My last stop in Patagonia was Punta Arenas in Chile. After a quick flight across the strait the afternoon before, we checked in to a nice old hotel and I woke up to a beautiful sunrise over the Strait of Magellan. At breakfast I could see the sky developing and went to the balcony on… Read More Punta Arenas
There is a king penguin colony on Tierra del Fuego and I got to visit it when I was there. Apparently, king penguins showed up on this shoreline a little over tens years ago and began returning to nest. Initially, when people came to see the penguins they got too close to them and scared… Read More Penguins on a Useless Bay
If you are just seeing this post, this is the continuation of my bloggings about a trip to Patagonia. You can read about Torres del Paine National Park in Chile at the following links: After several days in Torres del Paine, we made our way to the town of Porvenir on Tierra del Fuego. Porvenir… Read More Stromatolites of Tierra del Fuego
A new feature showed up in an update for Adobe Lightroom and I am kind of excited about it so I am writing about it. The feature is called Denoise, with a description that says “Reduce noise with AI.”. You have the option to go back to the manual noise reduction controls if you like.… Read More Lightroom’s New AI Denoise
In the spring, we get a lot of wildflowers and they are very pretty, but I have found it difficult to get compelling photos of them. I think what makes them so difficult to photograph well is that there can be so many of them that the photo can lack a focus point for the… Read More How to Shoot Wildflowers
Sunday was a beautiful late summer day here in central Texas – the kind we often get in the middle of winter. The sky was spotless and there was very little wind, so I headed to Inks lake for some hiking and maybe some wildlife. Sundays the lake is generally full of people, so I… Read More Reflections at the Lake
I recently purchased a teleconverter for which I have been saving up. I plan to undertake a photography expedition in spring that will involve landscapes and potentially a lot of wildlife and I have been trying to up my wildlife game in preparation. Shooting wildlife photos is quite a different skillset and equipment set compared… Read More Why Would I Need a Teleconverter?
This time of year it seems that every photographer is obligated to review and select her or his best photo of the year. It is also nice to do to see if you spent your year well or wasted a bunch of time going out and taking lousy photos. My main gage of which photos… Read More My Best Photo of 2022
Most counties around here decorate their courthouse for Christmas, so I drove out to nearby Burnet Texas to photograph their Christmas decorations as I have in the past. I don’t live in Burnet County, but I didn’t want to drive into Austin traffic to have a look at the Travis County courthouse. Burnet is easier… Read More Merry Christmas
On Monday morning I awoke in my frozen tent about half an hour before sunrise. I climbed out from under my pile of blankets, put on my coat, gloves, hat, boots; grabbed my camera backpack and headed up the South Prong Trail. I wasn’t sure what I was going to find, there were no clouds… Read More Hiking with Bison
Jason Frels 