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It’s more than pushing the shutter …Photographic art evokes emotion that only comes from relationship between Artist and Subject
One just has to sit and develop a relationship with the subject, be it landscape, person, or animal … mediocre photographs are the ones that come from one lucky “shot” in the midst of thousands, great “photographs” are just great photographs, and excellent “art images” require transcending time (as we know it) to get to [...]
Abstract Images Defined on their own terms
Rather than words such as winter or summer, abstract images challenge the spaces in the mind that tangle with the heart. Ethereal imagery defies the dictionary definition of what is and enters into its own realm of what is not. The dreamy scenes transcend the world of logic and entice, tease, and beckon with their [...]
a Windy Spring Run in the Rollins Savannah Forest Preserve 5.6 miles
As always, whenever I photograph or do just about any kind of driving for any kind of reason, I enjoy finding and exploring new places through running or hiking. The internet and all the technology out here has provided a great way to explore “ahead of time”. Through websites such as mapmyrun, everytrail, Garmin [...]
One Year ago today – Having Survived the Canyon
Everything happened as visualized, except for the ice in the bottom of my boots. I couldn’t get my boots on! My bare feet & toes were so so cold but I could move them. I attempted to get my boots on once by putting my liners onto my feet first (Baffin boots are like a [...]
My canyon Survival Anniversary – Celebration inside and warm ..
someone was looking over me and I fell into an absolute calm once I knew that fretting about what I didn’t have was not going to do anything .. I had no cell service, my satellite phone was in my car at the trail head ( remember, this was a day hike!), I didn’t have [...]
Photos of the Day – Wintering Birds Find last bits of open water on Lake Geneva
See larger views of these winter bird images .. or click on the thumbnail images below. Lake Geneva is 21 miles in circumference – I’ve GPS’d it and even put together a Lake Geneva Shore Path trail guide for those of you who would like to hike or run it. Within the vast amount of [...]
Multiple Exposure creates multiple scenes (and many ways of seeing) from just one
Scenic photography begs more time to interpret the personality and intricacies of the land. A thoughtless capture by a hurried photographer, seems to me sad indeed. Akin to shutting down a conversation with a beloved friend to place a television show as a priority, a rushed photo shudders with the frigidness that lacks compassion for [...]
Image of the day – Barn and Silo in the Snow (done with 4x multiple exposure in camera)
I was driving a few days ago through the country, not far from my home when this barn and silo combination caught my attention. The barn was left with just a face – no sides to house any animals or to stash any alfalfa bales or straw. The light was heavy in the clouds behind [...]
Ring-necked pheasant photos added. Buy all 3 for just $40!
I just added Ring-necked pheasant photos to my website. Buy all THREE 8 x 10 inch prints for just $40! – Order Below! Of course these pheasant images are also available as Limited Edition Canvas Prints too! Please Select Number of Prints Below 8×10 (one) $20.00 8×10 (three) $40.00 16 x 20 (one) $60.00 16 [...]
An Icy Scenic Run with Gorgeous Ice Images from Mother Nature
Route (newly made up today) : French Country Run Activity: Run Started: Jan 10, 2011 1:29:36 PM Stopped Time: 0:00 Distance: 7.76 miles Fastest Pace: 7:54 /mile Climb: 184 feet Calories: 736 Official Route: Yes Clothing Worn: Vibram Treks (yes, still wearing Vibrams the whole winter! Coldest day in them so far has been “feels [...]
Photos of the Day – Gusty Snow creates its own art against land and sky
The Images below are from January’s past. This image promotion will run for the month of January 2011 and after that some of the images will be added to my site for sale at the normal photo luster print prices. Others will be discontinued so if you see something that you would like act now! [...]
Kristen Westlake’s Old Galleries – For those of you who liked the way my galleries used to be, Here is an easy way back!
**Kristen Westlake Galleries – the old way** For those of you that liked the format of my past online galleries … these are the categories that you knew. If you click on them they will lead you to the same images as well as updated images on my new website. Please let me know [...]
