A Beautiful Baja Sunset … With an Added Bonus

By Jim | Published April 8, 2013




During my visits to Baja, at least a few beautiful sunrises and sunsets always seem to be guaranteed. And during my recent trip there, I was able to capture one awesome sunset, with a bonus … a photogenic and unmistakeable Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) wanted in on the fun, also. We were on the Sea […]

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Minnesota – Illgen Falls (Re-post)

By Jim | Published November 24, 2012




(This post originally published in August 2010) During our recent Minnesota trip, we stopped and photographed several waterfalls along the North Shore area. In this blog post, I am highlighting Illgen Falls, which is located on the Baptism River. Illgen Falls is not a large waterfall, weighing in at ~45 feet tall, but is a […]

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Minnesota – Split Rock Lighthouse (Re-post)

By Jim | Published November 21, 2012




(This post originally published in August, 2010) Over the past week, I have been photographing in Minnesota. My wife’s family had a family reunion this past weekend and we decided to travel several days prior to the reunion, so that I could photograph some of the landscapes and wildlife on the trip. The first day […]

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Rising Moon Over Hallo Bay, Alaska

By Jim | Published September 24, 2012




Hallo Bay, especially in the late summer/early fall, tends to give wonderful sunrises … if the clouds are not too thick. However, this is the first time I’ve seen a nice moonrise over the waters of Shelikof Strait, off the coast of Hallo Bay. As the sun was setting in the opposite sky, the moon […]

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First Day in the Big “A”

By Jim | Published August 31, 2012




I’m posting this brief travel post from my Whittier, Alaska hotel room, overlooking the beautiful Prince William Sound. I flew in to Anchorage last night … actually, arrived a bit after midnight (seemed like the 3:00am time I would have been in back home!). After grabbing my luggage, I picked up my rental car and […]

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