Looking up.

Most of us tend to spend our lives looking straight ahead from eye level, rarely looking below, or above, or behind us. We miss so many things going on around us. As a child, I spent a lot of time looking up at the sky. It fascinated me , and I have continued to look and photograph clouds to this present day.

Apocalypse Clouds

These may be the strangest, scariest and the most exciting clouds I have ever seen, and they formed right over our house!

Over Arizona.

Flying through, or next to clouds is always an exciting experience for me. This photo was taken on a flight from Dallas to Ontario, California, somewhere over Arizona. Nikon D200, with a 18 to 70mm Nikkor lens.

Lenticular Clouds

Lenticular clouds, or pancake clouds always catch my attention. These two clouds were the only clouds in the sky at the time., which made it even more surreal. I later discovered that they were also captured on camera by one of my university students, but from a different location. Nikon D2x, with a 70-200, f2.8 Nikkor lens.

Ladder and Light

I hand made the ladder for one of my gallery installations a while back. It is now one of my favorite photographic props. Nikon D200 with 12-24mm lens.  

William's Sky

This image reminds me a little bit of William  Mallord Turner's painting Crossing the Alps, which I think is in the Tate Gallery, London. The painting consists mostly of sky, and is a depiction of Hannibal crossing the Alps in a snowstorm. This photo was take on my Nikon D200 with a 18-70mm lens. 

Southern Clouds

The last few days in Southern California have been wonderful for viewing clouds. Snow fell in the nearby mountains, and sleet fell in Redlands, with some thunderstorms, so great variety of cloud formations. Nikon D200 with 18-70mm lens.

Linda Vista

Linda Vista is the road seen in the photo. The leveled land was once populated with orange trees, but now awaits better financial times, when houses will be built. The infrared photo took 30 seconds to expose, and was taken on a Fuji FinePix S2 Pro with a Tokina SD 12-24 DX lens, on my rusty trusty tripod.

The Hydrologic Cycle.

Here is a painting I produced for the Water Works exhibit at the Children's Museum in Carson City, Nevada, depicting the Hydrologic Cycle. This was another great opportunity to paint clouds. The medium was acrylic paint on a 60 x 70 inch panel.

Awakening

There has always been experimental photography, but digital photography allows greater freedom for creative play. Nikon D2x camera, with 18-70mm lens.

Cumberland Landscape.

A timeless image of an area in England that has changed little over the centuries. Olympus OM1 camera, with 21mm lens. The sepia effect was added in Photoshop.

Bay Bridge, San Francisco.

The Bay area around San Francisco is a great place to view and photograph clouds, with many interesting vantage points. This photo was taken on Treasure Island with my Olympus OM1, and a 21mm lens.

Home Made Clouds

These clouds were made in the studio with a smoke machine that I was using for a product photograph. Nikon D2x with 18-70mm Nikkor lens. I used a couple of strobes with colored filters to light up the clouds.

C for Cloud.

This cloud looks like a letter C or G. Maybe in time I will have the whole alphabet in clouds! Nikon D200 with 18-70mm Nikkor lens, plus polarizing filter.