My Thoughts, Ramblings and Ideas

I hesitate to call this section of my website a Blog, I feel that implies a purpose and a sense of direction. Really I find this section of my site as a space for the random thoughts and ideas that pop into my head and also a way to put more words with my images. We’ll call it a journal if you will, a place for me to put more words to my images and also to take my viewers along with on my various journeys through this beautiful world.

Photography With Intention
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Photography With Intention

Photography starts with a vision but how viewers see images vary. A large fine art print hanging on a wall is very different than viewing images on cell phone screens.

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Nature First, Photography Second
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Nature First, Photography Second

I was a lover of nature way before I ever picked up a camera. I will always put the well being of the natural world over any picture.

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Ballad of the Coyote
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Ballad of the Coyote

Spending a week in Jackson Hole, Wyoming changed my view of the world, it is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been! I was lucky on one of my days out to come across a coyote and we spent a little time together, I was talking to him and he was talking to… well I don’t know.

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Getting Out Of A Creative Funk
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Getting Out Of A Creative Funk

I really needed to get out of a creative funk but couldn’t shake it. I decided to try a new piece of gear to see if that would help. Instead of spending money I didn’t have, I rented a macro lens I had never used before and went to work.

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