Tag: Golden Hours

  • Moon Madness

    I must be obsessed with the moon lately writing two posts in a row about the moon. Yesterday I joined others from the Tacoma Mountaineers photo group in shooting the full moon from Gig Harbor. Actually, yesterday was the day before the full moon, or what some call the Photographers Moon, since it looks full…

  • Communing with Rocks

    I’m a geologist by training. So it comes as no surprise that I like taking photos of rocks. And no surprise I like taking trips to the American Southwest, which has some of the best rock formations in the world. Of all the rock exposures in the Southwest, the Bisti Badlands, perhaps, contains the best…

  • Spring Forward (Part 1)

    I find it hard to get out of bed in the morning. Whatever time that alarm goes off, I still want just five more minutes. Please, just five more! So it may be a surprise to learn that I love it when Daylight Savings Time begins. How’s that, you might ask; isn’t it “spring forward,…

  • Above North Bend

    The golden hours, those right around sunrise and sunset, are magical for photographers. This image of the ridge line above North Bend was taken at sunrise from a Safeway parking lot as we waited to meet the others in our snowshoeing group a couple of weeks ago. That early morning light is so very sweet!