Locations

Infrared Heaven in the US Southwest

I had been planning a trip to the US from the UK for quite a while with the main intention of shooting Infrared, but the question was ‘where shall I go?’ I ended up trying to decide between two different trips. One was to head north from Phoenix and take in the Grand Canyon, Arches, […]

The First Time

We have long been used to the idea that our images improve as we gain greater familiarity with the locations that we photograph. Well, maybe. I am so familiar with places such as Delicate Arch, Badwater and Old Faithful that walking up to each of them almost seems like coming home. It’s familiar; it’s comfortable. […]

Black & White

For better or worse, I am known for my color photographs. The great majority of them come in two flavors: both softly lit, warm-toned images made with the sun near the horizon, whether morning or evening, and bright, contrasty, saturated shots.  However, my roots have always been in Black & White. Like most of us […]

Bishop Castle

What if I told you I visited a  mythical castle, .. in the Colorado mountains.  No, I wasn’t sampling the local legal organic crop.   There really is a medieval style Castle, named Bishop Castle outside of Pueblo Colorado in the mountains.         And, . . .  it is not a small sand castle, but rather […]

Using my IR camera in Peru

For me, the beauty of photography is in the interpretation of subject matter, not in the attempt at representing the “reality” of subject matter, an impossible goal. I chose to make this image with my IR camera to lighten the leaves on the trees, at Saqsaywaman in Cusco, Peru, in order to give a feeling […]

Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge

Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge Each year around Thanksgiving you’ll find the Festival of the Cranes in Socorro, New Mexico. If you enjoy photographing wildlife, particularly birds, you will love a trip to the Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge which is where you’ll find oodles of birds about twenty minutes down the road from Socorro. […]