Photograph Of The Month

Loc Shiel

We got to enjoy of wonderful boat ride down, Loch Sheil, one the lochs in the Highlands of Scotland. A loch is body of water surrounded by land on at least three sides. In the Highlands they have very tall mountains surrounding them. The photography was taken from the boat of a glen (valley looking to the West, I believe it is in the Moidart region).

We are so loving the seascapes of Ireland! Truly inspiring!

The Blasket Island Beauty

Stunning vistas everywhere you look on Blasket Island.

Amazing Ireland - Full of Beauty

This is photo was made on our visit to the ancient ring fort on the island of Inis Mor. I love the way the huge wave crashing up on the wall is a mirror of the beautiful clouds above.

The Burren is Alive

The Burren is very desolate but there are also amazing pockets of life growing all through it. I chose to use the combined B&W and color composite technique to visually accent this story.

Mt Baring Stands Tall

Mt Baring is a hidden gem from many as its most majestic 2500 ft granite face is missed by many as they travel up Hwy 2. To see the impressive north face you only need to take a short hike to Barclay Lake. I was fortunate to capture it on a late fall day with perfect lighting at the far end of the lake.

The Wild Atlantic Way - Aran Island

Ireland's West Coast is called the Wild Atlantic Way for a good reason.

Ancient Skellig Michael Island

The last very steep set of stairs leading to top of Michael Skellig Island and the beehive huts located at the top.

Ancient Celtic Stones

Stilly River Winterscape

The Balsamroot Speaks

I felt like this little fellow was speaking to the valley below. Grace and peace!

Quiet Forest Time

Taken during late evening hike near Traverse City, Michigan.

Flowing and Free

Endless Fields of Beauty

Let It Flow

Waterfall of the North Fork of the Sauk River

Tweedy's Lewisia

This rare plant grows in rocky slopes or cliffs, especially with snow cover and little precipitation, at low and mid elevations only in the Wenatchee Mountains in Washington and adjacent British Columbia.

Bright and Full of Light

I find hope in this image as out of the barren and hard ground grows these amazing flowers that no one tends. I have creatively processed the photograph as you can see to emphasize this stark contrast.

Balsam Root Dreaming

This image is a composite of two images. During a hike up Chiwaukum Creek, I photographed a beautiful textured rock that I knew I wanted to use in a composite image. The Balsam Root flower that was on this hike proved to be the perfect blending image.

Forest Deep

Taken last day of Camino Walk.

Salt Creek Beach

Stark Night

Isolation

This image was taken during a hike at Obstruction Point in the Hurricane Ridge area. I like this image as it isolates and separates these little flowers so well from it surroundings. I gives a sense of isolation and aloneness.

Soaring for Growth and Change

Ok, I must declare right up front that this image is a double exposure. On a recent fall trip to the Skagit to see the Snow Geese that have just arrived for the winter, I saw this wonderful sky. I captured it knowing that it might make a wonderful background to put with the snow geese once captured images of them flying. It turned out way better than I thought it would!

New and Growing

Taken during walk across Spain. A newly planted forest that is healthy and growing.

God's Hole

Look Up and Behold!

Patterns of Nature

Image made from a photo taken of tree in Costa Rica. Trees of Costa Rica were fabulous. Lots of cool patterns to catch your eye.

Ocean and Sky

Taken at Sunset beach near Moclips, Washington during big change of weather.

Skellig Michael - Stairway to Heaven

Image was taken on Skellig Michael Island, the famous island off the coast of Ireland where the recent Star War Movie was filmed.

Sea and Sky

Moclips, WA

Solitude

Here is the Magazine Cover for Springtime in Eastern Washington

Pacific Starflower

A Moment In Time

Trillium captured with perfect light and shadow.

Rocky Mountain Inner Beauty

I loved the textures and colors of the boulders in Rocky Mountain National Park and also the wonderful wildflowers. I these two images seem to be a great fit together to capture what I loved about Rocky Mountain National Park.

Source of White River - Emmons Glacier

The White River on the east side of Mt Rainier comes from the Emmons Glacier, the largest glacier in the contiguous United States. This image captures the raw power and size of this great glacier.

Orcas Island Byway

Aspen Walk

I fell in love with the Aspen trees of Colorado, this past summer. The Aspen trees are the largest living organisms in the world, as when you walk through a forest of Aspens you have to realize that many of the trees come from a single tree!

Rocky Mountain High

Rocky Mountain National Park is truly a treasure of a park. I captured this one during the drive from Estes Park to the 12,000 ft high point. I fell in love with the boulders and rocks of Rocky Mountain Park. I loved this formation in the foreground.