Through The Viewfinder

Photographs by Paul Wasserman

NEW Acadia National Park 17 images	Arches National Park 13 images	Banff National Park 11 images
Bryce Canyon National Park 14 images	Carlsbad Caverns National Park 2 images	Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park 4 images
Crater Lake National Park 4 images	Glacier National Park 11 images	Grand Canyon National Park 26 images
Grand Teton National Park 9 images	J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge 20 images	Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument 5 images
Miscellaneous 19 images	Monmouth County, New Jersey 49 images	Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park 12 images
Mount Rainier National Park 9 images	NEW New Hampshire 20 images	North Cascades National Park 9 images
Olympic National Park 4 images	Page, Arizona 14 images	Phoenix, Arizona 8 images
Saguaro National Park 6 images	Sedona, Arizona 21 images	The Butterfly Place Westford, Massachusetts 7 images
Washington State 9 images	Waterton Lakes National Park 3 images	White Sands National Monument 7 images
Yellowstone National Park 9 images	Yosemite National Park 5 images	Zion National Park 35 images
Vermilion Cliffs National Monument 28 images	Finger Lakes Region, New York 6 images	San Diego, California 14 images
Florida 7 images	Joshua Tree National Park 5 images

Welcome

Introduction

Welcome to my first photo website. After many years of being asked "Do you have a website that I can see your pictures on?", I have finally decided to say yes. This is my first effort at website creation, so if you encounter any problems, mistakes, spelling/grammar errors or anything that just seems wrong, feel free to Send Mail to Paul

Before I travel to take photographs, I typically research online the best shooting locations and time of day. To help others, I geotagged the majority of the pictures included here. I also included the shooting meta data for each photograph. I hope you find this extra information useful.

Copyright

All of the photographs on this website are copyrighted and all rights are reserved. Please respect that copyright. That said, if you have a need for a particular image (or images), just reach out to me (via email). I'm pretty sure that we will be able to work something out.

Photoshop

I shoot my photographs in raw mode. They all go through Photoshop's raw processing. I often adjust clarity, vibrance, highlights, shadows, etc. In addition, I shoot at a lot of popular National Parks with other visitors. I do occasionally remove visual distractions with the cloning and healing tools.

Colors

Getting consistent reproduction across the various devices that I use is hard. It is harder still to get consistent color reproduction across the web on devices that I don't even know about. The industry has worked to resolve this issue through the use of color management. The best way to view the photos on this website is to have a complete color managed system. I know most viewers will not have that. If the colors in these photographs look ok to you then I would not worry about it. If they look odd (most likely over saturated) you should consider checking if your browser has been configured properly. For Firefox, I recommend following the steps shown below.

1 Type about:config in Firefox's address bar
2 Use the filter field to search for gfx
3 Find gfx.color_management.mode and ensure it is set to 1

In addition, modern monitors can emulate a variety of color profiles. In the picture below, the monitor setup allows you to select its operating mode. Select sRGB for this website.

Site Creation

I used the wonderful jAlbum photo website creation software for most of this sites creation. It utilizes "Skins" which allow you to customize the look and feel of the web site. I used the "Turtle" skin. If you are interested in these tools, visit the following sites:
jAlbum
Turtle