The Arizona Adventure Ends

This was the scene when I woke up this morning! My hosts in Oro Valley, just outside of Tucson Arizona, assured me that it never snows in Tucson. When I went to bed the sky was clearing and it was a fairly warm night… 6 hours later and everything was covered in...

Greetings from FOTOfusion 2011

Well… here I am in sunny West Palm Beach Florida for the annual FOTOfusion event. Ive been invited along with a group of photography masters to present at the photo conference. The Palm Beach Photo Center is in the middle of downtown West Palm Beach in the same...

Happy New Year

Looking Forward for 2011 This past year has had its ups and downs but now it is time to look ahead to a golden dawn of new opportunities. I’m putting together a schedule of activities for at least the 1st quarter of the year and laying the foundation for...

Technopod Death Valley Adventure

The Saga Continues… Well… I finally recovered from a hectic Death Valley trip in the Technopod. You can see the basic setup in the photo above. I use the portable solar panel at the left to keep the deep cycle battery topped off though I didn’t have...

Why Think Small?

Blog Post 2010-11-29 from Lee Varis on Vimeo. Well now… I’ve been configuring and testing my “Technopod” now for a while and I’m getting nearer to my first stress test excursion to Death Valley Dec. 10th… I’ll be writing about...