Lassen Volcanic National Park – Part 2: The Cinder Cone
Is my relationship with Lassen on the mend?
Lassen Volcanic National Park – Part 1: Boiling Mud
Ah Lassen, my old nemesis!
The neighborhood girls
The seasons change with our neighborhood deer!
Rock Island Wisconsin – part 2 Island sights
Beauties large and small found on a day of solitude (the best birthday present I can give myself)!
Rock Island Wisconsin – part 1 – Pottawatomie Lighthouse
Way out on the end of what I call the pointy part of Wisconsin is Rock Island. It's a state park and no motorized vehicles are allowed. You need to take two ferries to get there, but once you land it's pretty great. Everyone scatters and finds trails that wind all over. You can tell... Continue Reading →
Winter Memories – the dead leaves version
So as much as a big, sweeping landscape captures the attention and I love doing them, but I also get caught by little details and vignettes. Especially leaves in snow! That gorgeous sunlight doesn't always cooperate, but when it does, I obsess a little. The texture it brings up is amazing and mostly lost... Continue Reading →
Winter memories – landscape version
Yes, it's finally gone. What with the 2 feet of wet snow in April I didn't think it would. But since I've been so caught up in other things and have ignored this blog, you get to have a little more! Aren't you lucky? Trail shots are a weakness of mine as you know. Nothing's... Continue Reading →
Making Tracks
Winter is the perfect time to find and photograph game trails. Some tips and maybe, inspiration!
New year, new habits
Breaking the old, making some new - photography habits can be good and bad. Here's some thoughts.
Best Shots of 2017
My best work and favorite photos of 2017. Enjoy and Happy New Year!
Dead end job
This time the conditions let me create a cohesive set of shots of an extensive abandoned farm.
A way in – workflow ideas for Luminar
Luminar workflow - do you start with a preset and let it go, or continue to add filters? Oh the choices. Here's one.
Luminar Color contrast
As I play with Luminar, I find some filters very useful not only for what they do primarily, but for how differently they can be applied or adjusted. Today I'm going to talk about the Color Contrast filter. This is what the developer website has to say about this filter - "Cycle through the color... Continue Reading →