10/4/09 Colorado
The final Monday of September found me and my good friend and fellow photographer, John Braun, in Grand Junction, CO photographing the Colorado National Monument. That night found with a very unpleasant case of food poisoning. According to John our side trip to Moab, UT did transpire though my only recollection was the ceiling of the hotel room. We arrived Ouray, CO on Wednesday to begin a workshop in the area. The Rockies were aglow with aspens at lower elevations with the peaks capped in snow. The tranquility of this area was interrupted early Friday by a 2-car collision. Thankfully, no one was hurt despite maxing out the capacity of 2 ambulances...an exciting trip to say the least.

2/7/10 NEWS: CNPA Annual Meeting
I was fortunate to have my image of the Dallas Divide awarded with a Second Place in the Landscape category.

3/20/10 TIP: Going to the Zoo
Some thoughts on captive animal photography.

6/13/09
As many of you know, I am pretty much a purist when it come to landscape photography...venturing very infrequently from the "as it appears" point of view. But on this day, an overwhelming feeling was so strong that I captured an image for the sole purpose of processing it to accurately reflect my feeling rather than the scene I saw visually. The resulting image was a panorama over 3 feet across. My feeling? ...that the mountain ranges before me were there long before mankind appeared. In fact, the ranges in the photo are considered to be the oldest in the world. I call the image "The Ancient Ones".

6/26/09 South Carolina Festival of Flowers
This year's Photography Exhibition brought with it a special surprise. The Dolly Sods image was voted the first place winner in the Advanced Color category. The "Crescent Cascades" image received an honorable mention.

7/4/09 Fire on the Mountain
On the evening of the fourth, my wife and I made our way up to the Craggy Gardens area in hopes of seeing a sunset. Although the sunset never quite materialized, were rewarded for the trip. We struck up a conversation with a nice couple. It seems that their son was assisting with a fireworks display to take place soon in the valley. As darkness fell, the fireworks began in the valley below. Another site began toward the west, then another toward the north...then another and another. South of the parkway a red ball appeared in the distance, and on. At least 10 locations. Each was a small township, Americana if you will, celebrating our independence with no knowledge of the others. Most of the displays were so distant that the sound never came. They became like pyrotechnic smoke signals as one appeared then another. I was proud to be an American and it offered one of the best validations to one of my long-time beliefs..."You got to be there".