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A Thousand Words – Hiking the Subway (Zion NP)

Posted on October 2, 2017

It’s been a decade or more since I last hiked into the Subway, a curving slot canyon a bit more than 4 miles from the North Creek Trailhead parking lot. Prior to that last hike I had done the journey … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Words – Last Rays on a Bighorn Ram

Posted on September 18, 2017

For several years shooting in Yellowstone I had trouble finding the Rocky Mountain Bighorn Rams that others seemed to photograph often. I would find sheep on Mt Washburn, sometimes down the mountain at Dunraven Pass, around the Golden Gate, and … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Words – The Wild Urban San Joaquin Kit Fox

Posted on August 30, 2017

When I lived in southern Utah in the late 1980’s I spent a lot of very early mornings driving out across the Beaver Dam Slope to photograph at the Lytle Ranch Nature Preserve. On nearly every drive I would encounter … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Words – Mesquite Dunes / Death Valley

Posted on August 23, 2017

Of all the colorful locations within Death Valley National Park to photograph, none gets me more excited than a hike into Mesquite Dunes, either at dawn or sunset. Because Mesquite Dunes is such a park attraction, most visitors spend at … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Words – The Quad Grizzly Cubs

Posted on August 8, 2017

The world that most wildlife live in is not a particularly forgiving environment. There are many factors that come into play in an animals survival – quality of food, parental care and upbringing, environment, and luck.  There are others as … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Words – Deer Mouse Extraordinaire

Posted on July 19, 2017

For quite awhile I’ve considered writing essays based on the English idiom “A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words” – and then selecting an image of a subject that might have some innate quality, something unique … maybe not in … Continue reading →

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My 25 Favorite Images from 2016

Posted on December 11, 2016

This is always my favorite blog post of the year.  I realize I don’t do enough blogging, but this is a one I look forward to do at this time of the year.  I hope everyone had a great year … Continue reading →

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Safari Report: 2016 Yellowstone Spring Safari

Posted on June 9, 2016

Wow.  That is the only word I could come up with to describe the 9 shooting days of safaris this spring, from May 29 to June 6 in Yellowstone National Park (YNP).  The weather continually shifted from cold, wet, and … Continue reading →

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The Process of Amazing Wildlife Photography

Posted on March 14, 2016

The word “process” is defined as: a series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end.  In wildlife photography the particular end we are seeking is capturing amazing moments – with the word “amazing” defined as: causing great … Continue reading →

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My Favorite 25 Wildlife Images of 2015

Posted on December 14, 2015

This is one of my favorite tasks each year, cull through the tens of thousands of images that made it into my stock library from all the photo safaris – and pick my favorites.  If you are a Facebook friend … Continue reading →

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