Sedona Fall T-Shirt

It was Thanksgiving day and we took a drive up Oak Creek Canyon out of Sedona. As we crested over the last hill dropping back into Sedona I saw the most amazing light on the oak trees lining Oak Creek. I quickly pulled off, across traffic, to a small turnout and started looking at the scene. I had never seen the leaves on the trees this late in the fall, but this year was extremely hot and remained so late into fall. A couple of times in my photographic life I had seen light shimmering off the leaves and reflecting the sun that had peeked through a hole in the clouds. I knew this light was fleeting and it was necessary to shoot quickly before the light dissipated. Ijumped out of the car and grabbed my tripod in case I needed to take a longer exposure.

I took 18 frames at various shutter speeds and apertures. And then, just as quick as the light lit the trees like they were on fire, the light dropped behind the clouds and turned the scene into a monochromatic mush. I ha...

I am an artist and photographer with more than twenty years of experience in the photographic arts, I started out in the film era developing my own black and white and color slides in a home darkroom in Tempe, Arizona. My nature and fine art images reflect my travels throughout the American Southwest with extensive photo excursions in Arizona, New Mexico and California. I photograph Major League Baseball Spring Training at Surprise Stadium, home of the Texas Rangers and the Kansas City Royals. My color images capture the brilliant greens and blues of nature, while my black and white images feature strong contrast utilizing techniques that present tack-sharp subjects with interesting composition. Many of my black and white...