Bar Harbor & Acadia National Park
In June 2018 Susan and I spent a couple of days at Bar Harbor and touring the beautiful rocky Maine coast in and around Acadia National Park (the only National…
Northern California 2018
Now that I'm a resident of Wisconsin, I come to the San Francisco Bay Area from time to time to visit my Mom and my siblings. This allows day excursions…
2017 Highlights
2017 was a year of major change as Susan and I moved from Walnut Creek, California to our new home in Madison, Wisconsin in the Spring. As usual, we spent…
Grand Staircase-Escalante, Bristlecone Pine, Kolob Canyon
There is much more to see and photograph than Zion and Bryce Canyon in southern Utah. Grand Staircase—Escalante National Monument (not Park) occupies much of south central Utah—vast and less…
Bryce Canyon National Park
We photographed another two days at Bryce. This park couldn't be more different than Zion—except for the color of the rock. At more than 8000 feet above sea level our dawn shots were…
Zion National Park
In November 2017 my friends, Jerry, Joel, Dennis, and I traveled to southwestern Utah and photographed two days at Zion National Park. Autumn was almost over and hints of winter lurked…
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta
Ostensibly the most photographed event on the planet, the week-long Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta occurs on the first week of October. The mountains surrounding Albuquerque make it an ideal spot for ballooning…
Sandwich Glass Museum
You might think what could be more boring than a museum devoted to glass objects made in Sandwich, Massachusetts during the 19th century? Actually, the Sandwich Glass Museum is fascinating and…
An Excursion in Black & White
Between 1968 and 1976 I photographed mostly in black and white because that's what I could afford. Black and white photography can be more challenging than color since the impact of…
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2016 Highlights
During 2016 I was able to make photographs in a wide variety of places: from Redwood National Park in far northern California to Nubble Lighthouse on the coast of Maine—and a…
Borges Ranch — Walnut Creek, CA
The Parks Department of the City of Walnut Creek features a working ranch in the Mt. Diablo foothills. It is the trailhead for an entire panoply of trails in the…
Autumn in the Berkshires
The Berkshire Mountains are the western "outback" of Massachusetts. But they are not wilderness, and towns such as Lee, Lenox, and Stockbridge have been around for hundreds of years retaining their…
New England in the Fall
We spent September and the first half of October at our home in Wareham on the South Coast of Massachusetts. Various photographic opportunities, ranging from the Wareham River across the…
Along Interstate 80
Stretching 2900 miles from San Francisco to Teaneck New Jersey, just outside New York City, Interstate 80 has few notable landmarks—natural or manmade—along its route. Between Omaha and Northern California, the highway effectively…
The Milky Way at Ned’s Point
It was a beautiful, clear night at Mattapoisett. The waning moon would not rise until after midnight. Happily, the southwest view from Ned's Point, where we would see the Milky Way,…
Minuteman National Historic Park
The rain was pretty much over—just a gentle sprinkle—when I arrived at Minuteman National Historic Park that runs along Massachusetts 2A between Lexington and Concord. Stopped first at Hartwell Tavern, which…
Moonrise at Ned’s Point
Ned's Point Lighthouse at the eponymous point in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts provides a wonderful vantage point to watch the sunset to the west and the moonrise to the east.
Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge in its normal "up" position.
Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge
Built in 1933, the Cape Cod Railroad Bridge is a marvelous mix of precise engineering and rugged construction. There are only a few vertical lift bridges of this design in…
Nubble Lighthouse
Nubble Lighthouse, York, Maine
After a short but beautiful drive a few miles up the Maine coast and past York Harbor, I reached the famous lighthouse that sits on an island just a few…
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Rockport, Massachusetts
Perched at the top of Cape Ann some 40 miles north of Boston, Rockport has long been a tourist attraction. Its snug harbor, highlighted by a red fishing (or lobster)…