When the water level of Lake Hodges was lowered for dam safety reasons in 2022, the north-eastern reaches of the reservoir fell dry and for a relatively short period of time, the lake bed was entirely...

The sheer beauty of Selway River whitewater never ceases to mesmerize me. Even at lower flows such as we saw backpacking in early July, the river’s power is unmistakable, but that power is al…

The end of another month has arrived, and while we are certainly done with summer here in Southern California, it appears that summer definitely isn’t done with us yet. Nevertheless, it was a month…

Last Saturday I met some photo club friends at dawn, to photograph the setting “Harvest Moon” at the tide pools of Hospital Point. Here are some of the resulting photos, with a few words about how…

Lassen Volcanic National Park was the one location that didn’t really “satisfy” on the outbound section of our September 2022 road trip. An early snowfall at the end of September had the road closed…

Here are three more bits of information that will help users of Lightroom Classic: batch-adjusting the capture time from a reference photo, “free” generative AI removals, and useful plugins.

After a summer-doldrums related break from the monthly throwbacks (there just wasn’t anything to share from August 2016) here are three photos from September 2016 that have passed the test of time.

Photo-blogging is quite a bit slower than I’d like still. For Sunday (and to clean out the vaults), here are some collected photos of coastal sage scrub in summer, with the typical colors that we’re…

There are many different photographic disciplines but the most commonly line drawn is between fine art and documentary photography, which defines what’s allowed in the process: “anything goes” in fine...

It has been a triple-A month: the Astonishingly Awful August has come to an end — thankfully. As usual for this occasion, I have my look back, with notes, commentary, observations…

I first saw this quote posted somewhere online, without attribution, a long, long time ago… and while letting Lightroom dig through a bunch of folders, I stumbled upon the screenshot I had made back…

The Trump administration wants you to believe repealing the 2001 Roadless Rule is about wildfire safety and local control. Its own environmental review says otherwise.

A high-voltage powerline through San Diego County called Golden Pacific Powerlink would be SDG&E’s largest project ever.

August, the month of photographic summer drought* in Southern California: the desert is an oven; the mountains and inland valleys are hot; the beaches are packed with people. My desire to go and see…

Learn how to create a proofing gallery in the WordPress Block Editor where clients can select, flag, comment on, and submit images.

Stone, sky, sunlight and the Snake River all united into shining flow… The Loren Eiseley quote, “If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water,” has become sorely ove…

New research suggests that swapping your internal combustion engine for an EV is almost always the greener choice.

YouTube video by Alexander S. Kunz Photography

A combination of links about how “AI” image editing threatens citizen science projects and community-based research, and the question we should ask ourselves about our photography and editing.

Here is the next batch of ten newly added photos to my collection of native plants in San Diego County! In the last couple of days, I have updated various other photos in the collection for better…

The monthly End Notes for July 2026 from Alexander S. Kunz photography combine plant photos, announcements of portfolio updates and other news, notes and links.

Ten photos of native plants found in San Diego County, Southern California.

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I’m cleaning out the vaults once more, and have found a few photos from two walks at Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve a few years ago, in November. This is a good month to see some (limited) Southern…

With only 25 photos total in the July 2016 folder, this monthly throwback to ten years ago is going to be really brief. Early in the month, my friend Tracy and I went for a sunset hike to Cuyamaca…

Nine photos: Close-ups, intimate landscapes and grand scenic vistas from a desert hike in the Coyote Mountains Wilderness in Imperial County, California.

Two recent events and experiences have been on my mind lately. One was visiting Mission San Diego de Alcalá with my photo club, the other seeing photographs in the “Through the Eyes of Youth” and…

Hard to believe that half of 2026 is over now… and for the end of the month as usual, I have my look back at and summary of things and happenings, stuff from behind the scenes, a few links…

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Photos and story of a day spent hiking in the area of Picture Lake, Heather Meadows, and Table Mountain of the Mount Baker Wilderness in Washington.

Adobe has released the June 2026 update to Lightroom Classic and it includes some unexpected but welcome new features… and lacks the ones we’ve been waiting for! Mean. Adobe’s Release Notes for…

It’s the middle of the month and my throwback to June 2017 contains more “seeing of familiar places in infrared”, but also a return to visible light. :) In total, I have four photos that have passed…

It’s Fair Season in San Diego! Today 6/10 is the first day of this year’s San Diego County Fair and with it, the prestigious Photo Show is on display of course. In addition to having been part of the…

The use of social media in planning violent protests over the Belfast knife attack has drawn condemnation, with Britain's ruling Labour Party accusing Elon Musk of stoking divisions. The tech billiona...

Learn how to create reusable gallery presets in WordPress with FolioBlocks and Block Patterns to speed up your workflow.

Voice of San Diego reports that SDG&E and other investor-owned utilities are lobbying hard against “balcony solar” — devices that allow people to reduce electricity costs by plugging small solar […]

Clearing up a couple of things about “bot checks”. Who you should be mad at, why you’re seeing them — and why we’re most likely only going to see more of them.

Well hello, it is the end of another month and as usual, I have my End Notes with a look back at this month’s photographic activities, observations from the trail and of the weather, a few links…