Every winter I anticipate the upcoming Spring and the arrival of wildflowers. This year, I was on high alert due to the amount and timing of the Fall & Winter rains in California, which hinted at excellent upcoming blooms down there. Then in late February reports started appearing of excellent blooms emerging in Death Valley. […]
Steens Mountain Fall Color, 2025
Every autumn I try to get out to Oregon’s Steens Mountain to shoot its aspen color. Steens’ groves display a beautiful spectrum of red (at highest elevations), orange, yellow, and still-green colored trees. This is unlike the aspens that I have seen elsewhere in the western states, in which most or all of a grove […]
Rafting the Grand Canyon & Other SW Adventures
My friend, Andy, the Starr Van and I spent a month in the Southwest in April & May. The trip’s impetus was a ten day photography workshop we signed up for last year to raft the Grand Canyon’s Colorado River. And we added 10 more days on both sides to explore other locales in the […]
Spring Road Trip
I spent the last 2 weeks of April on yet another road trip exploring the Southwestern U.S. and SE Oregon. I had the vague goal of visiting past favorite areas in more depth, while having my eyes & ears peeled for any significant flower blooms. Serendipity and the elements resulted in the following itinerary: * […]
Southern Patagonia Trip
In late April/early May I took my fourth trip to Southern Patagonia as part of a Marc Adamus photography workshop. Over two weeks we visited Argentina’s Fitz Roy range and then Torres del Paine & the fjords around Chile’s Puerto Natales. Unfortunately, almost the entire trip had terrible weather. But I was still able to […]