Random Past Posts
Siena Sunflowers It's a myth that big sunflowers like this turn to follow the sun all day. They just face east. Apparently when they're tiny, they might turn (i.e., they're "heliotropic"), but not when they're mature. So if you want to photograph More...
New Zealand Roadtrip Of course New Zealand has plenty of famously beautiful spots, but maybe the most striking thing about it is just how pretty the 'ordinary' roadsides and countrysides are. I wound up with several images that hadn't found a 'home' in More...
Ladakh, India: Buddha on the Indus Most of my September trip to India was in the Ladakh region of Jammu & Kashmir, in far north India near the Pakistan border. Everything there -- the people, the terrain, and the religion -- looks more like Tibet than More...
Florida 2012: Coastal Dune Lakes Right behind some of the stunning beaches of Florida’s Walton County are some small lakes called “coastal dune lakes.” Apparently, this type of lake –- created by natural coastal sand dunes that act as dams to hold back freshwater More...
Fighting Irish Hanging on my living room wall is a framed copy of a November 1957 Sports Illustrated, with a picture of Sooner All-American Clendon Thomas on the cover. Back then, the Sooners were defending back-to-back national champs, they were riding More...