Black Bear Portraits

Landscape / Nature

by Dan Thompson | Oct 20, 2024 | Landscape / Nature, POTW

Welcome back everyone!  I hope you’ve enjoyed this series on black bears.  The experience of photographing these amazing animals alongside my friends was a once in a lifetime thing, which I know I won’t...

Black Bears in a Different Light

Landscape / Nature

by Dan Thompson | Oct 13, 2024 | Landscape / Nature, POTW

Last week I kicked off a new series on black bears in Minnesota, highlighting some images I captured while doing a photo workshop with my friends Bill Lea, Chris Norcott, and Steve Zigler.  Going into this workshop,...

Black Bears in Minnesota

Landscape / Nature

by Dan Thompson | Oct 6, 2024 | Landscape / Nature, POTW

How about something totally new?  This week I want to kick off a new series, and a (mostly) new subject – black bears.  If you’ve hung around Picture of the Week long enough, you’ve heard me say that...

Kelso Dunes Photo Essay

Landscape / Nature

by Dan Thompson | Sep 29, 2024 | Landscape / Nature, POTW

New spot!  When I was preparing last week’s post, I had originally thought about just adding all these images to that photo essay, but the more I thought about it, the more I wanted to just do these images from...

Joshua Tree Photo Essay

Landscape / Nature

by Dan Thompson | Sep 22, 2024 | Landscape / Nature, POTW

Back to Joshua Tree!   As I mentioned last week, I wanted to take a minute and share some of the daytime photos I captured while I was out west, in addition to all the night images I captured.  This week we’re...

Highlights from Nevada

Landscape / Nature

by Dan Thompson | Sep 15, 2024 | Landscape / Nature, POTW

Back to the daylight! I mentioned in last week’s post that I had some images that I wanted to share from my time out west that weren’t night images, and the more I looked at them, the more I wanted to...