Journal

Welcome to my new website
Welcome to my new website
3/25/2023

I'm excited to finally launch a new website! It runs much faster than the old one and makes finding, selecting and purchasing photos and workshops much easier.

I've eliminated much of the clicking you had to do before to find photos...

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Tripod and head buying guide
Tripod and head buying guide
What to think about when buying a tripod

I think a tripod is one of the most important pieces of equipment a photographer has. I shoot over 95% of my photos with my camera on a tripod. Yes, even street photography...

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My Favorite Photos of 2022
My Favorite Photos of 2022
12/31/2022

I don’t particularly like year-in-review stuff, especially on TV news where they are just filling time with cheap content. But I think it is a good exercise to go back and see what I shot and see what I can learn from it...

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Who doesn't love a good snowstorm?
Who doesn't love a good snowstorm?
Dec. 22, 2022

Not much makes me happier than knowing a good snowstorm is coming. It is my favorite time to get out and make some photos. I love what happens during a snowstorm, most people stay inside, so they aren’t in my way...

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So Long Neighbor
So Long Neighbor
Dec. 7, 2022

When we bought our house in Woodstock, one of the first people to greet us was neighbor Ducky Freeman. Greet may be a bit strong, I think her first goal was to make sure the house wouldn’t be occupied by a bunch of hell raisers or somebody who change the neighborhood...

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Getting to know the people of Peru
Getting to know the people of Peru
Nov. 12, 2022

I just finished a wonderful 10 days in Peru. Lima is a cool city, it is modern and hectic but there is plenty of ancient history. Even though the city is surrounded by desert, it is cloudy most of the year and a light mist could fall at any time...

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Machu Picchu and Pachamama
Machu Picchu and Pachamama
Nov. 8, 2022

I’ve always heard about Machu Picchu and how incredible it is and how amazing Incas built it high in the mountains by hand and how it was lost for hundreds of years. It is all of that and much more...

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Visiting true Inca descendents
Visiting true Inca descendents
Nov. 6, 2022

Today we made a special trip, winding through a narrow mountain ride, climbing until we got to the village of Willoq. The community, it is thought, maintains a direct line of the last Incas and consequently is one of the last towns where you can see the living culture of Peruvian ancestries...

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Guinea pig diplomacy
Guinea pig diplomacy
Nov. 5, 2022

Guinea pigs are a bit of a delicacy in Peru and they didn’t seem too appetizing to me. As we were driving in a small village, Fernando pulled our van over in front of a little restaurant that had guinea pigs roasting on skewers outside...

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