During February & March I took a 3+ week trip in the Starr van to the southwest U.S. The trip’s impetus was a 5 day Marc Adamus photography workshop to California’s Eastern Sierra & Death Valley that I signed up for last Spring. I had attended this same workshop in 2013 and later visited the […]
Southeastern Oregon with a New Camera
Canon’s digital camera sensor technology has significantly lagged their Sony & Nikon competition for about five years, and I have been repeatedly tempted to jump ship. My patience was finally rewarded when they introduced a industry-leading camera model last July — the mirrorless EOS R5. And, at the beginning of October, my long-ordered camera finally […]
Colorado Autumn Color
I have long wanted to explore Colorado’s aspen color in the autumn and this pandemic year seemed the ideal time. So, I headed out on a planned 2-3 week trip when color was reported happening. Unfortunately, I found the color to be spotty & subpar and returned home after only a week. See the trip’s […]
Virus-Shortened Roadtrip
In early March, Martha and I headed out in Starr for 1-1/2 weeks of visiting folks in Santa Fe and Tucson. She was then to fly home while I would continue on for another 2+ weeks of photographic explorations in the SW. And we had a fabulous time catching up with Berkeley & Marie & […]
Southwest Roadtrip
In early December I took advantage of Martha’s 3 weeks in India to take Starr on a 2 week trip to southern Arizona and western New Mexico. My itinerary was a long list of candidate locations and a desire to “go with the flow.” After a wonderful family Thanksgiving stop in San Francisco, I continued […]