We recently celebrated Nicky's eleventh birthday. The fedora hat shown in this photo was one of the birthday presents he had requested. I don't know where he gets his sense…
Often in life it's really hard to do things that matter. In The War of Art Steven Pressfield calls the force that makes accomplishment so hard resistance: "Are you are writer…
What is it about reflections that draw us in? The initial fascination lies with the mirror world aspect of something reflected. Of course, the reflection is mostly like our world---but it differs.…
In a recent excellent and thought provoking online New York Times opinion piece Christine Wampler suggests that "irony is the ethos of our age." Wampler identifies advertising, politics, fashion and television…
There are so many reasons that I love to photograph waves. Waves are wild and free. It is hard to predict what a wave is going to do next. A…
I've been asked a great deal about my upcoming workshops. So here's the current rundown in terms of what's scheduled through mid-2013. My workshops take considerable amounts of my creative…
I'm pleased about some recent publications of my work. Ancient Music of the Stars, shown below, illustrates the month of December in the 2013 Nikon World calendar. Click here for…
When it comes to image conception and post-processing these days I seem to be thinking in opposites. In my image of the Triumph of the Wave (below) the breaking surf reforms…
Wandering on the slopes of Mount Tamalpais, high above Stinson Beach, the Bolinas lagoon, Duxbury Reef, and the open Pacific the seascape below was cloud-covered. As the sun began to…
I was lucky last week to spend a little time photographing at Point Lobos on the coast of California between Carmel and Big Sur. The weather was perfect: raining when…
I am very pleased and excited that Cameron + Company has published a 2013 wall calendar of my black & white photography of California. You can see the cover of…
Here's the video of my Creative Vision and Craft in Digital Photography presentation sponsored by Moab Paper at B&H in New York City. Please let me know what you think,…