“Men have become the tools of their tools.” -Henry David Thoreau. I’ve added a “Tools” page to the site with three handy scripts to help plan a photo trip. One will calculate depth of field for various camera setups, and one will calculate sunset and sunrise times. Another will calculate the moon phase and photograph [...]

What happened to “UnnecessaryBeauty.com”? Well, I never really liked that name so I changed it. Your old links and bookmarks will still work, they are just redirected to this new site. If you have a link to U.B. on your website, please change it to this new one. Sorry for any confusion or hassle. Thanks.

On the main gallery page I have added a Featured folder that will have new and favorite photos. Also there is a new Crystal sub-folder in the Nature folder. This will hold photos using a crystal prop at the beach.

I’ve added a fireworks sub-gallery to the Night Gallery. They were shot during on New Years Eve.

I recently tried night photography, mostly using the 50mm f1.4, so I added a new Night Gallery. I hope you enjoy viewing them.