This photo is my stars trail from the Mono Lake Workshop Brad held last June. This was my very first star trail so it is very special to me, both learning the technique of taking the photos and the processing. The intervalometer had totally confused me until that night! Not to mention it …

While experimenting with the Nikon 10mm OP Fisheye, a Perseid meteor fell through the comp right in the Milky Way. I love shooting old glass, this was a real treasure to find. The edges of the orthographic projection are not as soft as in other Nikkor fisheyes...

Beauty and beast at Crater Lake - While visiting Crater Lake a forest fire started and grew to 500 acres being burned. We had a great opportunity to photograph the fires.

Taken at 3:25AM on June 10th at Mono Lake. I was supposed to take an accompanying exposure for the foreground but was losing it by this point. I love the reflection of the setting planet, Mars. Up to the left, you can also spot Saturn.

Mono Lake felt so other-worldly. We traveled from Lake Tahoe and started the night with strong moonlight which was great for seeing the incredible formations since we arrived after dark.

Here is my favorite photo of 2016. Why? It's difficult to articulate, but a big part is I enjoyed this particular night during our workshop and the Todd Lake location most of all.

I choose this photograph because I had a few things to deal with one was the moon was to the right of me and glaring out the milkyway the other was having cars going by and getting the red brake lights. After many different attempts I liked how I used the car lights to make the wood look on fire. This was after a week of travel after Brad's class in northern California inbetween the north and south part of the Redwoods.

Milky Way over Bear Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, July 29, 2016.

Time-lapse composite of a saguaro at KOFA NWR was shot with a Canon 5D Mark III and Rokinon 24mm Tilt-shift lens on Feb 6, 2016. This image represents one of my best efforts with the very difficult T-S lens. Not only does it represent a technical challenge, but it also represents my home state Arizona with the mighty Saguaro.

I have a hard time picking a single image to be my favorite for the year. I go back and forth between ones that might be better technically and ones that mean something to me. I ended up with this one because it puts a smile on my face knowing what fun was had on this trip. The lighting on the tent was just a product of sharing a tent with my wife and 3 cattle dogs. Our dogs love our backcountry trips and have turned into great travel companions, though they do tend to hog the sleeping bag.