My Favorite Images from 2011

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In order to know where you're going, sometimes it is helpful to look back where you've been.  So, in that spirit, I went back through my images from the past year and selected my favorites.  Not necessarily the best, (that is up to you the viewer or client to decide), but images that I like for various reasons.  It could be from the experience I had making the image, a particular technique I used, or the result of a successful previsualization of the image I wanted and planned to create.  I've had a fun and inspiring year, working on projects for clients, adding to my personal portfolio, and creating images that try to convey the impressions of place, time and light and inspire me to share them with you.

Enjoy!

The Black Tusk, Harmony Bowl, and Tantalus Range, Whistler, BC
Categories: Travel, Landcapes 

Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Categories: Travel, Architecture

Tree and Meadow
Categories: Nature Art, Landscapes

Poplars and Barn, The Palouse, Washington
Categories: Travel, Landscapes

Blue/Blue, Blue/Orange (single images or a diptych)
Category: Fine Art

LaRue-Pine Hills, Shawnee National Forest, Illinois
Categories: Landscapes, Nature Art, Travel

Palouse Pastels
Category: Fine Art 

Rustic/Corrugated 1 
Category: Fine Art 

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Autumn Inspiration

Fall color season is beginning!  Here's a quick edit from yesterday evening's shoot atop the LaRue-Pine Hills in extreme Southern Illinois.

This unique line of 150-foot limestone bluffs rise out of the Mississippi River floodplain and even impressed the explorers Lewis and Clark in 1803.  From Captain Meriwether Lewis' journal: "Novr. 22ed 1803 …but here putts in some high clifts the summits of which are crowned with pitch-pine & seeder,these rocks are nearly perpendicular in many places sixty feet , and the height of the hills appear about to be about 120 feet above the banks which forms their base…"

Enjoy!

Newest Gallery: The Palouse, Washington

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The Palouse region of Eastern Washington State is a rural, farming region that gives the photographer multiple exercises in creativity and composition. Formed by windblown deposits of glacial silt, the soil here is deep and fertile, and is farmed in bands of green planted wheat and brown plowed fields. The favorite viewpoint here is from Steptoe Butte, a 3,000 foot conical butte abruptly planted in the middle of the region. The winding road up to the summit is perfectly arranged for tracking the light throughout the day and providing vantage points. Sunrises and sunsets are dramatic here, although in late May they are very far apart, with sunrise just after 5 a.m. and sunrise not until 8:30 p.m., making a long day!

The weather during my trip was "variable", to put a positive stamp on it...had a couple of nice sunrises between mostly cloudy and drizzly. I made a few nice images, though, so please take a look at a small gallery here, illustrating the variety of images I found.

Enjoy!

Sunday's Best - Zen and the Art of...Art

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I had an inspiring and productive shoot yesterday, and I am excited about the images I found. Many layers of interest here, from the first impression, to the design of the image, then a layer of constructing an alternate version of what it could represent. Take a few moments to come up with your own interpretation!

Here are two of the first ones I have processed...more to come.


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Tossing a Change-Up

After two years, I'm discontinuing the monthly wallpaper downloads, but I'm adding a seasonal (at least quarterly) email newsletter (please subscribe using the link to the right). After signing up, you should see it in your email Inbox in a couple of days.

In each issue, I'll be introducing exclusive first looks at new additions to my print portfolios, as well as news, upcoming shoots, and maybe a cogent thought or two on photography art.

If you really miss the wallpaper downloads (I kinda will since I like to change up my desktop once in a while), I'll have a link to a new one each issue.

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