http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog daily 0.75 2020-08-07 http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2020/8/7/cmq0var3azbh10shdy14gqsrjv5z7o monthly 0.5 2020-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1596836518319-5SG279YO0L2HJT31TRZS/D8F_3168.jpg Blog - The Way We Were Samantha admires the breathtaking view of Jackson Lake. Nikon D800, f9, 1/640 sec, ISO 100, -2/3 stop exposure adjustment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1596836672769-7FV5XCPCV68CBCTCACZF/D8F_3175.jpg Blog - The Way We Were Samantha and Parker pose in front of the Star Chief in 2020. Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120mm lens @ 35mm, f5.6, 1/400 sec, ISO 100. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1596837497248-RDU5KZZAPXHZUUZD4RD0/D8F_8902+2015.jpg Blog - The Way We Were Five years ago… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1596837594682-IZHR5VXVNIIRTKWA3NMO/IMG_9034+edited.jpg Blog - The Way We Were Samantha poses at the Hole Bowl in Jackson Hole. iPhone XR, portrait mode. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1596837675121-DCH3I3TZS734N8MLTRW3/IMG_9035+edited.jpg Blog - The Way We Were Parker is ready to roll. iPhone XR portrait mode. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1596837737278-BAA9WD3SX8BLEOQ2PKKR/IMG_9049+edited.jpg Blog - The Way We Were The Beck Gang rides again. Some said it was their last ride, but others say they’ve seen strange car parts delivered to their lair in Pasadena… http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2020/8/5/3ro7os4zeu9osjdknc4uzfpyfnol54 monthly 0.5 2020-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1596694171819-PBNUDB1EVXV8UAK0I4KV/IMG_8992.jpeg Blog - What Comes at Night Parker throws a stone into Yellowstone Lake on our morning hike. iPhone XR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1596694275356-5LUF345QFANYVRAEA1IA/IMG_9002.jpeg Blog - What Comes at Night Crawling through Yellowstone with everyone else fleeing the coronavirus quarantines for a sense of “normalcy.” iPhone XR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1596694591723-PF1X25YJ0RSNU1SH1V06/Adjustments.jpeg Blog - What Comes at Night Arriving back at our campsite, we found we had unexpected company. iPhone XR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1596694679301-3GWHJM02DQ3TM89P5LXA/IMG_9011.jpeg Blog - What Comes at Night Crossing the Continental Divide at nearly 8,000 feet. iPhone XR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1596694761445-T0WZ2793FXXX32VZ1GXQ/IMG_9019.jpeg Blog - What Comes at Night Pausing for a selfie in front of the Tetons on the way out of Yellowstone. iPhone XR http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2020/8/5/ie1o6mf598amgw9l8l0pbj8izljr5q monthly 0.5 2020-08-06 http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2020/7/31/o19dxf2hooqc2hd8mcctldd4fptgji monthly 0.5 2020-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1596263594245-YKT71EK35CVXDIWOAXRI/Adjustments.jpeg Blog - The Emerald Forest We pitched our tent beneath the majestic stands of old-growth pines in the Mt. Hood National Forest. iPhone XR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1596263830827-YE5XIE8IOG339LM4M57T/D8F_3101.jpeg Blog - The Emerald Forest The early morning sun streams through the canyon beside our tent. Nikon D800, 24-120mm lens, f5, 125/sec, ISO 640, -1 stop exposure adjustment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1596264019015-ZBBOUAWG0CEZ92CP0F52/D8F_3113.jpeg Blog - The Emerald Forest Camp Creek in the late afternoon. Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120mm lens, f18, .4 sec, ISO 320 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1596264283996-187QVFOXRWGRWLFTDADH/Adjustments.jpeg Blog - The Emerald Forest Deep dish Dutch oven pizza comes off the fire on day two of our stay in the Mt. Hood National Forest. It was even better than it looks. iPhone XR. http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2020/7/30/6lx8baghd9q38baty9ononr5j7jti0 monthly 0.5 2020-07-31 http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2020/7/28/bend monthly 0.5 2020-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1596001082975-Q7IY9CKDLZHPGAO1GK76/IMG_8932.jpg Blog - Bend The masked Beck gang rides again… iPhone XR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1596001192862-FSE4F9G32S4HVXY7SIUY/IMG_8935.jpg Blog - Bend Our private view of Crater Lake. It pays to get off the beaten path. iPhone XR http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2020/7/27/l2gwanzfhoemp2ed3cv6s8em8ouxei monthly 0.5 2020-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1595917311080-V7O5T8DZTBTMYLOP2219/Adjustments.jpeg Blog - Crater Lake Revisited Samantha and Parker pose by the entrance to Crater Lake National Park. iPhone XR, portrait mode. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1595917562886-TDD61HQN1HMVZJQ320SH/IMG_8913.jpeg Blog - Crater Lake Revisited Green beans cook in a Dutch oven over our campfire at Crater Lake National Park. iPhone XR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1595917681621-H7HHTHE4MP6NI37JU7YM/IMG_8940.jpeg Blog - Crater Lake Revisited The old Indian rests peacefully backed into our campsite at Mazama Village in Crater Lake National Park. iPhone XR. http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2019/8/7/fk6t0pgjyutkgybvg7gb19yxy68kqg monthly 0.5 2019-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1565572276895-SCJ2FPJO2B0SOWX0PNAB/D8F_2799.jpg Blog - Further On Up the Road Old Faithful blows her top. Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120mm lens @ 48mm, f 7.1, 1/800 sec, ISO 100, -1/3 stop exposure adjustment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1565572484790-H9LQ2L1W46J6VAUGWIGL/D8F_2873.jpg Blog - Further On Up the Road A bison considers whether I’m worth it… Nikon D800, Nikkor 300mm lens, f 7.1, 1/2500 sec, ISO 800, -2/3 stop exposure adjustment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1565572657975-9BYL7QFML2F5DMS5ZCH6/D8F_2861.jpg Blog - Further On Up the Road A bald eagle circles over Hayes Valley in Yellowstone National Park. Nikon D800, Nikkor 300mm lens, f 8.0, 1/5000 sec, ISO 1000, -2/3 stop exposure adjustment. http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2019/8/5/i16fm1q51lyqfl7l6qo8uaj2zui04a monthly 0.5 2019-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1565041185261-SWXUVF9XRDJUPGKU0R51/IMG_7965.jpg Blog - Grant Village The Becks pose for a photo at the south entrance of YNP. iPhone XR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1565041416245-7VW55S82XU41I9SA3IWF/IMG_7981.jpg Blog - Grant Village Parker, Tavi, Samantha, Maggie and Henry at Artist’s Point in Yellowstone. These kids are getting so big! iPhone XR http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2019/8/4/4ori6j69yeb9a0hpixksifod9m4ky0 monthly 0.5 2019-08-06 http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2019/7/29/escape-from-la monthly 0.5 2019-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1564470507447-423YKWDDDMTHGE2IZO8C/IMG_7917.jpg Blog - Escape from LA We flamed out just off the I-15. iPhone XR. http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2019/7/28/man-vs-machine-vi-the-resurrection monthly 0.5 2019-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1564375870822-XDGLSDQ073QZKR3JVWMD/58554177019__D1BD8C38-90D5-448D-91F5-783BDD7EA46E.jpg Blog - Man vs. Machine VI "The Resurrection" Digging into the guts of a transmission is not for the faint at heart. It’s the automotive equivalent of brain surgery. iPhone XR. http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2018/9/4/the-gambler monthly 0.5 2018-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1536133914818-YG0TNIMGLGPEYDAMX5AR/IMG_5817.JPG Blog - The Gambler The Pontiac is safely back in the garage. She'll get some TLC before she rides again. iPhone 6. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1536134047074-IHIAHIF3BZM2ZWLV7GS6/IMG_5800.PNG Blog - The Gambler Because yes, this is a real thing and we ate them. Maybe we'll have another on Man vs Machine VI. ;) http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2018/9/4/cherry-hill monthly 0.5 2018-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1536043890190-ZXXXPU2U124RZBXPD2D0/IMG_6889.JPG Blog - Cherry Hill The old Indian gets a new set of skins in Orem, UT. The offending tire was nearly worn through where it had separated and my guy Clayton predicted it was ready to come apart at any time. The rest of the tires were in varying states of decay as well, so we scrapped the second-worst tire as well and put the two remaining tires on the front and the new ones on the rear. iPhone 6s. http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2018/9/2/ynp monthly 0.5 2018-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1535874387396-0884WT8MV020EILP7BOH/D8F_2094.jpg Blog - YNP When the big game doesn't show, the landscape always delivers. Nikon D800, Nikkor 50mm lens, ISO 100, f 7.1, 1/60 sec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1535874918886-SDSJ4K0KB1Q7TFZUHUTV/D8F_2151.jpg Blog - YNP Yellowstone Falls, from Artist's Point. Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120mm lens @ 85mm, f9, ISO 250, 1/320 sec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1535875349049-9LOA89015HW578UMB7SQ/D7F_8497.jpg Blog - YNP Elk in YNP. Nikon D800, Nikon 28-200mm lens @ 200mm, ISO 500, f 5.6, 1/125 sec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1535875100314-GLO64B2OZ261G6PQ1IIW/D7F_8715.jpg Blog - YNP Bison have the right of way in YNP. Don't honk at them. Nikon D700, Nikon 28-200m lens @28mm, ISO 320, f9, 1/320 sec. http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2018/8/30/were-going-to-jackson monthly 0.5 2018-09-02 http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2018/8/27/gimme-a-brake monthly 0.5 2018-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1535435246985-9MGC5FBSIZB9B3YZ7RLM/IMG_6814.jpg Blog - Gimme a Brake! This is not called Man vs Machine for nothing. iPhone 6s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1535435360711-1ZS166VWTO05A1TS8K44/IMG_6811.JPG Blog - Gimme a Brake! The kids play on their iPads while I do the dirty deed in the parking lot. I think this is my version of extreme sports. iPhone 6s. http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2018/8/25/nine monthly 0.5 2018-08-27 http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2018/8/20/man-vs-machine-v-running-down-a-dream monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1534834065905-HPYASDJG4ZOUI2M749KX/IMG_5147.jpg Blog - Man vs Machine V "Running Down a Dream" Thanksgiving 2016. This was the last time we've gone further than around the block in the old girl. The kids have gotten so much bigger since then. iPhone 6s. http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2016/9/2/bighorn-sheep monthly 0.5 2016-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1472790862529-N8L037OIVLI3N09UC9JD/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Bighorn Sheep! A ram poses confidently for photos in Zion National Park. Nikon D800, Nikkor 300mm lens, ISO 250, f4.5, 1/2000 sec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1472791019509-Q5ZMN9LI85FVUK8E1DEH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Bighorn Sheep! Tree roots reach for nourishment around waterfall above Middle Emerald Pool in Zion National Park. Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120mm lens @ 24mm, ISO 100, f13, 1.3 seconds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1472791248306-G96OV3UWS613BB7ZLVG4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Bighorn Sheep! The Grotto, Zion National Park. Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120mm lens @ 24mm, ISO 400, f8, 1/30 sec, -2/3 stop exposure adjustment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1472791397112-3T3X3E15MGWGBVW3YY6M/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Bighorn Sheep! Rain shower recedes over Watchman Peak in Zion National Park. Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120mm lens @ 48mm, ISO 200, f6.3, 1/400 sec, +1/3 stop exposure adjustment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1472791604713-AMX39J7VUK6WLP47344E/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Bighorn Sheep! A blue heron hunts for fish in the Virgin River, Zion National Park. Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120mm lens @ 120mm, ISO 200, f8, 1/500 sec, -1/3 stop exposure adjustment. This shot would have been better at f4, but in the heat of the moment I was glad just to bag it. http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2016/8/30/the-background-is-the-foreground monthly 0.5 2016-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1472624523193-IZOY7G8ETGMFFMDMGKG6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Background Becomes the Subject The Beck Gang is on the loose! Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120mm lens @ 30mm, ISO 400, f9, 1/800 sec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1472624639707-4Q5LNCOK29HCI83N2EJG/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Background Becomes the Subject Pronghorns look cautiously at yours truly in Grand Teton National Park. Nikon D800, Nikkor 300mm lens, ISO 640, f10, 1/800 sec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1472624751236-FKZL2HJ54W3PNY73TABZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Background Becomes the Subject View from String Lake in Grand Teton National Park. Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120mm lens @ 24mm, ISO 200, f8, 1/640 sec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1472624861533-5QB503ZPLGHTSLNKB7X1/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Background Becomes the Subject Parker and Samantha play in String Lake, Grand Teton National Park. Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120mm lens @ 120mm, ISO 200, f4, 1/600 sec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1472625073609-1KNK7U9B8H199KMOHK3D/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Background Becomes the Subject Dad sets up his gear on the edge of a cliff in Bryce Canyon National Park waiting for the sun to go down. iPhone 6s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1472625169076-4YSG7K3PISPRW79PF9Y3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Background Becomes the Subject The background becomes the subject. The Milky Way reaches above the southern end of Bryce Canyon National Park. Nikon D800, Nikkor 17-35mm lens @ 17mm, ISO 1600, f2.8, 15 seconds. http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2016/8/27/yellowstone monthly 0.5 2016-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1472335261078-7ZT89D5TH4RZZ99MOM0X/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Yellowstone Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy setting above our campsite at Canyon Village in Yellowstone National Park. There are few darker spots in the lower 48 than Yellowstone. Just amazing. Nikon D800, Nikkor 17-35mm lens @ 17mm, ISO 2000, f2.8, 25sec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1472335620847-1MQ2DFNU3AA1P5TJCR78/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Yellowstone Frost covers the scrub as fog fills the Yellowstone River Valley yielding a monochromatic landscape. Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120mm lens @ 120mm, ISO 200, f8, 1/1600 sec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1472335830140-EDVCCV5DPQMT1M00QMFW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Yellowstone Yellowstone Lake. Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120mm lens @ 120mm, ISO 200, f13, 1/1600 sec, -1 stop exposure adjustment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1472335961057-IQOK0ICECBVUDXLUKFHE/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Yellowstone Steam rises over the Yellowstone River south of Canyon Lodge. The river is thermally heated, so on cold mornings, it creates a moody layer of fog. Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120mm lens @ 62mm, ISO 250, f13, 1/1000 sec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1472336386303-OZKO5M0U2SYEAI201KN5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Yellowstone Canadian Geese swim across the Yellowstone River shortly after dawn. Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120mm lens @ 70mm, ISO 200, f10, 1/400 sec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1472336494437-5RPSWG44NT4L8FJX8LYS/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Yellowstone The old Pontiac breathes in the early morning cold in Yellowstone National Park. Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120mm lens @ 120mm, ISO 200, f8, 1/125 sec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1472337497739-8LBZLUOFZ9QYJXMUJXKL/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Yellowstone Water spills down a hillside from a thermal feature on Firehole Lake Drive, Yellowstone National Park. Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120mm lens @ 46mm, ISO 250, f9, 1/800 sec. http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2016/8/24/glacier monthly 0.5 2016-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1472097639255-6ZDWQ96MZZ42XHLM6K8Y/D8F_0452.jpg Blog - Glacier Lake McDonald, Glacier National Park. Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120mm lens @ 38mm, ISO 100, f8, 1/500 sec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1472097729989-50N0P2EV5ELJQL7HAGC8/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Glacier Parker skips stones on Lake McDonald, Glacier National Park. Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120mm lens @ 120mm, ISO 100, f5.6, 1/500 sec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1472098026490-J0CLLRHDDT1WEUV8N4JF/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Glacier Stones along the shore of Lake McDonald, Glacier National Park. Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120mm lens @ 86m, ISO 100, f8, 1/160 sec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1472098329295-KD2CH32G9KFM23E60RBP/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Glacier Westward view near the top of Logan Pass on Going to the Sun Road, Glacier National Park. Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120mm lens @ 24mm, ISO 500, f8, 1/640 sec, -1/3 stop exposure adjustment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1472098609171-A1ZLYDYM5UXCOEOX5UNY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Glacier View to the west from just outside Lake Mary entrance to Glacier National Park through fire-scarred forest. Much of Glacier is a forbidding place. You wouldn't want to be here in the winter. Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120mm lens @ 38mm, ISO 500, f13, 1/640 sec, -2/3 stop exposure adjustment. http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2016/8/21/you-cant-leave-a-bunny-behind monthly 0.5 2016-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1471794338848-YSIRYEUT2BCO6QRUR0PT/image-asset.jpeg Blog - You Can't Leave a Bunny Behind Bunny and Doggy. iPhone 6s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1471793638521-8UG1XJQ1VI1OLFXSDY1Q/image-asset.jpeg Blog - You Can't Leave a Bunny Behind Camping at the base of Mt Hood. Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120mm lens @ 32mm; f8, ISO 280, 1/30 sec, -1/3 stop exposure adjustment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1471793802597-HZOT7D59VWS7ICVNO3JH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - You Can't Leave a Bunny Behind Stream and rocks at Mt. Hood. Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120mm lens @ 44mm, f22, ISO 50, 4 sec, -2/3 stop exposure adjustment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1471793992906-9ZXA6JSI2HMB24PTPDNB/image-asset.jpeg Blog - You Can't Leave a Bunny Behind Samantha and Parker at Mt. Saint Helens. Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120mm lens @ 48mm, ISO 200, f5.6, 1/1000 sec. http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2016/8/17/o-the-joy monthly 0.5 2016-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1471503964791-V9IRBHWO49P771BNKO5K/image-asset.jpeg Blog - O! the Joy! We paused for a photo op under the Astoria Bridge that connects Oregon to Washington over the Columbia River. Our old indian deserves a medal. Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120mm lens, ISO 100, f4, 1/800 sec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1471504220723-58TGE3FZ5GS0QIEOM775/image-asset.jpeg Blog - O! the Joy! Hemet Head Light. Nikon D800, Nikkor 50mm lens, ISO 100, f8, 1/500 sec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1471504320374-HOP2DXDBJIR7OFBIJ5RD/image-asset.jpeg Blog - O! the Joy! Samantha and Parker play in the tide pools. Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-200mm lens @ 24mm, ISO 160, f11, 1/160 sec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1471504438403-BUFQ5RXF0KZNGZ518GE0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - O! the Joy! Yacquina Lighthouse. Nikon D800 Nikkor 24-120mm lens @ 86mm, f11, ISO 160, 1/400 sec. http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2016/8/17/the-beach monthly 0.5 2016-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1471453725703-HH4SHFWP5L0Y5VWQKRVU/image.jpg Blog - The Beach Clearing fog along the beach at the Oregon coast. iPhone 6s http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2016/8/16/crater-lake monthly 0.5 2016-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1471377639832-AL91LF2BCTJ9158PG81E/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Crater Lake Crater Lake is impossibly blue. This is a view through the trees to Phantom Shiprock. Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120mm @ 38mm, ISO 100, f8, 1/100 sec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1471377845674-0TW81J87YKPKGQ26BFTV/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Crater Lake Picking wild blackberries. Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120mm lens @ 58mm, ISO 250, 1/160 sec, f5.6. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1471377945506-D43YNB0T0KFU87TNTBE8/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Crater Lake Parker and Samantha among the wildflowers at Crater Lake. Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120mm lens @ 66mm, ISO 320, f5.6, 1/250 sec. http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2016/8/12/man-vs-machine-iv-the-long-way-home monthly 0.5 2016-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1471069968113-LOIXUEUCM3KQ6IUYJJY7/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Man vs Machine IV "The Long Way Home" Tightening the spindle nut in Mendocino, CA. It was too little, too late. iPhone 6S. http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2015/12/26/christmas-morning monthly 0.5 2015-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1451120962889-SNX0A6FXZY5CTIDLTOO2/D8F_9974.jpg Blog - Christmas Morning The Tetons are the most beautiful mountains any time of year, but wrap them in snow and it's game over. Nikon D800, Nikon 28-200mm lens @ 50mm, ISO 125, f9, 1/640 sec. http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2015/11/5/guy-fawkes-day monthly 0.5 2015-11-09 http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2015/10/18/huntington-lake monthly 0.5 2015-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1445233396855-7J2O7DL724KFRUN2QV50/IMG_3093.jpg Blog - Huntington "Lake" Huntington "Lake". Somewhere out there, I suspect still covered in the deepest part of what remains of this "lake", is said to be a B-24 that crashed shortly after World War II. If there was ever a good time to recover it, I suspect it's now. About a quarter of the way in from the righthand side, where the sand meets the treeline, you can see what used to be the marina, the boat slips now lying deflated. iPhone 6. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1445233659618-QHQ5NSQ0TVRLLM4FA9F6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Huntington "Lake" Late afternoon sun streams through the pine trees at Rancheria Campground, on the shores of Huntington Lake, Sierra Nevada, California. iPhone 6. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1445233793420-5BQL332YMQA43QDSFGER/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Huntington "Lake" My pergola project is nearly complete. Lifting a 20' 2x6 over my head was worth a month at the gym. iPhone 6. http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2015/9/27/fifty monthly 0.5 2015-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1443419337884-ASTBB7Z4S5HJMHC92Q2F/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Fifty Wow. The exposure info doesn't matter on this one. I just pointed the camera in her direction and she took care of the rest.  http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2015/9/23/best-of-show monthly 0.5 2015-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1443077067004-46RPE63NL2SP79DPO0HA/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Best of Show http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2015/9/20/fourteen-days-in-september monthly 0.5 2015-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1442817799937-3HZXH5B7NPDQGU27CJ34/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Fourteen Days in September Avalon Harbor from the Keli Kei. iPhone 6. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1442817859549-VL4RUFKADQT4MHD9M2FN/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Fourteen Days in September Family room before. I had already cleared out eight or nine boxes from the lefthand side of the frame, so it doesn't fully capture the state of decay. iPhone 6. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1442817962270-V95YOCAZX3MP7KU3F46D/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Fourteen Days in September Family room after. It's not totally done--there's still a box or two that will be removed plus some junk on the credenzas that need to be dealt with, but it's more or less there. Next up: entry, then kitchen, guest room and guest bath. The kitchen and bath will take more time because there will be some demolition involved. Nikon D800, 24-120mm lens @ 24mm, ISO 2000, f5.6, 1/20th sec. http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2015/9/9/3-weeks-in-3-minutes-of-3-seconds monthly 0.5 2015-09-10 http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2015/9/8/zmla5kakwhj8xvrph44805lkgczaor monthly 0.5 2015-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1441816424766-52OH40BV978C2PORFHKN/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Circle Won't Be Broken August of 1982, Devil's Tower National Monument. Kodak Instamatic. The awkward kid on the right went on to become the first person to dribble a basketball and fly a fighter jet at the same time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1441816920411-MAANGQ0WROEJNFR2F6KV/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Circle Won't Be Broken The circle won't be broken. Nikon D800, 24-120mm lens @ 24mm, iso 320, f5.6, 1/250th sec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1441818246078-LPJK7S7XGZ2W2I82WLFA/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Circle Won't Be Broken The kids are sacked out in our hotel in Las Vegas. We logged 4,278 miles in three weeks. They deserved the rest. Nikon D800, 17-35mm lens @ 22mm, iso 3200, f2.8, 4/10ths sec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1441818714277-FN3BOCIR978XN6SE9G2J/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Circle