Happy New Year! Huge savings on photo luster prints! Buy two, get one for a dollar. Buy 3 get 2 for a dollar each .. the more you buy the more you get for just a buck! Ends Feb 1
Buy two photo luster prints and get your third print (same size) for just a DOLLAR!! Buy three photo luster prints and get two luster prints (same size) for just a DOLLAR each!! Buy five photo luster prints and get five luster prints (same size) for just a DOLLAR each!! Start shopping and saving!
Saturday’s Online Image Promotion starts early *TODAY!* – Get 8×10 inch prints for as low as $10 (normally $55) and 16 x 20 inch prints for as low as $30 (normally $95)!
Now through Sunday EXTENDED, December 19 ONLY! : 8×10 inch prints resale normally for $45 each. Today through December 11 (midnight), all 8 x 10 photo luster prints will be one for $20, 3 for $40, 5 for $60, and 10 for $100. 16 x 20 inch prints resale normally for $95. Today through December [...]
Buy Nature Photography **HOLIDAY SPECIAL!!** Buy any size canvas print and get a 16 x 20 inch photo lustre fine art print for just a DOLLAR! (normally $95) – Through December 25! Buy 2, get 2 photo luster prints for 50 cents each, and it keeps getting better the more prints you purchase!
Simply select the print you want and add the 16×20 inch $1 option in the drop down menu under the print. Also FREE SHIPPING!! enter “freeship” coupon code:) … and the offer gets better .. keep reading. … the more canvas prints you buy, the more photo luster prints you get … photo luster prints [...]
December Events and Holiday Promotions – Meet the artist and get great Holiday Savings on all Nature Photography
Mark your Calendars for Three Special Pre-Holiday Events in December. Meet the artist and get unique photo gifts at Promotional Prices Just for the Holidays! December 11, Saturday: 1 – 4 pm Lake Geneva, WI 335 Wrigley Drive Lake Geneva, WI 53147-2034 (262) 248-2100 Bella Vista Suites Lakeside Luxury Shopping Boutique Sat. 12/11 from 1-4 [...]
Seasons: A Wintery Mix of Image Stories
A Lovely Compilation of wintery images seem to be appropriate with the recent turn in sub freezing weather. No snow yet here in Southern Wisconsin but I find myself looking forward to it … My feet will welcome that first fresh white powder with near naked feet. Running through it is as innocently blissful as [...]
Nature Photography Video – Kristen Westlake – Living the Dream
Featuring photography from my travels West over the last year or so. This video is part of a motivational speech that tells a story about connecting with your passions, overcoming your fears to have the courage that it takes to embrace and chase your dreams. http://www.Kristenwestlake.net Follow my never ending story … “Dream a dream [...]
IAT – Day 27 Ice Age Trail : 8 miles on the Devil’s Lake Section
View my youtube video from the Ice Age Trail near Devils Lake State Park! Oh, and I have more Devils Lake images to view … pssst, you can buy them for a song! So this day was absolutely stunning .. kind of overcast but warmish, like low 70s or so. I’ve been bit and piece [...]
Kristen Westlake nature, wildlife, and landscape photography workshops : don’t expect the clinical approach. I won’t teach you how to become a “clone” photographer (taking the same images that everyone takes), I’ll help you to find your own style and become an artist of nature photography
If you live near me in Lake Geneva, check out my one day nature photography workshops for a single photographer. My newest addition to my unconventional workshop approach is the on location traveling workshop. If you (or a small group of friends) have a travel destination you can now contract me to turn some or [...]
Washington Coast’s Olympic Peninsula – Images of amazing reflections in Olympic National Park’s Crescent Lake
Olympic National Park of the Olympic National Forest is located on the Olympic Peninsula in the northwest corner of Washington State. The Olympic Peninsula is an amazing conglomeration of five major landscape settings: rain forest, mountains, rivers, saltwater beaches, and lowland lakes. One such amazing lake is Crescent Lake. When I visited in February of [...]
