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I didn’t sleep from 2:20 til almost 6 so when I finally slept again, it was til 8:30:( ….  The thrill of the unknown is significant in my upcoming adventure and I have no idea but an outline in terms of what to expect….. Same with any state in life that worries me, you, anyone. [...]

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I picked up a little this morning and started to give my home a much needed face lift. When I am not out in the wild places that I love to be in, it's soothing and wonderful to be surrounded by images that remind me. I notice that my body and mind actually mimic the [...]

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Good day, As with all the adventures I experience there is the other adventure side that involves sharing with people about my adventures and nature through my images via blogs, website, social networking, galleries and live events. The way I live life has a very ying/yang component to it as I identify with very solo [...]

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See all of my Southwest images online horseshoe-bend-01 Horseshoe Bend, Page AZ. Just looking at this image takes my breath away and brings back the feeling of awe, thrill and vertigo that raced through my veins upon first contact with theis scene. A long walk through the sandy desert brings a person to this scene [...]

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You have seen my images of Levis Mounds in previous blogs and newsletters, including my last newsletter. Though the image may evoke a response because pictures themselves speak a thousand words, I thought it would be appropriate to share with you some of the “behind the scenes” work that goes into much of my photography. [...]

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Levis-Mounds-3391 Dreams take discipline … disciplining your dreamsMy gallery in Cable, at the Cable Nature Lodge, just ordered this image 22″ x 50″ inches long. I ordered one too for my own home (and for sale as 2 of 8 in this size). As I sit here this morning staring into it, I feel myself [...]

and me waving at the top! I have always pursued what it is that I loved to do in life. I remember struggling with a childhood worry that adulthood would equal having my time “owned” by someone or some company that would dictate ho my time would be spent to their benefit. Thus, my time [...]

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Manabezho-Falls-9718 Manabezho Falls in the Porcupine Mountains of Michigan’s UP.ShareThis Please Select Print Size and Edition Below – $ 11″ x 16″ Canvas Gallery Wrap (Purchase Limited Edition print 1 of – $ 295 16″ x 24″ Canvas Gallery Wrap (Purchase Limited Edition print 1 of – $ 395 20″ x 30″ Canvas Gallery Wrap [...]

Porcupine-Mountains-9642 Near Mirror Lake in the Porcupine Mountains, Upper Peninsula, Michigan.ShareThis Please Select Print Size and Edition Below – $ 11″ x 16″ Canvas Gallery Wrap (Purchase Limited Edition print 1 of – $ 295 16″ x 24″ Canvas Gallery Wrap (Purchase Limited Edition print 1 of – $ 395 20″ x 30″ Canvas Gallery [...]

Potawatomi-Falls-9608 Potawatomi Falls along the Black River Scenic Byway, UP, Michigan.ShareThis Please Select Print Size and Edition Below – $ 11″ x 16″ Canvas Gallery Wrap (Purchase Limited Edition print 1 of – $ 295 16″ x 24″ Canvas Gallery Wrap (Purchase Limited Edition print 1 of – $ 395 20″ x 30″ Canvas Gallery [...]

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flora-pano-2332 I saw this gorgeous field bathed in pink flowers while enroute to part of the Nicolet Forest. I pulled over to the side of the road to invest some time in this panoramic image.See all of my Southwest images onlineShareThis Please Select Print Options Below – $ 8″ x 30″ Canvas Gallery Wrap (Purchase [...]

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Grand-Canyon-8592 This gnarly tree caught my attention as I photographed the fading light scenics of the Grand Canyon. I climbed down on the ledge to get a better perspective. This image gives a view of the Colorado River between tree branches as well. I wanted a painterly effect on this image so I gave it [...]

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California-Condor-1006 I felt a very spiritual knowing while photographing the California Condors on the Navajo Bridge in AZ. This one cast his wing tip shadow directly behind him and his head and wingspan directly behind that. There is something very reverent to me in this image, something representative of what our Native American brothers and [...]

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Death-Valley-Dunes-1153 All kinds of mammals set their tracks in the dunes here. The crest of the dunes in this image is laden with human tracks. While I have tried most of the time to keep human elements out of my images I no longer strive so hard to do so. After all, we are animals [...]

View or purchase this poppy Nature image Field of Poppies bathed in early morning light. The light here caught my eye as it played gently with its colorful subjects. I had 30 minutes maybe to play with the scene. As quickly as it arrived it rolled its magic outward, spreading word that the new day [...]

To view details and to purchase this image This short eared owl surprised me in Horicon Marsh. An unusual time for him to be here, the end of May 2006. He landed in this pile of brush and the colors of the foliage and the sky tangled by the brush gave incredible background to the [...]

