Focal Optimums

Everyone has an opinion on AI images. It seems that for many photographers, based on comments on websites like Fstoppers and Petapixel, the reaction is somewhere between apprehension and fear. I think...

Another set from Golden Gardens, a park near home. This painterly effect is the result of using a slow shutter speed and while moving the camera. In a way, it almost feels like cheating, but I love th...

Here’s a small set of photos from a walk by some railroad tracks in Seattle. None of these turned out exactly how I envisioned them, but that’s all part of the process. I recently came across some quo...

Skagit County in Northern Washington state is a very popular location for birders and bird photographers, especially during the winter when the raptors are there in large numbers. The appeal of photog...

I try to practice photography daily. With a job and a family, that means I end up going to the same locations near home over and over, shooting the same subjects many times. I live near a park on the ...

This is a set from a cold and rainy Sunday afternoon when the beach was quiet except for these rambunctious little ducks flirting, eating, and playing just offshore.