I’ve been a very casual/occasionally more serious photographer since I was a teenager, but the thing that really changed everything was seeing 399 in the Tetons in 2023. It was my first workshop. I really wanted to see a grizzly, and our chances of seeing any grizzly at all were about 5%. I actually was…
I’ve noticed lately that I’m noticing a lot more. This morning I (still healing from back surgery and not yet carrying a big lens and camera) took my phone downtown and shot ICM architecture for a few hours. I had a great time and got some interesting photos to look at tonight. Before that, I…
Last night I processed five photos from my trip to Maine last September. I took some uninterrupted time to look at photos from the workshop that I had not picked during the first round of processing. Trying to see them more attentively, to see if there were important things I’d missed. And there were. A…
Highlights from the Nature Photo Retreats Workshop This was my first big trip after injuring a lower back disc in December and I was worried about carrying the gear, the long hours, etc. – but it was fine. I had no issues with the new lighter OM System gear or the hours walking, standing and…
Highlights from the Greater Prairie Chicken Tour This was actually my second Greater Prairie Chicken Tour with the town of Wray. The first time I went with my husband (who gamefully drove the 3 hours to Wray and back and got up at 4:30 am with no complaining) in 2022. That time, we loved the…
On Feb. 2 I took my camera (with the 100-400mm lens) to a local park where we’d seen a lot of redheads the day before. Most of the reservoir was iced over but there was still room in the middle for a lot of waterfowl. Once again – I saw dozens of redheads, along with…
I didn’t switch systems because OM System was ‘better.’ I switched because it was the right fit for the way I shoot today. I’ve loved Fuji for a long time – ever since I did a photography workshop back in 2014 or so in Rocky Mountain National Park (which is just about an hour away)….
Every once in a while, a bird surprises me – not by doing anything dramatic, but simply by being someone special. That’s what happened the morning I photographed this female black phoebe at Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, a top birding spot near Davis, CA. At first glance she looked like any other phoebe: quick tail-flicks,…
Field Notes from the World’s Largest Bald Cypress Swamp I spent four days (well – two and a half, actually) at Caddo Lake at the start of November, exploring a part of the country I’d only seen in photographs – the kind of shots that look more like dream sequences than actual places. Caddo Lake…
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