When I first developed the method to estimate canopy metrics from smartphone spherical panoramas, I used a somewhat convoluted workflow involving command line image manipulation, a plugin for ImageJ to […]
An article I wrote about an expedition to collect wood frogs in the Alaska Arctic is now online at Alaska Magazine. I’ve included the teaser below, but check out the […]
Scroll to the end for the photo gallery. — I originally wrote this post for the Sitka Conservation Society‘s website in 2014. This trip was part of the Stika Community […]
A short recipe for adventurous field science Take me to the photos! Step 1: Come up with a hair-brained scheme. My labmate Yara and I had been dreaming up the […]
Hemispherical photography is one of those tasks often prefaced by the statement, “How hard could it be?” I’m pretty sure I said something like this at the beginning of my […]
Just couple months ago, I had the opportunity to float the entire 280 miles of canalized white-water between the redrock walls of the Grand Canyon. I celebrated my birthday, solstice, […]
I recently received a Digital Education Innovation Grant to design an interactive project exploring animal vision. You can check out the project and read more about the inspiration below. Speciation […]
From my field notes, 17 August 2018: “Last night I slept on the flat bench of duff-covered ground at the base of the ‘camp tree,’ a white and skeletal cedar […]
I’m currently on my way up to Alaska for another supremely short season of guiding (just two trips this years). I was going through some old photos and came across […]
Be sure to check out the previous two posts: 1. Hemispherical Light Estimates 2. Hardware for Hemispherical Photos Once the theory and equipment are taken care of, you are ready […]