“Watch the birds, they’ll tell you where it’s coming!” yelled Mike, the first mate of the Misty. Suddenly, the flock of seagulls dives toward a point on the water, as five 40-ton giants of the sea came blasting through the surface, mouths gaping wide open to gorge themselves with fish. Then, the team of hunters catches its breath, and dives down for another run. Before our tour of the Kenai ...
How to Avoid Having Bad Weather Ruin Everything
As I said in my previous overview about the Alaska trip, I’d had a good run. A really good run, in fact. Cassie and I have had insanely good weather on our trips for years now, so I think the reason I was so dumb in Alaska is due to complacency. She was complaining she didn't have enough clouds for our pictures. I had some serious weather karma going on, I flaunted it, and was severely punished by ...
The #1 Reason Why You Should Learn to Use Adobe Photoshop
I've been using Adobe Photoshop for more than ten years though I never learned to do much with it beyond very basic photo editing–light/dark balance, cropping, etc. Also, the software has changed pretty dramatically since I first picked it up, so last month I enrolled in a course at a local community college to learn to utilize some of the more advanced features. This week I discovered the ...
Chilean Home Cooking in a Chilean Home (With Recipes!)
I realized this week that I haven't written much about Valparaiso, the colorful and gritty port city in Chile that I fell head over heels for. How could I not? The brilliantly hued houses, murals and mosaic street art, historic trolley-buses and especially the funiculars--more than 20 of these vertical rail lines climb the hills all over the city! But even with all of this beautiful urbanity, ...
Alaska Update (Or, An Invite to Fish Dinner at Our Place)
I’m back from Alaska, and while there were a few weather-related disappointments, the trip was a smashing success. My dad, brothers and I had a great time and we fished for 6 days straight. We brought home a whopping 262 lbs of sockeye salmon and halibut! Our freezer is full—friends, please come join us for one heck of a fish dinner, whenever you can! When the salmon are running, the Kenai ...
Rodeo Beach – Sausalito, CA
I love this photo! It was taken from a trail overlooking Rodeo Beach in Sausalito, CA. It was so simple, adding a little bit of soft detail to the otherwise rugged coast of Marin County. This is probably my first successful attempt to intentionally use a shallow depth of field in a photograph, so I'm pretty proud of it. Foto Friday is a series where I go back through my archives to share photos ...
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