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Purchase this Grand Canyon Panorama ImageThe colors, shapes, textures and light play created images within the Grand Image continually.See all of my Southwest images onlineShareThis Please Select Print Options Below – $ 13″ x 30″ Canvas Gallery Wrap (Purchase Limited Edition print 1 of – $595 17″ x 40″ Canvas Gallery Wrap (Purchase Limited Edition [...]

I love the mesas, buttes and canyons of Arizona. Sedona is surrounded by red rock formations. I was in constant awe here. The landscape changed continuously with the light and the clouds. There are 360 degrees of Grand Landscapes!See all of my Southwest images onlineShareThis Please Select Print Options Below – $ 9″ x 30″ [...]

Sedona-panorama-0215 I had planned to leave for the South Rim of the Grand Canyon in the morning but after a great run in the trails at Cathedral Rock the clouds kicked in and made for dramatic photographs as I made my way through the landscapes surrounding Sedona. It was hard to pull away! This place [...]

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Grand Canyon facing east after sunset. Purchase Grand Canyon ArtGrand-Canyon-brewing-storm-0612 The first of a series of Southwest Images produced for my fine art series on canvas. My first time in the Grand Canyon was this same day’s sunrise. I was wowed by the expanse, as most people are when they first come here. I spent [...]

Swans-7812Photographic Painting. I rarely like to get creative beyond the norms of the “digital darkroom” applied to my in the field creativity with camera, lens and experiences, as I like to show what I see and only that. However this image is one of those times when I made use of my digital darkroom to [...]

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Red-winged-blackbird-7681This red-winged blackbird landed right next to me! I had to back off just a bit because he was too close for my 600 mm lens to focus – and he was too big in my frame! I remedied that by creating this beautiful portrait that captured more detail of this beautiful male. I love [...]

Juvenile Eagle Photo

I got into speaking and coaching social media for creatives by default – I have been doing it all for myself for almost as long as its been around! I was asked to speak to the Milwaukee COPA group (Coalition of PHotographic Arts) a few weeks ago and really realized just how overwhelming the “ground [...]

Red-winged black bird Male

Red-wing-7485 The red-winged blackbirds are back! The sound of the red-winged blackbird is one of my first signs that Spring is here. The males are here now seeking out their territories and the females will arrive soon. Here are some interesting facts from the Cornell website. The Red-winged Blackbird is a highly polygynous species, with [...]

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spring-fog-7396 The fog was heavy this morning as I ventured out into the much warmer than usual winter morning. I love the fog as it plays hide and seek with my subjects. In this dance the trees were almost white on white – the trees like ballerinas and the fog the stage. All images are [...]

Winter-7307- I love to vision my “canvas”, or the final image prior to my “capture” of it. This is where my technical know how of my equipment is essential. Being able to “see” beyond the obvious into a vision that will be as unique as a snowflake. This scene captured my eye as I drove [...]

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Winter-7283Winter drones on for many but for me there are powerful images just waiting to be discovered. Ice forms its own castles weaving itself in between retired grasses. It forms its own majestic sculptures and creates its own rich architecture. I found this icy step to be interesting and even more so when I turned [...]

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To me clouds are a subject unto their own. Their art happens spontaneously and then changes, evolves and transforms. This particular morning was rich with cloudscapes but the landscape below it was drab and brown. I opted to photograph the layer drama in the clouds and ground the image with just a touch of the [...]

Nikon D2X28 – 105 mm f/3.5 – 4.5 Nikkor Lens92mm1/60 sec @ f/7.1, ISO 4002/26/09 8:11 amEvaluative Metering – ManualPost processing digital workflow – Photoshop CS 3I applied a slight crop to the image after my digital workflow, to give the vision to the viewer that I wanted to present.

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And it was darn cold all right! I got out today before Sunrise and froze my toes. I tried to get my iphone set up to take a picture of me for this newest idea to show you a little bit of how I am experiencing my exposures..The snow looked like pictures I have seen [...]

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Mine is also about the experience, and helping people to connect to their “subjects” and to become a part of their environment. We become a paintbrush and Nature, the painter.

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Today’s exposures were made in a wetland area that may soon cease to exist. One of my favorite places to go and just sit in the spring time to observe a few great blue herons and great egrets as they flew in to the ponds that I would sit at, behind my big lens.Now the [...]

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It’s always interesting how the intimate details of a scene take awhile to unfold. On first approach I see the obvious. But as I become more and more a part of the scene pictures within pictures spring forth with life.As I crawled onto the ice from my slightly warmer standing position along the frozen shore, [...]

Purchase “Waiting – 6895“Lost in my reflectionMy vision translucentto Mirror her voicelest she not become transparent

Red Fox photo

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