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My old journal/blog commenced in 2006 and was retired in early June 2021. Fifteen years worth of posts - articles, gear reviews, announcements, trip reports, photographs, environmental issues, and much more - can be found here. Please subscribe to my Journal to stay tuned (I recommend Feedly). Thank you for reading.

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Breaking it Down: Refining Photographic Composition
Breaking it Down: Refining Photographic Composition
November 19, 2025  |  Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona

 “When you approach something to photograph it, first be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. Then don't leave until you have captured its essence...

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Rayleigh Scattering in Nature and Landscape Photography
Rayleigh Scattering in Nature and Landscape Photography
November 13, 2025

Many photographers have likely never heard of Rayleigh Scattering or considered its impacts on their own photographs. In short, Rayleigh Scattering is the scattering or deflection of light by particles with a size much smaller than the wavelength of the radiation...

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Print Your Legacy in On Landscape Magazine
Print Your Legacy in On Landscape Magazine
October 21, 2025

In an age where most of our images live, and disappear, on screens, what does it mean to create something lasting? In our latest article, photographer and educator Michael E. Gordon reflects on the power of the printed book...

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Photoshop's New Dust Removal Feature
Photoshop's New Dust Removal Feature
September 6, 2025

Adobe Photoshop's new Dust Removal feature, part of the Distraction Removal panel in Adobe Camera Raw, is simply amazing. Because I spend many days in the field each year, and during hostile conditions (wind, blown sand/dust) my camera equipment and sensors can get pretty nasty (take a look at my attached image for proof)...

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From RAW to AWE
From RAW to AWE
July 22, 2025

Creative Expressive Editing with Michael E. Gordon and Chuck Kimmerle
August 21, 2025 6pm PST

Editing photographs can be frustrating. While learning how to make basic adjustments is relatively easy, knowing where to begin - or where to end - can be far more challenging...

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How to Follow This Journal and Receive Automatic Updates with New Content
How to Follow This Journal and Receive Automatic Updates with New Content
January 29, 2025

As you may have read in this journal or in a recent Facebook post, I am slowly exiting the use of social media. The big social sites belong to democracy-busting oligarchs who no longer want to be in the business of providing factual information...

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Published: Nature Vision Magazine #7
Published: Nature Vision Magazine #7
December 1, 2024

My article Print Your Legacy, along with eight of my photographs, appears in Nature Vision Magazine #7, a publication of Nature Photographers Network. In this article, I provide a practical guide to self-publishing affordable photo books...

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Join me on August 7 for my Summer Speaker Series Class!
Join me on August 7 for my Summer Speaker Series Class!
July 8, 2024

Please join me August, 7, 2024 for a live Zoom session with Nature Photography Classes Summer Speaker Series!

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Staying Alive
Staying Alive
Summer 2022

It’s that time of year when the body count rises with ambient air temperature.

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