The Subtlety of Light
Description: At the end of the day, when the clouds are rolling past and the sun sinks low, every moment is unique. Location: Alaska, Washington, United States, North America Photograph Copyright Continue Reading →
Author: Peter West Carey
Mt. St. Helens And Mt. Adams
Description: I am absolutely loving the new Canon EOS R5 with 24-105 L lens I picked up in June. Shots like this, with twice the pixels and a better sensor, make Continue Reading →
Safari Explorer and George Island
Description: Last week I had the pleasure of working aboard two UnCruise Adventures ships; the Wilderness Explorer and the Safari Explorer. It was aboard the second ship, arguably the finest of Continue Reading →
Probably Not OSHA Certified
Description: Construction workers lash together what appears to be bamboo scaffolding on a new building in Bhaktapur. Title: Probably Not OSHA Certified Location: Bhaktapur, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, Asia – Join a Continue Reading →
Orcas Up Close
Another shot from this week’s UnCruise trip in Southeast Alaska. Sometimes it’s best to be on the big (small) boat, sometimes it pays to be on a skiff. Location: Southwest Continue Reading →
Bearing Around The River
Part of the joy of small ship sailing in Alaska with UnCruise Adventures is the proximity to wildlife, like all these mama and baby bears chomping around a small river’s Continue Reading →
Tracy Arm Rock Structures
Way up a fjord known as Tracy Arm, in Southeast Alaska, is where glaciers still scour the land. Specifically, South Sawyer Glacier. Once joined with its other half, now known Continue Reading →
Olympic National Park Layers
Description: Not to be outdone by all those Alaska Layers yesterday and the day before, Olympic National Park on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula holds its own. Title: Olympic National Park Layers Location: Continue Reading →
Wandering Juneau Without Large Cruise Ships
I have a few days in Juneau while on assignment with UnCruise Adventures, a small ship company, creating virtual tours (360° photos packaged into a specific website) for their advertising. Continue Reading →
More Alaska Layers
Description: Following on yesterday’s Alaska Layers post, there’s more in store in the land of the midnight sun! Title: More Alaska Layers Location: Alaska, United States, North America Photograph Copyright Peter Continue Reading →
Alaska Layers
Description: How can you not love these endless mountains and sea, winding into the glow up an Alaskan sunset? When my wife and I talk about where we would like to Continue Reading →
A Block Of Seattle
Description: This Photo Of The Day post has a few more images than normal and they are available as a gallery below. If you can’t see it in email, click here. Continue Reading →
California Scrub Jays Can Be Bullies
Description: Often simply called ‘bluebirds’ by those not in the know, California Scrub Jays, like the one pictured here, tend to scare all the birds away from the feeder. Then they Continue Reading →
Tuna Canyon Labyrinth
Description: A thousand feet above the Pacific Ocean, up a canyon known as Tuna, there sits a labyrinth. It’s a little odd-sized and what some might think of as weeds, but Continue Reading →
Costal Layers
Description: It’s great to get back to teaching people outside and in person. This was a photo taken while instructing my first in-person photo instruction since March of 2020 and Continue Reading →
Caribbean Blue
Description: This images was shot on a recent assignment with Windstar Cruises in the Caribbean while passing by St. Kitts. I think. My new camera doesn’t have GPS in it Continue Reading →
Steep Steps
Description: A pair of monks share the load climbing the very steep steps of the Punakha Dzong. The steps were intentionally built this steep to make the fortress more defensible. Continue Reading →
Monk On A Bridge
Description: A Buddhist monk looks out across a river on a covered bridge. Title: Monk On A Bridge Location: Punakha, Bhutan, Asia – Join a Photo Tour to Nepal or Bhutan Continue Reading →
Meet The Yak At Its Level
Description: A guest on one of my photo tours to Bhutan is seen getting low and close enough to a grazing yak in Bhutan’s Phobjikha Valley. Title: Meet The Yak At Continue Reading →
Hand-Scale In Action
Description: No need for an electric scale when what you have been using for decades still works. This is a market in Punakha, Bhutan, where those red and green chili peppers Continue Reading →
Punakha Dzong And Its Rivers
Description: The Punakha Dzong is seen across the Mo Chhu River in central Bhutan while Buddhist prayer flags flutter nearby. It’s a beautiful site and one of the most scenic dzong Continue Reading →
Market Exchange
Description: Local street markets are the way most Nepalese shop for their daily food stuffs. Cash is still king. Title: Market Exchange Location: Kathmandu, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, Asia – Join a Continue Reading →
Wall Of Wheels
Description: Each morning people flock to Swayambhunath Stupa and while there, they will circle the stupa three times while spinning the prayer wheels and releasing their prayers to the world. Title: Continue Reading →
Flags Before The Peaks
Description: Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags stand on a line before the distant Himalayas. Title: Flags Before The Peaks Location: Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal, Asia – Join a Photo Tour to Nepal Continue Reading →
Prayer Wheels Sent Spinning
Description: Panning blur is a wonderful technique to use when things are moving in various directions and speeds. Title: Prayer Wheels Sent Spinning Location: Kathmandu, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, Asia – Join Continue Reading →
Surviving Statuary In Bhaktapur
Description: The 2015 earthquake in Nepal was devastating to a county heavily dependent on brick and stone work (and until recently, without a lot of rebar or seismic consideration). Some of Continue Reading →
First Full 360 Client Finished
It’s the baby steps time of my 360° Virtual Tour development and I’ve got my first client shot, posted and happy. In this case, it’s a place called The Tender Continue Reading →
Zooming Prayer Flags
Description: A fun technique when the light is low or your have an ND filter on your lens. Set the shutter to 1/10 of a second or slower and then Continue Reading →
Sunrise in Kathmandu
Description: Sunrise in Kathmandu with the bathed in haze. Title: Sunrise in Kathmandu Location: Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia – Join a Photo Tour to Nepal or Bhutan in 2022! If Continue Reading →
Los Angeles National Cemetery 360° Virtual Tour
I’ve been working on my 360° photo skills and it’s a work in progress. Next week I’ll be imaging one of UnCruise’s boats and in prep, I’ve been practicing. To Continue Reading →
Book Reviews From April, 2021
Welcome to the April Book Review. I know it’s May, but these were the books I finished in April. I only got through 7 instead of my planned 8, but Continue Reading →
Monks Feed The Pigeons
Description: By the looks of it, the pigeons in Trongsa, Bhutan, get feed fairly often. Title: Monks Feed The Pigeons Location: Trongsa, Bhutan, Asia – Join a Photo Tour Continue Reading →
Time And A Chemical Fire
Description: No, this isn’t an actual chemical fire. It’s good old white gas. But it’s a lot of fun to play with in Lightroom and Photoshop. This is also from a Continue Reading →
Playing Around With Depth Of Field And Aperture
Change your camera’s aperture and you’ll change the depth of field (among other things). How can you use that to your photographic advantage and what do the results look like? Continue Reading →
Burning White Roses
Description: As a creative person, it’s often a lot of fun to work with creatives in other fields because the energy is so different than when I’m out taking photos of Continue Reading →