There was some wild weather up here in Tahoe yesterday. My brother was in town, and we got out for some Lake Tahoe shoreline hiking and photography fun. It was beautiful out! Until it wasn't... The wind,

I finally bought a drone! And bigger news... I recently passed my Part 107 Commercial Drone Pilot License Test. I am now legal to make $$$ flying the drone! This has been a long time coming, my real estate

I got the invite to go fishing on a friend's boat at 9am, on Lake Tahoe today. Sweet! But I had time to kill in the morning, so I decided to wake up early and drive to Emerald Bay first. The sunrise forecast

So... Six years ago, I had an aneurysm at the base of my brain. I was told I might be in a wheelchair for the rest of my life. Fortunately, that was not the case. However, I was told I could never snowboard

Yesterday, the sunset forecast on the MySunset app was looking good, even though there were hardly any clouds in the sky mid-day. I decided to grab my gear and make the 50 minute drive to a favorite spot,

This past week, I had the pleasure of spending time at Lake Tahoe, a place I hadn't visited since I was a child. It was even more breathtaking than I remembered. Exploring the lake was a highlight. The

We had long wished to visit Lake Tahoe, drawn by tales of its beauty. At last, last summer, we got the chance to make our dream real when my stepdaughter invited us to join her family for a memorable trip

Yesterday afternoon was a lot of fun. It started with a group cross-country ski lesson with my friend Martin of MVB Coaching. Martin is an endurance sports coach who offers coaching to folks all over the

I got out for a little hike up above Lake Tahoe a couple of days ago. My ankle is finally feeling healed so I can finally start hitting the trails for long hikes with my camera again. After visiting and

Yesterday, I got out for another hike up to a Lake Tahoe spot that I'm embarrassed to say, I had never been to before. I have shot from this area many times in the past, but I was never able to find the

A story about reclaiming abandoned artwork and over-coming an art block caused by outside influences.

Yup, more re-edits. Again, much better software and hardware now. These were shot from my kayak, in 2010. I did not own underwater housing gear for my camera yet, so I had to be careful about not getting

I'm pretty happy with this one! It's a very wide angle stitched panoramic photo, consisting of many vertical images stitched together using Adobe Photoshop's "photomerge" feature. I posted a

...Oh, and a dusting of snow!!! I finally had time today to get out with the camera and take some photos for myself, instead of just for clients. I can't complain, but I have been very busy with commercial

I decided to work on one more photo from Friday's Lake Tahoe photo shoot. This one is a very wide angle, stitched panoramic. Over 30 vertical photos were stitched together with Photoshop's photomerge feature.

On Friday, I helped pour wine at a Wine Walk in Genoa, Nevada. The owners of the Genoa Gallery organize a fun little wine walk where the local businesses offer tastes of wine to people who are out and

Continuing with more re-edited old photos, these two were shot in 2010 from my kayak. I still have the kayak and I was actually out on it yesterday fishing with Quill dog. It has been on many photo and

Yup! Still working on more. If this goes as planned, I will be making many more of these "before and after" posts as I go through many more old images. These two are from 2010. New technology

Yup, I've been at this photography thing for a while, Scott Shots Photography was started in 1998, I moved to Tahoe in 2002. 35mm slide film was my usual until Canon broke the 20 megapixel mark and I decided

It was another beautiful morning at Lake Tahoe! The sunrise was not quite as good as forecasted but I can't complain at all. The lupine wildflowers in the foreground always make for great subject matter