OP – The Blog

As nature photographers we’re out there more often than most folks and in position to see image possibilities. But do we act on these possibilities 

After almost ten days of clouds and snow ( and sparking the mini-debate on global warming on my previous post) we finally had a brief break in the clouds for a few hours on our way through Antarctica. It was mid-day, with colorless, drab light: hopeless in color, but almost perfect for a black-and-white conversion.  

The conventional wisdom is that climate change is heating the poles first, and then the rest of the planet. So you’d think we’d be sweltering here in Antarctica. Far from it: in the past week it has been snowing almost constantly, making it hard on the penguins who should be well into their nesting cycle  

During our recent Aurora trip, we obviously had long hours of daylight when the aurora was invisible. It was usually a good time to get some much-needed sleep after a long night under the sky, but it also offered some great hiking and snowshoeing opportunities. And since the middle of the day is rarely the  

Winter wonderland in West Virginia, well not this winter for me. I have been visiting and photographing this area of the Allegheny Mountains in eastern West Virginia for over ten years in every season. Winter being a favorite time for me. The conditions are more challenging than the other three seasons, and with most photographers  

I have been skiing now for a good part of my life. I have had season passes to go skiing for 19 out of 40 years. Yes, almost half of my life. Not too bad for a boy who grew up only 30 miles west of New York City. About this time every year the