Not for your hands, of course. A much larger pair. I'd be very surprised if you haven't seen these formations before, either in photos or in person. They're the West and East Mitten Buttes, two very distinctive features found in…
Glacier National Park Trip: Part 2 At the end of Part 1, Riding the rails, I included a picture my wife took of me staring out the window of the Empire Builder, camera in hand, watching the countryside pass by. …
If you're not a sailor, the usual route to Rock Island starts with a drive north on Wisconsin Highway 42 to the tip of the Door County peninsula. There you can take a car ferry from Northport to Washington Island. …
If you follow me on Facebook you already know this. I was recently asked to post a nature photo on Facebook every day for a week as part of the #challengeonnaturephotography. It was a challenge because it was difficult to…
This post is not about the Civil War, it's about Grand Canyon National Park. The Grand Canyon is, of course, a very popular park with visitors from around the world. It was the second most visited National Park in the…
It's difficult to imagine something made out of rock as being delicate, but Delicate Arch in Arches National Park seems to fit that bill rather well. I've hiked out to it several times over the years and have always been…
I'm not sure why old buildings, old cars, and other old things appeal to photographers. Although I can't speak for other photographers, I've seen enough pictures of these subjects to know that I'm certainly not alone on this. Maybe they…
I get out to Las Vegas every year or two. If you follow this blog you may have read previous posts on Viva Las Veglass, Model behavior in Las Vegas and A walk down the strip. Since I don't gamble and don't…
When I photograph a sunset I don't usually plan to turn my back to the sun and orient my camera vertically. Sometimes, however, you just have to go with the flow. Earlier in the week I was in Three Lakes,…