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Life Support – Taken for granted

Life Support – Taken for granted

School of Horse-eyed jacks, Little Cayman, Caribbean Sea #FI-9587 In my last post, I mentioned a little bit about the difficulties in keeping track of all the things you need to be aware of when photographing underwater.   There is a lot to keep track of, but it...

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Right place at the right tide

Right place at the right tide

Being a midwesterner who rarely thinks about things like tide tables, that aspect wasn't immediately in my mind with our recent visit to California.    However, as I found out by "trial and error", it dramatically alters the ability to access certain areas...

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Houda Point | Pacific Gateway

Houda Point | Pacific Gateway

Pacific Gateway | Houda Point, Trinidad Bay, California For anyone who has read this blog for a while, you already know the love I have for the ocean.   As thrilling as walking through old-growth forests with towering Redwoods was, any time spent on the ocean created...

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Independence Day

Independence Day

Well, I started to write this post to try to tie in something about photography into the US holiday today, Independence Day.   I thought there were some parallels in the paths we take as photographers and those that founded this country took.  The writing started to...

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Underwater forests

Underwater forests

I imagine for most people, a walk through the forest is one that involves mostly observing trees and other plantlife, and an occasional animal.   Imagine just the reverse, where your field of vision is surrounded by animal life, and only an occasional plant or two.  ...

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