August 2021 – It is all about the light

The leaf of the Embaúba (Cecropia)

One of my favorite trees for photography in the Atlantic Rainforest of Brazil is the Embaúba (Cecropia). In this post I talk about this leaf and give tips on how to photograph it.

Sunset, Pedra de Itaipava (Itaipava’s Rock), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

This post is about a sunset taken at Pedra de Itaipava (Petrópolis, Brazil), during a long hike and with minimal equipment.

Serra dos Órgãos

“You need to drive 100 miles south to get the sun in the middle of the frame.”

Americana in Arcata

I found this vintage frame at a neighborhood in Arcata, California.

A somewhat late welcome to the most depressing time in California, Fire Season. Today we finally got our first “fire sky” here in the Central Valley. The sun peeps through a dense layer of smoke and throws a beautiful, golden light on things. From a photographer’s point of view, there is no better light. From theContinue reading “California Dreaming”

Pacific Dogwood Flowers at Big Trees, part two

Upon closer scrutiny of my photos from Calaveras, however, I did find a couple of photographs that succeeded in showing dogwood flowers in front of the Giant Sequoia.