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Chasing Light

Chasing Light: Autumn in Iceland

Sometimes we travel to chase light, and just about a year ago, I had the chance to visit Iceland, a dream destination for a shutterbug.

Chasing Light: Things to come …

  I know it seems a little early to post ice pictures, but I wanted to give you shutterbugs a chance to plan a trip...

Chasing Light: Reflections

  If photography is about chasing light, then taking pictures of rainbows distills that pursuit down to its essence. The arcs of pure light that...
honeybee Colorado

Chasing Light: Closeup

I'm a cheapskate photographer so I have never owned a true macro lens, just some zooms with a "sort-of" macro capability, as well as...

Chasing Light: Eyecandy

I've been playing around with the iPhone's panoramic setting for a while, trying to find the sweet spot, where I end up with high quality and high resolution images while getting a big slice of the landscape into the frame.

Chasing Light: Flower power

The last few nights (and even the days) have been chilly in the high country, where we're half expecting to wake up to a...

Chasing Light: San Juan sojourn

  A couple of weeks ago, my 16-year-old son and I trekked to the San Juan Mountains in southwest Colorado to interview Chris Landry, director...
Clavaria purpurea

Chasing Light: Forest reefs?

  Sometimes when I'm way in the woods, lost deep in a search for wild mushrooms I get the distinct feeling that I'm underwater, in...
Rocky Mountain National Park

Chasing Light: Rocky Mountain National Park

A long day chasing mountain scientists around Rocky Mountain National Park yielded a handful of decent images, but it's hard to take a bad...

Chasing Light: Full moon quest

  With all the hullabaloo over this month's supermoon, it's worth pointing out that moonrise is spectacular any month. I've been trying to get the...