Ansel Adams is a legend. His explorations, both in photography and in wilderness, as well as his environmental work have informed all who came after. Wouldn’t it be something to have that kind of impact over time? Of course, you probably wouldn’t know it – because you’d be gone, but that’s beside the point. I…
Where Angels Fear to Tread I’m taking a deep breath. A really, really deep breath… because I’m going to talk about gear. Always dicey; it always incites such a ruckus, which is why I usually avoid it. Not to say I don’t have opinions! Mais non! I’m downright opinionATED, as anyone who knows me well can…
I’ve been friends with the indomitable, completely awesome Jan Kabili since the early days of Google+. She’s part of the gifted group of photographers, artists, teachers and inspirers that I was privileged to meet when we all leapt into the great unknown of that fledgling social platform. Jan has the energy of a thousand, a…
The (Not Switching to) Sony Update Well then. When last we spoke, I was doing it. Moving from Canon. Going to Sony. Had it all figured out. Now: I don’t have it all figured out at all – and I’m NOT switching to Sony. Dealing with the surprise of my own conclusion, after a test…
Winning Air If I was going to win one division of Thomas Cook’s “Explore the Elements” photography/blogger contest… I would vote “Air”. Not that got a vote. Nor did I have an expectation about the outcome. So, DANG I was surprised when that’s exactly what happened! I entered the Thomas Cook “Explore the Elements” contest…
Trading One Kind of Fire (and Camera) For Another I taught the hubs to photograph. It was a smart move. Really smart. Because not only do we get to go out and capture the world around us and marvel at how uniquely we each see the same moments… he also is really good at photographing…
Canon to Sony- It Begins I’ve been a Canon shooter for the past several years. But in November 2013, I went to Nashville along with a bunch of other bloggers, photographers and journalists to try the brand new, unreleased (at that time) Sony A7r, A7 and RX10. In fact, I wrote a blog piece for…