Thursday, February 29, 2024

A peaceful force

Wave Action, Cape Disappointment, Washington

I’m fortunate to live in a area with so many distinctive landscape features. I could recognize Mount Rainier, certain waterfalls, or parts of the Pacific Northwest coast from rough sketches.

While their defining characteristics are burned into my memory, they were not always that way. Just as my hair has changed color over the decades, so, too, have their appearances. One of the ways I find tranquility in nature is to slow down and watch that change at work.

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

5 Minutes in Nature: Always something new

Dusk, Marina Beach, Edmonds, Washington

I don’t make New Year’s resolutions, but I do have something of a New Year tradition. One of my first pictures of the year is typically from the waterfront a half dozen miles from my home.

Friday, December 29, 2023

2023 in review

Temblor Range and Wildflowers, Carrizo Plain National Monument, California

As another year draws to a close, it’s time for an annual tradition: a review of my work from the past 12 months.

Thursday, December 21, 2023

Thursday, November 30, 2023

Swimming with green sea turtles

Green Sea Turtle Taking Breath, Avaavaroa Passage, Rarotonga, Cook Islands

I really needed just one picture of a green sea turtle for an upcoming project, but pictures are often better when I get the chance to know my subject on a deeper level. And I’m very thankful for the hours I got to spend with the turtles off Rarotonga in the Cook Islands.

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

An annular solar eclipse

Annular Solar Eclipse in Progress, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah

October is a month for all things spooky, so in some ways it’s only fitting that earlier this month I got to witness an annular solar eclipse, a celestial event that for a fair amount of it the sun resembles a sickle.

Saturday, September 30, 2023

Playing favorites

Young Raccoons on Branch, King County, Washington

We all have favorite things. A favorite color. Perhaps a favorite flower. Or maybe a favorite bird.

The flip side of that is that we also have things we hate. Or at least strongly dislike. One of the things I have been working through is whether the things that have made it on my dislike list really deserve to be there.