Mark said he had to hike for four hours on a 100 degree day carrying his heavy 6 x 7 to get this stunning shot of La Calanque d’En-Vau in Provence.
Category: Photography
SATW Photographer of the Year
I have the incredible fortune to know one of the most gifted photographers alive – Mark Downey. Mark recently earned “Photographer of the Year” honors from the Society of American Travel Writers. He’s not only a fabulous photographer – he also writes. A truly gifted individual. Mark lives just 10 minutes away in Alameda. And…
Printing LARGE
My wife just told me that my blog is getting boring. She said, “You need more photos!” So, with apologies to those who have seen this image 10,000 times, I bring you my favorite shot from our last Bali trip. Why am I subjecting you to this shot again? Well, because I have decided to…
Greenwich Village Panorama
I took about 10 of these panoramas so that I’d be sure to get one that would stitch together nicely.
Nuclear Sunsets
Today’s Photos of the Day were shot at Salem Nuclear Plant near Salem, New Jersey and at the Farley Nuclear Plant near Dothan, Alabama. Most of you know that in my previous life I helped inspect nuclear plants. I always traveled to these plants with my camera. Unfortunately, even though I was in the industry…
Do Nothing Day
So we spent our Saturday doing (almost) nothing – and it was beautiful. We both loved it! Of course, that does not excuse me from my resposibility to post something to my blog! Guess it’s time to drag out another old image and call it Photo of the Day! I shot this 180 dgeree panorama…
Persistence Pays
My fans are demanding that I do some blogging. I have 80 pictures of a recent camping trip – four of which might make it to these pages. Sorry I-‘ve been really busy and really lazy lately. It’s just so much work to get my images ready for: Printing Uploading to Ofoto E-mailing Blogging Each…
Wish List Item Number 5
Here it is! The digital camera I’ve been dreaming about. Along with blistering speed and high resolution, this beauty can upload images to my network wirelessly – even while shooting! A major breakthrough – I want it now! After looking at the incredible 360 degree VR’s in my last post, I want to get started…
Unbelievably Cool VR Tours
Thanks to Carl Parkes for introducing me to this stunning web site. The site features breathtaking full-screen Quicktime VR images. The technical quaility of the images is the best I have seen, and the locations are amazing. The image that originally caught Carl’s eye is a full 360 degree view taken from the inside of…
Milwaukee’s Architectural Gem
I guess you all know that I’m from Wisconsin. Unfortunately, I haven’t been back to my home state since March – mainly ‘cuz I don’t travel in my new job. However, this year marks thirty years since I said goodbye to Burlington High School, and I have decided that I’m going to fly back for…
Photo of the Day
(With apologies to those of you who have seen these a squillion times.) Whenever I go back through my photos looking for so-called “classic” images, I always land on these – taken shortly after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. You may recall that the Bay Bridge was damaged and closed for a few months. During…
Singapore Panorama
I’m on a roll with the panoramic shots. I think they look pretty cool on my pages. My friend Bruce shot this from his hotel balcony while on a visit to Singapore.
More than a Pretty Picture
When my good friend Steve Wynd shot this, it was merely a spectacular night time shot of the New York skyline and some of mankind’s greatest engineering achievements…
Milwaukee County Stadium
While on the subject of cool panoramic photos shot by friends, today’s Shot of the Day comes from my pal Mark Chestnut, who lives in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He took this full 360 degree panorama when Milwaukee’s Miller Park was nearly completed. Look closely, and can just make out the the new park in the background.
World’s Third Highest Mountain
Not all of the pictures on this site were shot by me. This gorgeous panorama was taken by my friend Jim Davidson during a trek through northern India. Maybe I can get Jim to share a few thoughts about this – by far the best shot of Kanchenjunga I have ever seen.
A Better Digital Camera – Already??
Well, I have barely broken in my wife’s wonderful Canon G3, and along comes the new Canon PowerShot G5. It looks a lot like the G3 except for the number of pixels and the incredibly sexy black housing. I am tempted, but the number of pixels is not the only thing that matters in a…
Arizona Cactus
The story behind this shot begins on a trip to Arizona to inspect the Palo Verde Nuclear Plant. (Hmmm… fodder for future posts.) Anyway, I saw the heavy weather coming from my lonely hotel room, so I pointed my rental car out of town looking for a good spot to stop and shoot a totally…
What Is It?
I have been asked about this image many times in the years it’s been hanging on my wall. I’m sure I already told most of you that this is a long exposure (.5 seconds) of the World’s Largest Carousel. See it and much more at the World’s Crappiest Web Site™. If you decide to take…
Random Shot of the Day?
So, I just had an idea! *Bing* How about a random image of the day? This might be reason enough to get me to post more often, I’ve got thousands of pictures, and NO, the’ye NOT all of Kelly. Well, OK, she IS in the first official Random Shot of the Day, but at least…
Another Photographer in da Hood
Lst night while Andrew was here, we had a look at some of pictures he shot at Burning Man 2000. We came across so many fabulous shots that I was compelled to post a few of my favorites here.
Film Photography Ain’t Easy
As part of an informal project at work, I’m shooting high resolution photographs all of my company’s campuses. I got excellent results on the shots of our Emeryville office. Unfortunately, the shots I took this week of three buildings in Santa Clara are useless. Even though I carried a digital camera and shot numerous test…
Canon G3
I am often asked for recommendations on digital camera. I have never been able to provide a definitive answer – until now. I finally found a digital camera that I can recommend without reservation.