“Here Kitty, Kitty, BobCAT!” more yellowstone bobcat
February 2010 I was one of the few fortunate photographers to witness and photograph a very healthy young bobcat … quite close. I’ve blogged about this amazing experience earlier this year but have just processed a few more images from this time … so it’s time to share! As you might imagine, seeing a bobcat, [...]
Summer Bison at Yellowstone
Just over a year ago I was visiting Yellowstone National Park with my friend Kimberli. My trip was part of a 3 1/2 week trip through parts of the West, mostly National Parks. I wasn’t so enthralled by the many tourists but yet I was in a way enthralled with them because I am happy [...]
New Yellowstone Images!
Yellowstone National Park is colorful in all seasons. Last September I photographed the fabulous colors within the pools of hot springs. At dusk I set out to photograph the bison. This February I spent time in the snowy elements of Yellowstone National Park, with far fewer people around than I had seen in the summer. [...]
Monument Valley – new images
This placed WOWed me as I came down the state of Utah from Canyonlands earlier in the day. I explored the beautiful and remote canyonlands before sunrise and by hiking early in the day. As the day grew on I drove South towards Monument Valley. It had been a hot day hiking down into the [...]
*new*!! Colorado Rocky Mountain Images!
My images from last September in Colorado Rocky Mountain National Park are available for viewing and for purchase. This amazing place was one of the many amazing National Parks that I visited on a 3.5 week trek across the great American West (before my more recent 2 month journey). Please enjoy the vistas via my [...]
Photography – Something old, something new
Because I have quite the arsenal of images stashed in chunky hard drives, I go through from time to time and discover an image or more that I meant to get back to but the boardwalk of life’s journey kept me going forward … Since I really move in much more of a circular, non [...]
Running “pre-dates” Kristen the photographer
Having a little bout with Achilles tendonitis has me researching my old running diaries to see my history with dealing with it .. twice… But the research has turned into a ton of fun! I’ve been a runner for 31 years and just now, with minimalist footwear (Vibrams) and barefoot I am enjoying it as [...]
Horicon Snowy Owl
This image was made in Horicon a few years ago. It was a really cold day … I started out by setting an alarm for 3 am and then drove around 2 hours to get here before sunrise. I’d been here before to spend time with this little male so I went to his favorite [...]
Bryce Canyon Images – Newly Added – Special Edition
The Southwest desert is teaming with color, shapes, and textures. The rock is soft enough to be shaped … and thus created within what we call rock are the fascinating colors of hoo doos and formations that I present you with below: Images on this page at the very low price of $20 per image [...]
The Art of Experiences
The products that you see in galleries and exhibitions and that you buy for your walls are the result of experiences that involve a passion deeper than the prints. The prints make me happy and remind me of what went into them .. the experiences of hours of hiking, wandering, waiting, wondering, a bust for [...]
Photo & Promo of the Day – Ring Billed Gulls …”No Parking (on the Dance Floor?)”
Get in on my spontaneous special! 25% off this Ring-billed gull photo or any photos from my Lake Geneva Collection Today Only! (July 23) enter code “spontaneous” upon checkout and the discount will automatically be applied to your cart total. In case you miss today, get 15% off on the same (all photos from Lake [...]
Photo of the Day – Getting “Eye Level” with Dewy and Serene Grasses
Please click on the images below to be taken to a larger dewy grass image and to see details about my available frames for canvas prints! … If you enjoy this serenity, take a look at more serene and colorful grassy images ! More Grassy Images: Details Dewy Grass Details Details Dewy Grass Details Prairie Grass
Photo of the Day – “Pssst!”
“Psssst! … Did you know that you can get beautiful photo luster prints on Kristen Westlake’s website for just $45? .. click on my picture to see the dropdown menu under “photo lustre prints”!” …
Lake Geneva Images from Around the Lake!
