Sterling Pond

Sterling Pond

Bow Lake
Bow Lake

I am cheating on this one. There were all these tourist around me throwing coins in the water and there was heavy rippling on the water. I replaced the water part of the image with the sky image flipped. It took a lot of work but it turned out pretty well.

Wilson Arch
Wilson Arch

Wilson Arch is located about an hour south of Moab, Utah. It is one of the most accessible arches in the area. The parking lot is only a short distance from it. the climb is easy and then one can clamber all around it, This was shot with multiple images due to the intensity of [...]

Snow, Sunshine and Rain
Snow, Sunshine and Rain

Fighting the Last Fight
Fighting the Last Fight

I was walking through this area outside of town when I saw this “tractor graveyard”. This one caught my eye since it looked like it was fighting a losing battle to the local plant life. The light was wonderful, spotlighting the subject. It was shot on a tripod…..steadying the camera while I fought the gnats [...]

Hazy Red Dawn
Hazy Red Dawn

This was shot outside of Decorah Iowa. There were 7 exposures combined to pull the sun and foreground together.

The Old Barn, Shot Toward the Sun
The Old Barn, Shot Toward the Sun

This amazing cloud hung over the mountain at sunrise. It sprayed the valley with light for very short periods of time. A very easy time to gawk and forget about shooting images.

The Old Barn
The Old Barn

This barn draws photographers like moths to a flame. At dawn, it was almost a spiritual experience. This image was a composite of multiple exposures due to the broad variance in light between the sky and the foreground.

The Guest House
The Guest House

When I shot the ranch, our party was permitted to stay in one of the guest houses on the site. This the place that property owners can stay when their houses are being built or where their guests can stay. Did I say theyview out any window is pretty amazing? This was an impossible shot. [...]

My Buddies
My Buddies

As I was shooting various locations on the ranch, these two guys came over to check me out. They were very standoffish until I explained to them that I had come all the way from Chicago to make images of their estate. Once I had explained the workings of my digital camera, they became very [...]


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I am as passionate about the post processing as I am about the composition. The image is in my heart, not in the lens,
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