made a quick run to Yosemite National Park. It was my first visit there since September 2009, and I was anxious to get out and capture some images. I arrived at the Tunnel View around 3:30 p.m., just in time to catch the setting sun light up El Capitan…
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Out Playing

All the years that I’ve been playing with my digital photography, the vast majority of my images were taken on my 24-105 mm lens, and I didn’t own a wider angle lens than that. Until just before my trip to Switzerland. I finally broke down and purchased a 16-35 mm f/4 lens. I thought it…
