ENTRY DESCRIPTION
I anticipated arriving at the Death Valley Mesquite dunes to find high contrast morning light. Instead, I found it overcast and raining. When presented with such a flat and somewhat anticlimactic situation, I changed the focus of my thinking to shooting the wide open soft light. Fortunately, there was enough variation in the clouds that combined well with the subtle texture of the dunes.

AUTHOR
After close to 40 years of tinkering with the camera, I think I am finally starting to get it. A friend recently told me (as he was quoting another photographer), if you want to create better photographs, stand in front of better subjects!
I smiled at this simple but true statement. I wish it were that simple for me. I have to work hard at controlling the variables that can be controlled. For me, it takes thoughtful planning to make sure I put myself in the right place at the right time. Of course, a little serendipity mixed with vision helps. Needless to say, photography continues to be a wonderful journey. It began with an “Introduction to Photography” course my freshman year in college and moved forward through the kind words from Bob Kolbrener who studied and taught with Ansel Adams in Yosemite. Eventually, I ventured into the commercial world, shooting fashion and tabletop professionally and ultimately winning several national advertising awards. Today the art and creative expression of photography is personally more fulfilling than ever.

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