I spent the last 2 weeks of July 2026 on an amazing photo tour of the Lofoten Islands (north of the Arctic Circle) of Norway, parts of Switzerland and Austria. I took 900 photos and produced a 50 page photo book and a photo calendar for 2027.
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Part of the 3 day annual hot air balloon festival (hosted by the town of Erie), I took this photo of the 'night glow' event that included 6 to 12 hot air balloons.
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As part of my recent short term contract with the city of Louisville (Colorado), I took photos on July 4th of celebratory activities at the city owned Coal Creek Golf Course that included photos of the Boulder Concert Band performance and ended with a 16 minute fireworks show.
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Opening Reception at the Creative Framing and Art Galley on February 2, 2024 in Louisville Colorado, featuring 6 of my photos along with the works of 3 other local photographers, through February 23, 2024.
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The NEW 2021 Fine Art Landscape Photography Calendar is NOW AVAILABLE to order at: https://tinyurl.com/y6af2jkx
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I took this photo earlier this week on a night of the new moon and no clouds or even smoke from nearby wildfires. This is located by a small stone church off of Highway 7 that leads to Estes Park in Colorado.
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A few weeks ago, I attended a photography workshop through SOUL ROAD TRIPS, held at the Great Sand Dunes National Park in the San Luis Valley of southwest Colorado.
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Ranch near Westcliff Colorado in mid-May.]]>
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Just returned from FOUR incredible days and nights in the Banff National Park area west of Calgary Alberta Canada with international photographer/instructor Dan Ballard. The above image was taken north west of Banff off of the Ice Fields Highway at sunset.
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A few weeks ago, I planned a pre-dawn drive to a nearby hill south of my house, in hopes of capturing a great winter sunrise. I was 'greeted' instead by thick fog (a rare event in Colorado) and decided to make the short trip anyway to see how soon the fog would move and dissipate. The above image was the result of the fog receding down into the valley below, revealing the hill top and the western foothills above Boulder.]]>
At this evening's City Of Louisville Council Meeting, the winners in the annual 2015 LIFE IN LOUISVILLE Photography Contest were announced. My 'NEW YEAR MESA SUNRISE' (also featured in my 2016 Photo Calendar) was awarded 3rd Place in the NATURE category.
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Photos are on the north wall of the Creative Framing and Art Gallery, prior to the Friday, November 7th opening reception at 6 PM.
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My recent trip to Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley, took me to this desert preserve where I found this wonderful oasis in the McCallum Grove.
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I just received a call last night from the owner of the CREATIVE FRAMING AND ART GALLERY (located at 916 Main Street in old downtown Louisville Colorado) inviting me to exhibit 10 to 15 photos in the art gallery for the months of November and December. I am very excited for this rare opportunity and hope that this will open the door to more opporunities to sell my work!
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I have just returned from an amazing 2 weeks on the south island of New Zealand, where I spent time with professional landscape photographer DAN BALLARD who was my guide and helped me raise the level of my expertise on taking great photos with great light.]]>
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I have taken off this week to drive down to New Mexico for a few days. Arrived in TAOS and took this image at dawn by the Rio Grande Gorge bridge, looking east toward the mountains near Taos. This image comprised of 3 exposures processed with Nik HDR Efex Pro software.]]>
Just returned from a weekend in Moab for the 2013 10th Annual Moab Photo Symposium. I took 2 workshops - 1 with symposium organizer Bruce Hucko on water relections in Mill Creek Basin. The other workshop was with Colorado "Photographer Laureate" John Fielder who took us into Arches National Park to shoot photos along the area known as "Park Avenue" and ended up shooting sunset light on Balanced Rock as seen above. There was another workshop with Jack Dykinga that brought both groups together for this sunset shot.]]>Arrived in San Diego on Thursday (Jan. 17, 2013) and have been shooting photos each morning and late afternoon. Yesterday, I went to Point Loma and shot this photo from the top landing of the spiral staircase inside the old lighthouse, looking straight down at the bottom by the entrance way. I was unable to use my tripod due to the angle I needed with the camera, so I held my hand as steady as could be and released the shutter at 1/8th of a second using my Nikkor 18-200mm VR lens.
