I put together my current pc way back in 2011. At that time, it kinda rocked. It has 6 cores in a fast processor and plenty of RAM. The motherboard was fairly high-end, but not so high-end that I choked on the price. All in all, I put together a decent pc in my existing […]
Nikon Z6 FTZ adapter and Rokinon lenses

I recently bought the Nikon Z6 mirrorless camera. I wanted another full frame camera and I wanted one with better high ISO noise performance than my Nikon D810. One of the main reasons I wanted the Z6 is for night photography. And for night photography I mainly use the Rokinon 14m f/2.8 and Rokinon 24mm […]
Palouse 2020 workshop report

What a year in the Palouse! According to one farmer we talked to, the garbanzo bean market took a dive, so many (many!) farmers planted canola instead. Canola is in the mustard family and is used to make Canola oil that you find in your local grocery store. It’s a small yellow flower that when […]
Death Valley workshop report

A report on my 2020 photo workshop to Death Valley
2019 in Pictures

2019 was a bit of a rough year. I did manage to get some images that I’m very happy with, but the last half of the year was really overshadowed by the death in May of our beloved dog Bailey. And on top of that, at nearly the same time I found out that she […]
Photo tip: learn to use a compass for your photography
Using a compass is an essential part of scouting a landscape for sunrise or sunset shots.
Palouse 2019 summer workshop report

Report from my 2019 summer Palouse photo workshop



