“IS THAT REAL OR WAS IT ‘PHOTOSHOPPED’ ?’   “Is that really what it looked like?”  “Did you Photoshop that?”  These are the kinds of questions that are often asked of photographers and some of the kinds of questions I got after returning from the trip to Oregon and Washington.  The fact is that […]

Photography Workshop Matera, Italy May 8 – 13, 2015 It is not often that you will have an opportunity to visit an absolutely amazing location that has not already been the subject of thousands of photographers’ best efforts, is free of swarms of tourists, and is conveniently located near some of the most wonderful parts of Italy. […]

I love Hawaii.  What’s not to love.  Warm weather all year around, great beaches, warm weather, spectacular snorkling, volcanoes, rain forests, and wonderful golf courses.  One of the problems with Hawaii is that everyone loves it, which leads to more and more wonderful hotels and condos, more and more restaurants and golf courses.  Not that […]

  The Hana Highway is one of the most spectacular roads in the world.  It winds for over sixty miles along the northeast flank of Haleakala National Park, hundreds of feet over the spectacular rocky Maui coastline,  past waterfalls cascading next to the road,  and through verdant tropical rainforest dotted with the red blooms of […]

  I was sitting on the white pontoon river running raft as it was pushed from the shore of the Colorado River at Lee’s Ferry.  I would be spending ten days and nine nights on the River as it cut first through Marble Canyon and then the Grand Canyon – sleeping next to the river, […]

  My son Danny and I have gone on backpacking trips in the Eastern Sierra every summer since he was seven years old.  He is now thirty-two, which means that we have had a little time to explore a lot of the backcountry, from Lone Pine north to the Sonora Pass.  These trips have taken […]