From Florida to California and from Arizona to Wyoming, our country is filled with a seemingly endless variety of fascinating places and things. I have spent over 40 years visiting and photographing towns, national parks, state parks, museums, and other funky and often bizzare places and things. I've organized these photo-essays by the state in which they are located, and about one-half of our 50 states are represented here. Colorado and New Mexico have the most photos because I've lived in one or the other
A friend lent me his Canon camera for a cross-country trip circa 1978. When the photos came back I was hooked. I was going to become the world's greatest photographer. So, after 40 years am I a world-class photographer? No. My pictures will never grace the cover of Time magazine. Am I a good photographer? That's a matter of some debate. Am I a photographer? By definition, yes. I've taken tens of thousands of pictures over the years and have noticed some (a little) improvement in them. But more importantly I
My first real camera was the venerable Nikon N70 with which I shot mostly Kodachrome, and occasionally Ectachrome slide film. I was loath to give up my film camera, but I finally entered the digital age at the turn of the 21st century with the purchase of my Nikon D300 DSLR. I still use the D300 a lot, but it's gradually being replaced by my new full frame D750. Ninety percent of the time I use either a Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm 1:4 or a Nikkor AF-S 18-200mm 1:3.5-5.6 zoom lens. Most of my photos are landscapes