Arches iFotoGuide App

Ron NiebruggeEquipment, Miscellaneous, Moab, Utah 3 Comments

Arches Photography guide application for iPhone and iTouch.

Arches Photography guide application for iPhone and iTouch.

Well I must admit I am a reference material junkie!  I have shelves and shelves of books – guide books to National Parks, birds and animals, plants and wildflowers, animal tracks, geology…  The list goes on and on.  Not only do I have a bunch of book here, but I also keep many more in our trailer, and we usually send a box back and forth depending where we are traveling.  Unfortunately, they take up a ton of space and weight.

I also have to admit that I’m hooked on apps for my iTouch / iPhone – I have an iTouch.  Maps, weather, depth of field calculators, even Northern Light predictions all on this tiny device, it is amazing!

So, when I heard that a couple of friends, Dan Baumbach and Bret Edge had created an Arches National Park Photography Guide iPhone application, well I thought that was ingenious!  What a great idea – I could easily travel with all this information right in my shirt pocket!  A perfect marriage of information and technology.

Dan recently provided me a copy to review, and I gotta admit I love the product!  This application actually has a lot of advantages over a hard copy book because it is able to link to current information in real time such as weather forecasts, along with providing links to websites for local restaurants, hotels and campground – what a great resource!

The app is also packed with all kinds of useful information on Arches National Park, information useful to photographers such sunrise and sunset times along with an interactive map and information on backpacking, wildlife and wildflowers.  But the real meat to the application is the information on the different photo locations within Arches.  This information includes photos, maps, descriptions on how to get to the location, even the GPS coordinates.

It just so happens that I have spent a fair amount of time in Arches over the last two years, and have been to all the locations described in the app, and found the information accurate and concise.

The application cost $4.95 – much cheaper then most printed guides, and more valuable.  They have many more iFotoGuides planned for the future.

Full Moon Over Resurrection Bay

Ron NiebruggeAlaska, Chugach, Photos, Travel 22 Comments

Full Moon over Resurrection Bay, Seward, Alaska.

Full Moon over Resurrection Bay, Seward, Alaska.

This was last night’s beautiful full moon rising over Mt. Alice.  The bay was as calm as a lake!

Manual exposure of 10 seconds at f/8 and ISO 400.  Canon 1DsIII and 24-105 lens at 47.

Photo Tour – Workshop Update

Ron NiebruggeAnza-Borrego, California, Photos, Travel 8 Comments

Wildflowers, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.

Wildflowers, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.

I have been hearing lots of great reports from the Southern California deserts especially Anza-Borrego – the area has received a lot of rain and it is sounding like it could be a good to great wildflower year!  I’m excited, and will start posting updates on the current conditions in Borrego in a couple of weeks.

I prefer the soft, gentle marketing approach and hate to resort to the hard sell car dealer like approach by saying you better sign up now before it’s too late, but – you better sign up now before it’s too late.  🙂  Actually, the second weekend is now full, and I only have a few spots left for the first weekend.  The permitting process will prevent me from offering any more, and will likely prevent other photographers from throwing together last minute tour / workshops.  To learn more, check out:  Anza-Borrego Photo Workshop.

With summer a ways off, there is a little less time urgency with my Alaska Photo Tours, although I only have one spot left for the private boat Kenai Fjords photo tour, and only two spots left for the Bear and Puffin photo tour – and recently, I received a number of inquires on the bear tour.   And space is available for our private boat Prince William Sound tour.

If you have any questions about any of the tours, drop me a quick email, or give me a call.

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Website updates

Ron NiebruggeCalifornia, Photos, Travel 10 Comments

Sunset over the San Jacinto Mountains whick rise above Palm Springs, California

Sunset over the San Jacinto Mountains which rises above Palm Springs, California

Thanks to Janine’s hard work, our website is now completely updated with photos from this past summer and  fall!  This includes a big addition to our section of Las Vegas photos, and a much needed expansion to our Joshua Tree National Park coverage – a place we pass by frequently, but often overlook.  I hope to spend much more time there in the years to come.

We seem to work really hard to process and publish our images, and always manage to finish just before heading out on the next long trip.  We then travel, and the process starts over.  A part of me wouldn’t mind some extra time in the office to address all those little things we never have time for, but a much bigger part of me can’t wait to hit the road with my camera!

Alaska Mountain Sunrise

Ron NiebruggeAlaska, Chugach, Photos, Travel 12 Comments

Sunrise over the Chugach National Forest, Seward, Alaska.

Sunrise over the Chugach National Forest, Seward, Alaska.

It has been a little while since I have posted a new photo from Seward.  Here is a recent image captured out or front door of a view that never gets old!