Since I hiked the Shore Path of Lake Geneva the other day I thought it to be appropriate to add some of the Lake Geneva images that I had from around the lake! enjoy … and more to come! Details Seasons Details Red Leaf Details Dewy Grass Details Seasons Details Mushrooms Details Seasons Details Tiger [...]
Enter “popcorn” for 20% off today and tomorrow only! 7/11 – 7/12
I just added a new Squirrel and chipmunk gallery to my .org site … and with that I thought that a little celebration is in order to welcome the new gallery with older pictures .. most have never been seen until now! .. Simply click on the image(s) below .. add the print you wish [...]
Newly Added Owl Images to my online Gallery
Kristen Westlake Photography Gallery Photos – newly added owl photos I have recently made a change to a new format for my online galleries in hopes of making the navigation easier and more pleasant for viewers and buyers of my work. This gallery also allows me to upload and sell my digital files such as [...]
Challenge -
It’s been more than a few days since I’ve been on the trail for a few reasons. Sometimes reasons seem like roadblocks and can be highly frustrating when I’m trying to “get somewhere”. But once I grasp the concept that even the challenges are part of the journey, I begin to see the opportunities that [...]
Coyote Dance
“A leap of faith happens when we let go of attachment … The leap is the bridge that leads us to all that is possible.” Kristen Westlake
Challenges are Opportunities
“Challenges are Opportunities awaiting your ingenuity and creativity … Time to step out of the self imposed box we think is “comfort”, spread our wings to fledge and land where we might grow” Kristen Westlake To see this image and/or to purchase : snowy egret
Tracks in the Sand
Pristine sand, swept clean each day by the wind … Nature’s canvas painted with the imprints of those inhabiting her land.
“Our Heart knows the answers but our mind asks the wrong questions… ” Kristen Westlake “..
Canyonlands Pictures “Our Heart knows the answers but our mind asks the wrong questions… usually because our mind doesn’t like the answer .. so we try to disguise the answer with evasive questions that allow for some sort of deviation of the reality … it (the deviated reality) may “act” as a placebo for a [...]
IAT (Ice Age Trail) Promo Prints
Promotional Prints are back! … 1 for $20, 3 for $40, 5 for $60 … See this weeks prints in my Ice Age promo gallery. What’s this latest adventure about? I just completed hiking 232 miles of the Ice Age Trail and have a bit over 800 or so to go … its called a [...]
Bobcat in Yellowstone
I am finally getting my images updated, uploaded, organized… um, did I say organized? .. Well the more I actually feel I get organized with all my images from the last year or so the more organization I find out I can do! … Anyway, a very special moment in February of this year .. [...]
Coyote Buttes North and the Famous WAVE images ready in the gallery
see all of my stories and video blogs from the wave This beautiful kaleidoscope of rock formations, color and shapes exists in a wilderness area of Utah and Arizona desert. I was fortunate to be one of just 10 walk ins to get a permit in a lottery the day before at the BLM station [...]
Oak Creek Canyon – Call of the Canyon Images Ready to View in my Gallery
West Fork of the Oak Creek Canyon Images On March 13, 2010 I set out down through the canyon on Highway 89A, the canyon that leads Flagstaff to Sedona. I had read about an array of hikes in the Sedona region and was planning to do a photography hike, as I do often. The hike [...]
Images are the Result of Experiences in Nature
Images are the result of experiences IN nature … A reality show from the trail … because being in nature IS REAL
Video Slideshow of Snowy Owl Photography – Buy snowy owl prints
See & Buy snowy owl photos Details Snowy Owl Details Snowy Owl in Flight Details Male Snowy Owl Landing in tree Details Snowy Owl Taking Off Details Snowy Owl in Flight Details 8 Details 42 Details 62 Details Snowy Owl on Muskrat House – Horicon Marsh Details Male Snowy Owl
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