MY STORIES
Where the Pavement Ends Life Begins
It’s Not Where You Come From – Antonio and Mia Vigil Wedding – Torrington, Wyoming
With each wedding I photograph, I have one image that I take that is etched in my mind that sums up the day for me. And it's usually not a moment, an image, that others would describe as iconic. ...
December 12, 2017 / writing
Little Drops
"Little drops of water wear down big stones." Russian Proverb Water drops shot in macro.
December 6, 2017 / writing
Take Me Back to Yesterday Once More
“Victory is better when you earn it.” This morning, Wyokiddo and I sat at the kitchen table and colored Thanksgiving pictures while we chair danced to some Bengals, Justin Timberlake and ...
November 23, 2017 / writing
The Moments In-Between
When we choose what prints to hang on the wall, we usually go for the beautiful family shot where everyone is looking at the camera and smiling. Those are the ones we print and share and put on Christ...
November 8, 2017 / writing
The Camera Lies
The camera lies. How we look in an image depends on so many things…the angle the photograph was taken, the light in the scene, the lens the photographer uses. There are subtle changes and dist...
October 30, 2017 / writing
Gratitude and Attitude
A pheasant pooped on my head today. I was helping my husband load pheasants onto the stocking truck when a rooster got away and flew off, pooping all over me in the process. It was on my han...
October 22, 2017 / writing
Another Beautiful Weed
Meet the white sweetclover (Melilotus alba). This member of the family Fabaceae (also known as legumes) was brought to North America sometime in the mid-1600s as a forage crop. It escaped it's field ...
July 24, 2015 / photography
Not terrible…
I spend most of my time photographing critters and scenery. I do this for two reasons. One, I like critters and beautiful scenery. Two, these subjects aren't critical of my photography skills. T...
July 22, 2015 / photography
Northern Leopard Frog
Northern Leopard Frogs were once the most abundant and widespread frog species in North America. They were collected for dissection (10th grade biology, anyone?) and for the food industry. But t...
July 17, 2015 / photography