Travel Photo: Glamping on the Edge of Eternity

Yurt Treebones Resort Big Sur

A Big Sur cliff-side yurt overlooking the Pacific with waves crashing, and California sea lions barking below. Read more…

A Path in the Grapevines

Path Grapevines Napa Valley

Grab a bottle of wine, some cheese, and take a dreamy stroll down this path with a loved one…

Travel Photo: Butterfly Exhibit, Desert Botanical Garden

Orange Butterfly Desert Botanical Garden

If you’re a photographer, the Desert Botanical Garden is a treasure trove of interesting subjects. I highly recommend it. Read on…

How to Create Great Travel Photographs With Your iPhone

iPhone Travel Photography

Three examples of very ordinary photographs transformed into works of art through the use of photography apps designed for Apple’s iPhone. Read on…

Free Computer Desktop Wallpaper Calendar for October 2011

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For this month’s free desktop wallpaper calendar, I thought I would stick with a colorful floral theme. I shot this photograph in Seattle’s Volunteer Park. Click here to download your free desktop wallpaper calendar for October 2011. We hope you enjoy, and remember, please don’t keep us a secret.  Please refer our website to your [...]

Free Computer Desktop Wallpaper Calendar for September 2011

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I was looking through my photographs, and got to thinking that this photograph, that I shot in a Seattle florist shop, might make a beautiful computer desktop wallpaper calendar. Therefore, I made one for you. Click here to download your free computer desktop wallpaper calendar for September 2011. If you like this, please let me [...]

Nikon D7000 Camera Walk Through Seattle’s Volunteer Park

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Nikon D7000 DSLR – While on our cruise through Alaska’s Inside Passage, and our four-night stay in Seattle, we were privileged to be previewing a Nikon D7000 DSLR on loan from Nikon USA. During my two-week affair with this camera, I really grew to love it.  As I was contemplating how best to tell you [...]

Nostalgic Early 20th Century Photocrom Travel Postcards at Library of Congress

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San Xavier Mission ~ Tucson, Arizona c1902 – We drove by the San Xavier Mission, just outside of Tucson, Arizona, as we were traveling on our way to the Tubac Golf Resort & Spa.  Unfortunately, or schedule didn’t permit us time to stop, but we thought we would share this wonderful photocrom postcard from the [...]

Caught my Wife Flirting With a Silver Man

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Seattle Pike Place Market – I expected to have a lot of wonderful experiences  as we strolled through Seattle’s Pike Place Market.  What I didn’t expect was the sight of my wife responding to the coquettish advances of a silver man standing on a box. My father had a phrase for a man with such [...]

Travel Photo: Fiery Granite Boulders

Sun-painted Granite Boulders

The Boulders Resort ~ Carefree, Arizona – Travel photography is all about light.  Without great light, you will never capture a spectacular travel landscape. The best tool in the travel photographer’s handbag is to shoot in early morning or early evening sunlight. I captured this photograph at 6:15 a.m. while doing one of my early [...]