Won't Be Broken Relaxing at the Four Seasons. Nikon D800, 24-120mm lens @ 100mm, iso 1600, f4, 1/125 sec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1441818803322-95450SLC53OT3UO47DWZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Circle Won't Be Broken First day of fourth grade and kindergarten. Nikon D800, 24-120mm lens @ 44mm, iso 500, f5.6, 1/125 sec. http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2015/9/4/the-last-mile monthly 0.5 2015-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1441485075085-PFQJOLD9IDZNRFU8GVJ3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Closing Time The sky stretches out over endless desert in the Four Corners region. Nikon D800, 24-120mm lens @ 44mm, iso 100, f6.3, 1/800 sec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1441485291537-8TLV6T36C7LM7MY03G0P/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Closing Time Heading into the sun, the clouds create a mirror image on the hood. Nikon D800, 24-120mm lens @ 30mm, iso 200, f11, 1/800 sec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1441485523265-QKRP591SS55GR7VM0HLK/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Closing Time Watching the color fade from the sky in Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. Nikon D800, 24-120mm lens @ 120mm, iso 500, f5.6, 1/500 sec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1441485727492-9HKFSFKVRASZZXCM2FBQ/D8F_9474.jpg Blog - Closing Time Self portrait east of St. George. I found it hard to leave. Nikon D800, 17-35mm lens @ 20mm, iso 1600, f2.8, 25 sec. http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2015/9/2/tempest monthly 0.5 2015-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1441397616996-9TIPWAJCCGGVXGADC504/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Tempest Outtake. I opened the shutter about 30 seconds too late. The last crack of lightning happened just as I put the camera on the tripod. I set up the composition and fired off a few frames but the subject failed to appear. You can't win them all. Nikon D800, 17-35mm lens @ 19mm, f 3.2, iso 2500, 15 seconds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1441398668498-A2PV9KMKGGQ8UGH2LTF0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Tempest Canyon Palace at Mesa Verde National Park. Nikon D800, 24-120mm lens at 24mm, iso 100, f8, 1/200th sec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1441398846622-U8VA9W3NGZRLFIO1BI9N/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Tempest Kids climb the narrow steps out of Canyon Palace, Mesa Verde National Park. Nikon D800, 24-120mm lens @ 46mm. iso 100, f8, 1/100 sec. http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2015/9/1/high-plains-drifter monthly 0.5 2015-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1441250883408-0ET6EN78OKKWFAWLY3X4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Have You Ever Seen the Rain Milky Way over Mesa Verde National Park. Nikon D800, 17-35mm lens, ISO 2500, f 2.8, 15 seconds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1441174772972-EWW9N1RNW8Z0D5ZISS0N/D8F_9227.jpg Blog - Have You Ever Seen the Rain Setting up camp in Mesa Verde. Nikon D800, 24-120mm lens, ISO 200 f8, 1/320 sec https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1441174922588-BHQXAL9XR68F66MLPB9S/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Have You Ever Seen the Rain Samantha having ice cream in Durango, Colorado. Nikon D800, 24-120mm lens, ISO 160, f4.5, 1/160 sec. http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2015/8/30/deadwood-rushmore-and-the-badlands monthly 0.5 2015-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1441174158366-E2KFHGR2QH5NNBBOB4QJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Stone Faces http://www.brianbeckphoto.com/blog/2015/8/30/bighorn monthly 0.5 2015-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1440945349965-0N7J6D62AACIW3KQS02U/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Shots I Didn't Take The morning sky from the east side of Yellowstone Lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1440945480643-PAB8N27USJ6EXSVCNP9M/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Shots I Didn't Take The fog lifts over a river in Yellowstone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f80051e4b066655691e9fa/1440945555789-77C4NDZDHAYH87H7T50N/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Shots I Didn't Take Bison look angrily through the trees on a late summer morning in Yellowstone. 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