Gift Suggestions for the Photographer

Ron NiebruggeAnza-Borrego, California, Photos, Travel Leave a Comment

The headlight used by Janine to explore a mud cave in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California is just one of many gift suggestions.

The headlight used by Janine to explore a mud cave in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California is just one of many gift suggestions.

Last year I did a post on Christmas gift suggestions for the photographer.  I thought about writing a new one for this year, but realized I would be recommending the same items and that is would be easier to just link and remind everyone of last years blog post.

Well, there is one change I would make to last years recommendation and that is for my Anza-Borrego photo workshop which is no longer an option as it sold out some time ago.  But, I do have a little bit of room in one of my two Alaska bear photo tours – now that would be the ultimate Christmas gift!

Free Shipping!

Ron NiebruggeGrand Tetons, Photos, Travel, Wyoming 6 Comments

Barn in front of the Grand Teton Range, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.

This photo of an old barn in front of the Grand Teton Range in Grand Teton Natonal Park is among our better selling prints. I think we have sold a half dozen or so this year alone.

Although we sell a lot of prints year around – over the next month the number of orders we receive increases dramatically.  In the past we have always offered free shipping during the upcoming month – I don’t know how much of a difference the free shipping offer really makes, but I don’t want to find out!

So, over the next month up until December 16th, any order over $50 will receive free priority mail shipping from our home office here in Alaska.   International orders won’t be free, but shipping will be discounted by an equal amount.  Don’t worry – if you placed an order this past weekend (Saturday or Sunday), we will apply the free shipping.

So go here: to check out our vast collection of photo prints:

Waikiki

Ron NiebruggeHawaii, Photos, Travel 9 Comments

Hotels along Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Hotels along Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii.

This was a sunset earlier on during out recent trip to Hawaii.

Wailua Falls

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Janine at Wailua Falls, near Hana, Maui, Hawaii.

Janine at Wailua Falls, near Hana, Maui, Hawaii.

This beautiful waterfall is just along the side of the road a few miles past Hana – one of many.

They do pay their price for all this lush beauty.  A wet year in Hana can bring over 200 inches of rain, and a wet month of March can bring almost 60 inches!  And I thought we got a lot of precipitation!  A bit north of Hana it is even wetter.  I know a few times we had our window wipers on high and still couldn’t see because so much rain was coming down.  On the plus side, all the waterfalls in the area were really pumping!

Seven Sacred Pools

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Seven Sacred Pools or O'heo Gulch, Haleakala National Park, near Hana, Maui, Hawaii.

Seven Sacred Pools or O'heo Gulch, Haleakala National Park, near Hana, Maui, Hawaii.

Well our last few days in Hawaii were busy.  Two days down in Hana and a couple of trips up to the Haleakala Crater.  Gotta say the drive to Hana was beautiful!  But, the highlight was a visit to the Seven Sacred Pools just a short distance past the town – just flat gorgeous!  As is the hike above the pools to Waimoku Falls. Both should be at the top of any visitors list of things to see while in Maui.  While there, we were lucky enough to have one of our few sunsets.  If you look close you can see the highway just above the upper falls.

This was Saturday night.  We are now back in Alaska where the forecast is for lows down to zero and winds of 50-60 mph.  Standing in this stream in my shorts and sandals seems like a different life time!

Surfing Maui

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A surfer at Ho'okipa Beach, Maui, Hawaii.

A surfer at Ho'okipa Beach, Maui, Hawaii.

My plan was to post a beautiful sunrise photo from the top of Haleakala this morning.  Well, we got up at 4:00 a.m. and drove to the top only to see thick clouds, heavy rain and wind.  O well.  At least I wasn’t one of those people who got up just as early and paid big bucks, to coast a bike down the mountain in the blowing rain.  They didn’t look happy.  Too make it worse – off to the West, you could tell the beaches were in nice sun.  I wonder how many of them uttered the words “we could be laying on the beach right now!”

So, I decided to post this photo from yesterday afternoon.  The waves were pretty good – lots of surfers and windsurfers – fun to photograph!

This weekend we head to Hana before flying home on Monday.  Might make one more try for sunrise on the mountain before we fly Monday morning.

 

Haleakala Sunset

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Sunset from Haleakala Summet, Haleakala National Park, Hawaii.

Sunset from Haleakala Summet, Haleakala National Park, Hawaii.

This place is famous for it’s sunrises, but sunset can be spectacular as well.  Having clouds above and below you at the same time is really cool!

Kaanapali

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Kahekilli Beach, Kaanapali, Maui, Hawaii.

Kahekilli Beach, Kaanapali, Maui, Hawaii.

Finally, our first sunrise / sunset!  Clouds are helpful for a sky of color – we have just had too many of them.  Except for this evening in Maui on Saturday night.  We had just enough for a bit of pretty color.

I actually stacked two graduated neutral density filters for a total of 5 stops in order to bring out some detail in the foreground.