Earlier this month I captured the setting of the super moon from our Bend house. Super Moonset Gallery
New Software & Hosting for Website
After technical struggles with GoDaddy’s hosting service, I have moved this website to BlueHost. This should provide both better performance and an easing of my efforts. At the same time, I upgraded the site’s software to The Turning Gate’s latest release, BackLight Pangolin, which provides even better “responsive” high-quality image display on all devices.
Total Eclipse
Since our Bend house was about 20 miles outside the eclipse’s path of totality, we drove 30 miles to Black Butte Ranch which was about 10 miles inside the path. Fortunately we were able to stay with Portland friends, Gale and Roger, and their lovely family and have a very sane, uncrowded viewing site on […]
Owens Valley, Death Valley, Valley of Fire, & White Pocket
I am finally getting around to posting images from a productive two week March photography outing with Bend friend, Andy. The impetus for trip was a 5 day photography workshop in eastern California, lead by Erin Babnik and Ted Gore. I have long admired both Erin and Ted’s work, and last year I enjoyed an […]
Columbia Gorge Waterfalls in the Fall
One of the best times to photograph in the Columbia Gorge is during fall color. So this year I patiently waited through a record wet October, hoping that a weather window would open before fallen leaves rotted. Finally, right at October’s end, 2 to 3 days of relatively dry weather were forecast and off to […]