Archive | April, 2010
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Speech: Facing Fears to Live the Dream: the Life Behind the Pictures

Kristen Westlake – Facing Fears to Live the Dream: the Life Behind the Photos from Kristen Westlake on Vimeo. See  my Images from The West Fork of the Oak Creek Canyon Motivational / Inspiring speech given by Kristen Westlake, Landscape and Wildlife Photographer at the G2 Gallery, Venice California. Kristen Westlake speaks about the experiences and [...]

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“We may choose to be a victim or an opportunist in any Life challenge. Either way the choice is ours and so is the result.” Kristen Westlake

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“We experience life when we choose to LIVE it … we may feel unskilled and unprepared but we cannot feel the thrill of life unless we face our fear(s) and do Life anyway! .. the experience comes in the aftermath of our experiences, not before.” Kristen Westlake

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HI Everyone, I will soon be discontinuing my newsletter via Constant Contact. With so many venues out here to reach my members I have chosen to focus my efforts on just a few. The Constant Contact subscription is expensive and I need to consolidate in this time of economic decline. I will continue to post [...]

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Videos from the Oak Creek Canyon

See  my Images from The West Fork of the Oak Creek Canyon Videos as I hiked during the day and before I knew I was lost .. I just meandered making images as I went.  .. Get the full news stories here : More stories from my Canyon Survival: Lake Geneva Regional Times Red Rock News [...]

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“As our language barriers “separate” us, so transcending them will unite us.” Kristen Westlake

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“Just begin … the Unknown caverns that you imagine are vast expanses of beauty, illuminating the path .. you need only to step out of fear and into your glorious Light.” Kristen Westlake

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March 28: Antelope Canyon Part 2

Now See All of my  Antelope Canyon Images in the Gallery. Part two : Images from Antelope Canyon, Page AZ. Images on this page at the very low price of $20 per image as a promotion (that runs until April 1) – and the more you purchase the greater your savings. All images are printed [...]

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March 28: Antelope Canyon. Part 1

Now See All of my  Antelope Canyon Images in the Gallery. Antelope Canyon in Page, AZ is an amazing narrow slot canyon that you literally drop into the earth to get into. The light plays on the walls in such a way that we can’t see the colors you see here with our naked eye. [...]

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March 27: Coyote Buttes North and The Wave

I had read about and seen pictures of this magnificent place and always wanted to come here to hike and photograph. There is a lottery which gives just 10 permits a day to visit this grand place. More on that here. So here I am at the BLM station along with a total of 49 [...]

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Self Portrait at the Wave, Coyote Buttes North

JOURNAL: March 27 – Into Coyote Buttes North and the Wave

I headed down the easy back road Hwy 89 from Kanab, Utah to the Wire Pass trailhead, excited to do my much dreamed of hike into Coyote Butte North and 3 or so miles in to the wave.. No trail at all to get to the wave had me slightly nervous since my adventure not [...]

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JOURNAL: March 26 for the March 27 Coyote Butte Lottery

I got to the BLM station between Kanab, UT and Page, AZ (off of hwy 89) before 8:30 AM Utah time (AZ doesn’t change time zones). There were just four of us total sitting in our cars outside of the station awaiting the doors to open. At 8:30 the doors were opened and suddenly a [...]

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West Feb 2 – April 2, 2010 – Snow, Rain, Sand, Canyons

A reality show from the trail … because being in nature IS REAL

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March 26: Around Sedona … the second time around

I first came into the Sedona area to spend some time before going back to CA to speak at the G2 Gallery on March 18. That was the time in Sedona where I had my overnight wilderness experience. I have much more to write about in that encounter, as in its duration and afterwards it [...]

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March 13 : Call of the Canyon – West Fork Trail along the Oak Creek

More about my Wilderness Experience in the Oak Creek Canyon The images below bring back many memories. Now most of you understand how my images are the result of experiences that I have .. there is much behind each image, stories that I will tell you that bring more meaning to the picture that you [...]

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JOURNAL: April 2, Kansas City to Home.. the Longest Drive is the last 20 miles!

FACEBOOK posts as I got to just 100 miles away from my home: 100 miles to go! 50 miles to go.. Seems strange to not see signs that say “Watch for falling rocks” … Wait, there was a sign for a town called Rock Falls! Driving on fumes to get to the Wi border! WISCONSIN [...]

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JOURNAL: April 1 … Taos to Kansas City and the April Fool Wind in between

Back to long days on the road! As the drive from WI to get to the pretty places West of WI is long, so I was reminded by the drive today that it was the same on the way back. Hwy 50 through Kansas was long and monotonous (no offense to those of you who [...]

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