This photo was just selected by an art procurement business in Virginia to hang in an Owensboro, Kentucky hospital hallway. I received my downpayment check in the mail today. The photo will be enlarged to 24" x 36" on a 'canvas wrap' format with my signature in the lower right corner along the bottom edge, to be delivered by no later than March 15th.]]>
Shot a week ago before Thanksgiving while visiting family in NYC. I did not have my tripod with me and decided to try shooting a series of exposures for HDR while keeping my hand as steady as possible. NIK HDR Efex Pro was used to align four bracketed shots to bring out the foreground detail without ending up with a white sky.]]>
Arrived here in Palm Springs Oct. 26th and spending 10 days photographing the desert around the Coachella Valley.
I drove up to Joshua Tree National Park early in the week to try and capture sunrise over the high desert. Not as fortunate with my sunset shots.
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Great sunset tonight, taken from on top of Davidson Mesa on the west side of Louisville, looking west toward the Boulder Mountains.]]>
After rain/snow mix this past Saturday, I got up early yesterday morning (Sunday-Oct. 7th) to catch sunrise from a trailhead in East Boulder. Here's the view looking west across Boulder Valley at the snow dusted foothills and the Continental Divide.]]>
Traveling this week to southwest Colorado. I made a stop in Gunnison earlier this week to shoot in the Crested Butte area and catch the end of Stage 2 of the USA Pro Tour Cycling Race. Now I'm in OURAY and drove up highway 62 west of Ridgway and took this photo on the way back from Telluride, along the Dallas Divide.]]>
I had the opportunity to practice my pan shooting at the 30th Annual Rocky Mt. Regional Rodeo this past Saturday (July 14th) held at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds near Golden, Colorado. The above photo was taken at 1/30th of a second. Movement of the rider separate from the horse in the saddle may explain why the center of the horse remained sharper than the rider himself.]]>
Spent yesterday morning, photographing the 2nd Annual SONIC BOOM Criterium Bike Race sponsored by Lucky Pie Pizza in old downtown Louisville(Colorado). It was an opportunity to practice pan shooting as the riders went by to blur the background and try and keep the riders in focus..definitely made some progress on achieving this effect.]]>
I just returned yesterday from attending the 9th Annual Moab Photo Symposium in Moab, Utah. There were 11 great worshops led by excellent instructors who were all highly regarded in their respective photography fields. Each gave inspiring presentations each morning about 'their story' and how they became passionate about their work.
The Friday May 4th workshop I took, was led by Dan Ballard which started in a small Moab city park where we were given 'assignments' on shooting 1) SIMPLE!, 2) SIMPLE with a 'LINE" and 3) SIMPLE with an "S" curve line in the image. We then headed for Dead Horse Point State Park to shoot along the cliff edge as the sun got low in the sky and brought color to the rocks.
On Saturday afternoon, I participated in a workshop led by local/national photographer Tom Till that took us to Arches National Park where we drove to the EYE OF THE WHALE Arch via four-wheel drive trail off the main park road. From there, we hiked a short distance and took turns shooting on the ledge through the 'eye' when sunlight began to light up the arches' ceiling.
I recently took my first "NIKONIAN'S" workshop on the Nikon Creative Lighting System (CLS) with instructor Winston Hall. The class was a great 'hands-on' experience allowing me to use my camera and Nikon strobes to get a better understanding of how to use the CLS for making the best photos with added light.]]>
The GETTY ARTS CENTER was built over 10 years ago in the Santa Monica Hills just north of Los Angeles. For the past 3 years, I have driven up to the center to take photos around the grounds. This past January, a new sculpture of a large, highly polished 'slab' was set up in the south end of the main lobby. I waited for the many visitors to walk by and shot this one of the reflections in the slab that included another photographer with a different focus....]]>
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