Nature Photography Workshop – OSU Mansfield Ohio Campus

CAPTURING NATURE’S WONDERS
Photography Workshop – OSU – Mansfield Ohio
October 15, 2016 – 9:00 am to 8:00 pm

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I am excited. My nature photography workshop in Ohio is next month.

Come spend a fun, exciting, action-packed day learning how to take your photography to the next level. In the intensive classroom explorations you will learn the steps that make the difference between ordinary snapshots and extraordinary images. Minutes later you will be practicing those steps with your own camera. Learn the secrets of the pros and apply their tips and techniques to create your own eye-popping images.

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Colorado Fall Color Travel Guide – 2016

Mt. Sneffels from County Road 7 - Dallas Creek. October 3.

Mt. Sneffels and the Sneffels Range from County Road 7 (East Dallas Creek), Colorado. October 3, 2014.

Welcome to my Colorado fall color travel guide with 104 photos and 17 maps. I cover some of the best known fall color locations in Colorado, and one real gem of a road that is mostly unknown to photographers and leaf peepers. Spend anywhere from a weekend to three weeks exploring the beautiful Colorado Rockies at a gorgeous time of year.

This article is updated and re-posted every year. To find the most recent version, go to the Favorites/Most Popular page and look for the name of this article.

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Chip East Reflects on his Friend, Bill Biggart’s Last Photos from 9/11

Photographer Chip East was staring intensely at his laptop screen.

It was two weeks after two jetliners had plowed into the towers of the World Trade Center. His good friend, photojournalist Bill Biggart’s body had been recovered from the rubble. His personal effects, including his cameras had been released by authorities to his widow, Wendy.

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Remembering 9/11


Photo by James Nachtwey for TIME magazine.

On this date, fifteen years ago, we experienced a great national tragedy in the United States. Not only in the lives that were lost in the terrorist attacks, the families torn asunder, and the emergency responders who suffered terrible health problems as a result of working at the scene – but also in the way we view ourselves and our world.

In remembrance of that day, and to honor the lives that were lost, I am posting some tributes.

My Image as Tiana Hunter’s Facebook Profile Picture

August 11 screen capture from Tiana Hunter's Facebook page.

August 11 screen capture from Tiana Hunter’s Facebook page.

For several weeks (from August 11 until this afternoon, September 9) professional model Tiana Hunter has been using an image from our most recent photo shoot as her profile image on Facebook. She is a first class professional model, one of the best I have ever worked with, so it gives me a great deal of professional satisfaction to have her appreciate my work.

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