Blue Winterscape

Blue Winterscape

Blue oblivion, largely lit, smiled and smiled at me. ~William R. Benet

I spent the weekend with the family up in Preston. I got up early this morning to go see what I could find to photograph. I love the country up there. The land is expansive [...]

Smugging

While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see. ~Dorothea Lange

I thought I’d give SmugMug a try. I think I’m going [...]

The Larsens (to be)

Dane and Brittnie

 I love you with so much of my heart, that none is left to protest.  ~ Beatrice, Much Ado About Nothing

I had the pleasure yesterday of taking engagement photos of my neighbor’s daughter, Brittnie Huefner and her fiancé Dane Larsen. This was my first try at this [...]

The Hale Clan

The Hale Family

Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life!  ~Albert Einstein

Some neighbors of ours, Darren and Tanya Loosle asked if I would take photos of their family at their recent family reunion. The reunion was for Tanya’s side of the family (the Hale side.) It [...]

An insect view

Exit ramps

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain. ~Henry David Thoreau

I watched a video the other day by Bryan Peterson on Adorama TV about using flash for contrast. It [...]