Close to Home
Note (November 2022): this post was in my draft folder for years! It’s from 2015, and I “found” it while repairing broken links in my long-neglected blog. For me, at least, it was nice to read my old thoughts… So here it is! On a Thursday a few weeks ago, the weather forecast was for […]
Iguazu
Iguazu Falls was just one of the many beautiful places we visited on our almost-three-week trip to South America. (A day-by-day account of our full trip is here, on my other website, visiblewind.com.) A wonderful quote regarding Iguazu is from Eleanor Roosevelt, who reportedly exclaimed “Poor Niagra”! It is spectacular, indeed. And huge! The above image […]
Road to Applecross
My wonderful photography workshop with Colin Homes this past March in Scotland left me with lots of beautiful images. And I believe there are still some “keepers” that I’ve yet to process. (I always process my images with Lightroom and often Photoshop as well. And for black and white images — like this one — I […]
Potomac, Rocks
I had a “Friday off,” and decided to get up (somewhat) early to visit the Great Falls area of the Potomac River. I live in Virgina, in the Washington D.C. suburbs, and have often made the trip to Great Falls National Park, which is on the Virginia side of the Potomac. But this Friday I […]
Glencoe Snow & Falls
I’m slowly working my way through my photos from a wonderful photography workshop with one of my favorite photographers, Colin Homes, in the Scottish Highlands. (A few details about the trip, and a few photos, are here, in a previous blog post.) This Glencoe scene — of Buachaille Etive Mor in the distance, and small […]
Scotland Photography with Colin Homes
I had an absolutely wonderful trip to Scotland at the end of March. I took lots of photos, and am (finally!) posting a few of them here. More to come as I work through them. The trip was a workshop with one of my absolute favorite photographers, Colin Homes, of Edinburgh. (He has another Website here.) And it […]
Small Falls
I live not too far from Shenandoah National Park, in Virginia. It’s a great place for a hike — and for photography! I particularly like its streams and waterfalls. This image was taken along Cedar Run, which is one of my favorite places in park. (Although, despite having visited the park many times over quite […]
Icelandic Flow
Another black & white conversion — this one from Iceland, taken in July of last year. We visited the spectacular and dramatic Gullfoss on a rainy day. Despite the challenges of keeping my camera dry, the rain and mist made for moody scene, which was a treat to photograph. This “small” scene was just upstream […]
The Drop
This photo is from a wonderful hike we took in Acadia National Park along the “Gorge Trail,” following Kebo Brook, which flows north in a valley between Cadillac and Dorr Mountains. It’s a spectacular trail — in an intimate way — with numerous small and beautiful cascades. The reddish granite rocks — Cadillac Mountain Granite — are […]
A local treasure
I live a few hours from Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, which I have visited many times over the years. I recently discovered this falls in the park – Rose River Falls – which is now one of my local favorites. This photo is from late June of this year. I particularly like the stillness of […]
A waterfall, and rain, in Iceland
Gullfoss is an amazing and huge waterfall in Iceland. This image was taken on a rainy day, so keeping my camera and lens dry was a continual challenge. But I think the falling rain combined with the rising mist added some moody drama to the scene, which I like. No complaints! This falls is powerfully […]
Brúarárfoss
I went on an amazing photo workshop in Iceland last month, led by two great photographers and teachers, Richard Bernabe and Joe Rossbach. The full workshop group had a fantastic time, and each of us now has a great set of new friends. This waterfall, Brúarárfoss (foss = falls), which Richard had scoped out last year, […]