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It Begins Here
I am often irritated by authors who write countless paragraphs instead of getting directly to the point; it is as if they are more...


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American Graffiti
I first visited Three Rivers, New Mexico in 2007, during a snowstorm and made Into the White. I had hiked in the snow and climbed the...


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Fine Art Prints
All of the fine art prints I sell are handcrafted by me, I do not use a print lab and nothing is outsourced. Each photograph is hand...


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What Is It?
While studying a scene or subject in my viewfinder, I often ask myself, What is it? What am I looking at? What is the subject? I want to...


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What Are You Doing?
I am an artist. I am in pursuit of creativity with the goal of making a work of art photograph.


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Escaping Brilliance
As an artist, I am not content with merely duplicating the landscape; I seek to portray it from my perspective.


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Copyrights
Disclaimer: I am not an attorney. End of disclaimer. Now for the unvarnished truth… Registering a Copyright does not prevent the theft of...


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Working Questions
Early on in my career I created a booklet of helpful questions that I would ask myself while working in the landscape to help me focus.


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Do Not Try, Just Do
I do not try my best; I do what is necessary. This applies to all endeavors, from making photographs to being kind to others. I am not...


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The Writer
Notwithstanding my creativity with fine art photography, in my early teens, twelvish, I wanted to be a writer; feelings were...


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Yada, Yada, Yada
It is easy to be in awe of a photographer and judge him or her as a genius or a natural. As the viewer, I rarely know the artist’s...
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