The Art of Macro
By Jeff Insel I was very fortunate to spend a weekend working with two great photographers, Amy Horn and Bruce Taubert, along with fellow photo guide David Goodell. This workshop is excellent for thos...
AHPS Super Macro Photography Workshop
By Jeff Insel In July, I was fortunate to work the Super Macro workshop featuring Amy Horn and Bruce Taubert as the instructors/photographers. There aren’t many organizations teaching Super Macro so...
Driving up the California Coast
By Jeff Insel We recently spent a couple days driving up Highway 1 on the California coast enroute to the Bay Area for a wedding. We stayed in Port Hueneme for a night and visited the beach and pier t...
The Odd Town of Oatman, Arizona: A Route 66 Adventure
By Jim Chamberlain It is hidden in the Black Mountains of Northern Arizona. The village is part ghost town, tourist stop, and wildlife sanctuary. It was named after a woman who never lived there. I ha...
Where God put the West: Monument Valley
By Jim Chamberlain When the famous American actor John Wayne first saw the buttes, mesas, and spires of Monument Valley, he is quoted as saying “Monument Valley is the place where God put the West.�...
Jungle Hiking
By Vicki Uthe This was a day we were REALLY looking forward to. A day to just get into the surrounding jungle and see what’s there. We were fortunate to have been in Panama during the “dry season�...
Learn Who, Where, and How with the onX Apps
By Sara Goodnick Outdoor explorers, photographers, off-roaders, hikers, birders, and hunters—onX makes three apps that will tell you exactly what you need to know, from downloadable offline maps, tr...
A Great Birding Lens
By Vicki Uthe I recently purchased a new lens for my Lumix GX-8 micro 4/3 camera body. It’s an Olympus 100-400 mm zoom which translates to a 200-800 mm given the crop sensor on my camera. It. Is. Am...
Chasing Stars in the High Desert
By Jim Chamberlain The night was so dark I could not see the buttons on my camera without my red lens flashlight. The sky seemed black above the granite boulders. As my eyes adjusted to the darkne...
Finding a Way - Texas Hill Country and Wildflowers Workshop 2021
By John Ellis You want to know just one of the great things about AHPS instructors? When Mother Nature hands them lemons, they make lemonade. The recent April �?Texas Hill Country and Wildflower Work...