I’m posting today on behalf of my wife, Claudia Welsh, who has something exciting to tell you about.
As some of you may already know, Claudia joined five fellow photography friends (Anna Morgan, Charlotte Gibb, Jennifer Renwick, Michele Sons, and Sarah Marino) to form a collaborative group called Circle of Light. They’ve been working on something special: an ebook called The Nature of Place: Personal Narratives in Landscape Photography.
Stormy afternoon at Tunnel View, Yosemite NP, California
The weather is upside down here in central California. Our wettest season, winter, was exceptionally dry. But now that spring has arrived the storms have returned. We’ll take it – we need the rain, and, as the saying goes, it’s better late than never.
And just to make things more interesting, over the last few days unstable air has triggered numerous thunderstorms, with lots of lightning and thunder. That’s quite unusual for this part of the world.
Three Brothers, Sentinel Rock, and the Merced River at sunrise, Yosemite NP, California
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be teaching at another Out of Yosemite Landscape Photography Conference, January 18–22, 2027!
The original Out of Yosemite conference in 2020 was a fantastic event, and I’m looking forward to doing it again. Once again I’ll be teaching alongside an outstanding lineup of instructors: Joshua Cripps, Jerry Dodrill, Albert Dros, Franka Gabler, Charlotte Gibb, Michael Gordon, Huibo Hou, Chuck Kimmerle, Jennifer King, Colleen Miniuk, William Neill, Alex Noriega, and Beth Young.
We’ll also be joined by four of Ansel Adams’s former assistants – Ted Orland, Chris Rainier, Alan Ross, and John Sexton – who will each deliver a keynote presentation.
Gentoo penguins on an iceberg, Antarctica
Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all have a wonderful holiday, and lots of beautiful light and wonderful adventures during the coming year.
Claudia and I will be ringing in the New Year at 30,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean while flying to Chile, and then we’ll continue to Antarctica on January 3rd. I can’t wait to get back to the land of ice and penguins! And I can’t think of a better way to start the new year.
— Michael Frye
The votes are all in and counted, and here are my top photographs of 2025!
We had a great response this year: 542 people looked through my initial selection of 52 images and voted for their favorites. A big thank you to everyone who took the time to view these photographs and voice your opinions! I also really appreciate the kind words so many people posted in the comments or sent by email. I wish I could respond to everyone, but please know that I’ve read them all and am very grateful for all your support.
10. Snow, trees, and sunbeams, Hokkaido, Japan
Just a reminder that this is the last day to cast your votes for my best photographs of 2025. You have until midnight! Again, please don’t send your votes to me by email, or post them in the comments, or they won’t be counted. Use the form at the bottom of my earlier post to cast your votes.
Thanks to everyone who already voted! I appreciate your help. 🙂
I’ve been using Lightroom since Adobe released the beta version in 2006. Over the years I’ve learned many shortcuts, and in this video I share some of my favorite tips – things I use all the time to streamline my workflow:
