Jess Lee’s Photo Adventures

As you can see the park service has allowed us to enter their park again. After having the roads open for the park services private use for the past 6 weeks we are again allow to visit.
OK off the soapbox. Sure there are things happening in Yellowstone but this early in the season is usually not [...]

Actually this is more shameless self promotion rather than news. The above is a photo of mine that will be on the back cover of the Spring 08 Defenders Magazine.
The article that this image promotes has some interesting thought about the delisting of wolves if you get a chance read it and weep.

I have just had an opening on my June Alaska bear Photo trip.  It is really getting difficult to get a space on one of these trips so if you want to go, this is your chance. Check it out
http://jessleephotos.com/Alaskabears.htm
It is the best place I have found for capturing grizzly cub images.

While slaving over the computer (it is begining to feel that way) I came across a few more tools I wanted to pass along for working on your images The most impressive is Luminosity Mask by Tony Kuyper.
This is just one of several tutorials Tony gives on his site.  http://www.goodlight.us/writing/luminositymasks/luminositymasks-1.html
While you are there check out [...]

It has arrived to early again, at least extensions are easy to file. 
But on to more important things for photographers. I have finally committed to lightroom and trying to learn more about its place in my work flow. It’s not that I think it is wonderful but I think it incorporates what is being done [...]

They say all good things must come to an end, but nobody knows why. In this case we left Organ Pipe simply because our room reservation ran out and the motels were full for Thursday. At any rate it is back to Tucson and more variety on our journey. Saguaro is very over grown this [...]

Last week after 2 days of wind I though the bloom at Organ Pipe was on its way out.
I was wrong!.
It is so great we are canceling rooms at other locations and extending our stay here. A full week (this week) isn’t enough time to get it all. No wonder Organ Pipe is one of [...]

As predicted the Desert is a Bloom this year.  Joshua tree north is still to come with the exception of Amboy crater which is in full bloom. On a side note gas at Amboy was $4.9 for regular. Hello GW!
Organ Pipe is awesome as usual but I am prejudiced I love the place even without [...]

While the snow continues to drift here in Yellowstone country. The flowers are starting their bloom in the desert of the southwest.
 Soon the Mexican (or is it now Latino) Poppies and other flowers will carpet the lowlands in southern California and Arizona. “It is going to be a good year” says the visitors center at [...]

Hi All,
I hope you all had a wonderful season since I heard from you. We have had some great trips. Haines was fun with many eagles and some good light.
New Mexico was as sweet as only New Mexico can be. We found some new locations and new ways to shoot some of the old favorites.
I [...]