Nature photographer selected through rigorous juried system The international art website Artsy Shark this week selected me from among hundreds of applicants to be a featured artist. Artsy Shark receives about 1,200 applicants each year, but fewer than 200 are selected as featured artists, who are chosen through a competitive juried selection process. The Artsy […]
Amazing astrophoto combines beauty of Milky Way and Canyonlands National Park Canyonlands National Park is one of the most-stunning places I’ve ever visited. It’s also one of the darkest places in the United States during moonless nights. So capturing the Milky Way was on my to-do list during my November 2018 photo trip. I was […]
Amazing light-painted night photography shows camp deep in the Lake Maurepas swamp I’ve been cooped up in the office for weeks working on my new fine-art photography gallery. And awful weather prevented me from doing much outside anyway. So when the rains finally stopped falling and the winds subsided over the weekend, I threw my […]
Photo trip fulfills childhood desire Visiting the iconic area has long been on my bucket list — I can now say I’ve been there and done that. And it didn’t disappoint. Monument Valley is simply amazing. The first view, pictured above, is of the Mittens and Merrick Butte. It’s jaw dropping. The rock formations reach […]
New photography captures the vivid Milky Way over the sprawling Atchafalaya Basin swamps I recently headed out to the Atchafalaya Basin swamps to shoot nighttime photography of the beautiful area. My plan was to work on a new light-painting project, but that changed when I reached Grand Lake in the center of this sprawling swamp […]
Recent trip on Cherohala Skyway yields beautiful photos I was in Northeast Georgia recently working at the Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship, and when the tournament was over I looked around for a scenic route through the Smoky Mountains. And I found the perfect drive on the Cherohala Skyway, which runs from Robbinsville, N.C., […]
Swamp photo session offers experiment in light painting I have been in love with light painting photography for years, but over the past few months I’ve decided to get out and really learn the technique. On the face of it, it’s pretty easy: Go out in the middle of the night and use a flashlight […]
South Dakota prairie provides perfect sunset photo I love to capture a sunset photo almost as much as I love to shoot a sunrise. So when I looked out the door of Steffen’s Outdoor Expeditions’ lodge and saw beautiful layered clouds forming above Lake Oahe as the sun raced to the western horizon, I knew […]
Old Man Winter visits South Louisiana, offers unique snow photo opportunity I went to bed Dec. 7, 2017, promising my wife there was zero chance forecasts of snow at our Prairieville, La., home would pan out. I mean, the weathermen are wrong so many times I almost don’t listen to them any longer. When I […]
Everything lines up during photo adventure with new Florida friends I’ve shot photos on the edge of Lake Maurepas a number of times, but the great thing about nature is that every day is different. So when Florida photographer Gregg Thomas emailed asking about likely photo locations, I quickly agreed to serve as the guide […]