Chuck's Blog

Sharing photo tips, workshop news and other creative tips.
April Newsletter

April Newsletter

Greetings from Big Sky Country, Diversity of a portfolio. I guess, I am best known as a "landscape" photographer who knows how to use natural light in his images. I can see how that label can be applied to my work, given that much of my published work is landscapes....

Capturing March Madness

Capturing March Madness

As you can imagine, shooting fast moving sports action in a dimly lit arena poses many challenges to come out with successful images. I've shot at the Montana high school state basketball tournament several times over the last 14 years. My first shoot at this event...

March 2015 Newsletter

March Newsletter Greetings from Big Sky Country, Actually this month's greeting would be more appropriately entitled, “Greetings from the Mojave Desert”, which will be apparent as you view the images taken during two eventful weeks recently spent in southern...

Turning vision into reality at Skull Rock

I had not visited Joshua Tree National Park in ten years, so I was in scouting mode when I entering the park to familiarize myself with all the great Mojave desert landscapes that the park offers.  I initially drove by the turnout for Skull Rock on the parks loop road...

Luminosity Masking

To some of you who dabble in post processing of your images the term "luminosity masking" may sound quite foreign and even intimidating. I know to did to me  just a few months back. I scoured the internet for tutorials was intrigued by the new possibilities of making...