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- Top 25 Images from 2020
- A Thousand Words – Reminiscing and Mineral King
- A Thousand Words – From Low Days to High Days
- My Top 25 Images from 2019
- A Thousand Words – Utah
- A Thousand Words – Photoshop Processing for Forest Images
- A Thousand Words – Butterfly Photography
- 2018 Top 25 Favorite Images
- When Wildlife Photography Fails
- Always Colorful Colorado
- Goodbye My Friend – Fred Topalian
- A Thousand Words – The Coming of the Fall Elk Rut
- Macro Images in the Digital Age
- A Personal Note
- A Thousand Words – Wild Horses
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A Thousand Words – Reminiscing and Mineral King
My photography heart resides in the American West, from border to border, Canada to Mexico – from the Rockies west to the California Coast. My first photography trip to Glacier was in 1986, my last was two years ago. My … Continue reading →
A Thousand Words – Utah
For over 28 years I lived and worked in Utah, and in that time I learned most of what I know about photography. Beginning after my 2-year church mission to Montana, first in Provo (BYU) and Utah County, then St. … Continue reading →
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Tagged Antelope Island State Park, Bryce, Cache Valley, Grand Canyon, St. George, Utah, Zion
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2018 Top 25 Favorite Images
What a year!! I’ve added tens of thousands of images to my stock library this year, but some stand out – at least to me. The top 25 list is very selective and represents my personal favorites. I had 8 … Continue reading →
Always Colorful Colorado
I’ve done many photography safaris to Colorado and never been disappointed, never. On my most recent trip a few weeks ago at the end of September we hit patches of mountains that still had more green aspens than yellow, but … Continue reading →
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Tagged Colorado Color, Maroon Bells, Ouray, San Juan Mountains, Telluride, The Crystal Mill
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Goodbye My Friend – Fred Topalian
Only a couple of you reading this knew Fred Topalian. Fred opened a camera store in St. George, Utah two years before I moved down there from Provo, UT – in 1985. When I would travel to SG to work … Continue reading →
A Thousand Words – The Coming of the Fall Elk Rut
There are few things I look forward to as much as the autumn elk rut in Yellowstone National Park. While my home in California is still hot (though cooling, especially in the morning) the long drive north brings higher elevations … Continue reading →
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Tagged Elk, rut, rutting, snow, Weather, Wildlife, Yellowstone
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A Personal Note
Today, I’m sitting in the Denver Sheraton Hotel, my wife attending meetings about the software her ambulance company uses, and I’m staring out the room window to the west, towards the not-to-distant Rockies. The mountain ridges are capped in snow, … Continue reading →
A Thousand Words – Wild Horses
There are times when being a wildlife photographer has its rewards. In September 2005 I was hired by a natural resources company to travel to the Ute-Ouray Indian Reservation in the northeast corner of Utah to photograph wildlife. There were … Continue reading →
A Thousand Words – The Wolves of Yellowstone
Over the years since the gray wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone – the winter of 1995, thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of encounters have occurred with photographers. I have seen many amazing images and always get a tad jealous of … Continue reading →
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Tagged gray wolves, Wildlife Photography, Yellowstone
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My 2017 Favorite Photos of The Year
While this is always a fun blog post to create, scoring my own shots is difficult to do – not because I’m easy on myself, but because I’m extremely critical of my own shots. After judging so many contests my … Continue reading →