Photography

benstraw.com Has a New Look

The benstraw.com home page: the heading "One picture at a time" above a photo of Billy Strings on stage at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles
My photography site, benstraw.com, has a new look. Come see it, one picture at a time.

The Towers I Loved, and the Day They Fell

The World Trade Center towers on the Lower Manhattan skyline at twilight, 2000
Twenty-five years after September 11, 2001, I remember watching the attacks from the roof of my Lower Manhattan apartment, and reflect on how that morning changed my view of the world.

Mushrooms

A cluster of pale oyster mushrooms
Beautiful Oyster Mushrooms

Extreme Geomagnetic Storm Photography

A long-exposure night photograph at the Marina del Rey breakwater
Pulled to Black On May 10, 2024 solar flares caused extreme G5 conditions to be observed