Astrophotography

Order Prints Online! My first set of fine art prints is now available in both open and limited editions. For this initial offering I’ve selected photos from my winning Red Rocks Photo Contest submission. Prints can be ordered direct through my website on my Fine Art Prints page, or by placing an order direct over [...]

Red Rocks Photo Contest After winning the Red Rocks Photography contest last year, I began receiving requests for posters and prints of some of the photos. Getting some of these images prepared for printing was a rather onerous task, since I wanted to ensure they could be printed at large sizes while still retaining a [...]

According to Canon Rumors and The-Digital-Picture, Tokina will be offering a MarkII update to their famed 11-16mm ultra wide angle lens for Nikon and Canon mounts this spring!! Personally, this is some of the most exciting news I’ve read in a long time. I have always been a big fan of Tokina’s original 11-16mm lens, [...]

I was recently informed that I was selected as the winner of the 2011 Red Rocks Photography Contest. I’m proud to have my work associated with Red Rocks for the upcoming 2012 concert calendar, and thankful for everyone at Red Rocks and the Denver Office of Arts and Venues for selecting my work. Samples of [...]

The featured photo for this post, from NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day page, was posted in recognition of Jupiter nearing opposition. The caption, from NASA, is as follows: This celestial event occurs (on Earth) when a planet is opposite the Sun as seen from our vantage point. This also means the planet is typically [...]

Since upgrading to the Canon 7D I have been experiencing repeatable auto-focus problems with my ultra-wide angle Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 lens. The problems occurred whenever using any of the manually selected AF points outside the center point. Focus would be inconsistent, often resulting in images with soft focus, or totally out of focus. Since the [...]