Ursa Major Since time immemorial, these pinpricks in the breach have marched across the heavens much as they do now. In the cities we may have blotted these lamps from the sky, but they burn there still; and, every once in a while, we are lucky enough to stand and see them dance. Here is...
The El Tovar It was about this time a year ago that I had the good fortune of spending a few days along the southern rim of Arizona’s Grand Canyon. As another year has passed, I couldn’t help myself but go through a few images and decided to post these. We stayed elsewhere for the...
New steps on the old path Back to the Grand Canyon. Back to the edge of the abyss in the dark of the night and into the bitter cold and snow-dusted edges of the Colorado plateau. I took the first two of these photographs from the very top of the Bright Angel Trail in the...
Powell Memorial. A trip to the Grand Canyon’s south rim in January means long light on the north rim during sunset and sunrise. One clear afternoon we headed out to the Powell Memorial just west of the Grand Canyon Village in order to catch some beautiful sunset light. The memorial is a granite altar and...
Luna This post is the final in a set of three detailing use of the moon in my photography. Here are links to the others. Luna I, the moon as a compositional element.Luna II, the moon as primary light source in frame.Luna III, moonshadows or, moonlight from out of frame. (today’s) The South Rim I...
