July 31, 2022
Mono Lake Tufa State National Reserve marks the western border of the Great Basin, a region of contiguous endorheic watersheds, meaning those with no outlets to a river or ocean. The Eastern border is Utah’s Great Salt Lake. Because these waters are at a standstill, a whole range of different natural Read more…
Ancient Bristlecone Pines are the oldest living organisms in the world. Yes, in the world! Located in the Inyo National Forest near California’s Eastern Sierras, catching a glimpse of them was a definite must for me as I passed through the amazing U.S. 395. To have the chance to walk Read more…
July 30, 2022
I was overwhelmed with the beauty of Alabama Hills. The images below capture some of it, but not the feel of the air, the scent, the feel that enveloped me. Unexpectedly, I was taken aback by this destination. I hope to return sooner than later. My rental car looking snazzy. Read more…
July 28, 2022
It is really difficult to capture the beauty of these trees with the camera. But that doesn’t mean I won’t try. During the beautiful blue hour I began shooting them and I continued until my hunger pangs won the battle. Meet Joshuas. It is when they are plentiful and layered Read more…
July 27, 2022
Looking at these shots from my evening at Joshua Tree National Park, I am grateful I pushed myself to darkness when my body was calling for a motel room. I had originally planned to camp near Mojave, where I spent the day in the sun. But the forecast for the Read more…
July 15, 2022
When I saw this rock at Chimney Bluffs State Park in April, I knew I would be returning for a sunset mermaid shoot. And though there were more clouds during our eventual visit, the subtle sunset proved to be perfect for the shoot I had dreamed up in my mind. Read more…
July 10, 2022
To follow, my successful Milky Way mission at Hemlock Lake Park, just 40 minutes outside Rochester. Though the bright moon was at 86%, it went down around 3 a.m. The pictures I took before this presented as daytime. And though you can see its glow at the horizon still, the Read more…
Fairy Trails are one of the newest things I hunt for when I travel. They capture a whimsicalness that I find to be reaffirming and balancing. Within the efforts related to their creation, upkeep and popularity, a nurturing of a childish belief in magic, goodwill, and simple wonder. It is Read more…
June 28, 2022
It has been a while since I saw the Milky Way. So I was delighted to see it immediately as we trekked to the dark secluded sky of Cutchogue’s Nassau Point, on Long Island’s North Shore. Though it sat ontop of one of the very lavish homes in the area, Read more…
June 14, 2022
June’s full supermoon, the Strawberry Moon, means summer is a-coming. I want to tell you interesting things about this moon, but I haven’t been able to find anything more than the usual–it’s name is tied to the availability of seasonal fruit. So I am going to make up something about Read more…
May 5, 2022
Though the nearby interstate borders it, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge is wild. Wild as in the life within does its own thing, despite your want to observe it. And since this visit was a first, an blind exploration, my next would be with binoculars. For my efforts, a rainbow beaming Read more…
April 30, 2022
A Great Lake is a powerful thing. Powerful enough to play about with the land at its will, as if it were some toy in its toy chest. The result, beautiful spires made by partial collapse, persistent peaks that battle honorably before tumbling to shore, tree trunk splayed like pick Read more…
April 18, 2022
With a really big moon shining like the sun blotting out the Milky Way’s galactic core, I was only able to catch some stars briefly before the moon past the horizon. It was a bummer, but the Milky Way season is a long one… and at this early point in Read more…
I don’t mind climbing to the top of a mountain… in a car. And that is where Sandia National Scenic Byway takes you… the Sandia Crest at an altitude of over 10,000. Just a short drive from Albuquerque, New Mexico, the drive offers a view of the entire area. Fun Read more…
February 26, 2022
I ❤️ Fairbanks, Alaska. It’s official.
February 24, 2022
Having acclimated to driving about Fairbanks with some confidence, the perceived barrier of distance dissipated. I would travel south to enter the mouth of the Castner Glacier. And the 2 hour and 45 minute drive was gorgeous, with glimpses of Denali, the tallest mountain in the Northern hemisphere, and the Read more…
February 23, 2022
As you may very well imagine, the tourist draw of a hot spring within the near-arctic is pretty high. But don’t think you will need to stay at the Chena Hotsprings Resort to enjoy them. You can come just for the springs, paying $15 at the pool house that leads Read more…
February 21, 2022
After a long day of travel, I arrived in Fairbanks at 2 a.m. But before the excitement of that moment, there was a lot of staring out airplane windows at pretty frost forming. The white in the cracks of the country below Saying goodbye to the Lower 48 as I Read more…
November 13, 2021
Finding beauty in Florida is very easy. As I settle back into a real November in New York, some pictures from the Sunshine State. The first beach stop is always the most powerful: A quick spontaneous stop at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge–the FIRST National Wildlife Refuge in the country, Read more…
September 25, 2021
It’s not November, but September that spawns a monster. The month is marked with a slightly traumatizing transition… the surrender of freedom for employment. And this year it was quite literal. While I adjust and attempt to balance the demands, here is the moon… September’s full Harvest Moon, which seems Read more…
July 22, 2021
Even more into the green now, I’d spend my third night without running water in the gorgeous Spruce Knob Lake within the Monongahela National Forest, driving up to the highest elevation of the state. With starry eyes, I thought I’d see the stars best here–but weather was uncooperative once again Read more…
July 21, 2021
Did you know there is a National Radio Quiet Zone? The National Radio Quiet Zone restricts Earthly radio transmissions to maximize radio data from outer space. This means NPR wasn’t coming in too clear on my drive to Green Bank Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia. Similar to the field Read more…
July 20, 2021
After staying two nights in a hotel, I had a massive neck ache from terrible pillows. But waking up each morning in my tent, I felt euphoric. Perhaps it was how isolated my campground was, The Brooklyn Campground (teehee) near the Cunard River Access area of New River Gorge National Read more…
July 13, 2021
Happened to see these fields as I head to Middletown for some food, so I stopped in to trespass in the sunflower fields. This was a field out front for you to pick your own… No one was around, but me and the sunflowers… until the farmer on the tractor Read more…
July 12, 2021
One thing to take note of when driving on the backroads of Vermont while using Google Maps GPS… they don’t really care if they put you on a steep dirt road winding into the mountains like the long driveway of some geezer living off the grid barely. That is how Read more…
