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Franken-Beseler
I love the Beseler 45 enlarger design. It is well built and easily found on the used market. The design is unique as it uses two columns for support rather than the more common single column. It is designed to attach to a metal table called an Adjust-Table, and rises...
Kodak 8×10 Restoration. Part I
Look what I found on EBay! It is a wooden Kodak 2-D 8x10 inch film, view camera. These were manufactured from 1920-1950 and were a real workhorse for professional photographers of the day. It looked like a lost puppy looking for a good home. I figured it would be a...
Sandstone Perfection. Coyote Buttes, Arizona
Words can really not describe this wonderful patch of sandstone in northern Arizona known as The Wave. The cross-bedded sandstone has created a photographer’s paradise of undulating ripples of perfectly formed lines. Due to the fragile nature of the area a very...
Fire of Cerberus. BLM Land, Nevada
I like making photographs of rocks! It never ceases to amaze me how erosion can create such incredible shapes. To some it seems like an odd subject, but often the search is the best part of the adventure. This scene is at the end of a very long dirt road visited by...
Morning Reflection. Herbert Lake Banff National Park, Canada
The Icefields Parkway is one of the most beautiful stretches of road I have ever seen. It’s 179 miles from Banff to Jasper, and one could spend a lifetime photographing here. To cover new areas like this I picked up a “cruising for snaps” routine from a photographer I...
Lizard Lake, near Marble, Colorado
Fall Is Here!
As the days get shorter and the temperature drops nature knows that winter will soon be here. Trees change color and unexpected weather can bring a sudden snow storm along with some great looking clouds. I'm often asked what inspires me to make photographs, fall is...
Why Black & White?
Some folks are surprised when I say I only make black and white photographs. I hadn't thought about it too much, I've shot color in the past, and I'm not color blind, but I am 100% focused on black and white photography at this point. The easy "artsy" answer of course...