It’s contest time again… with a twist this time. Click here for the entry form and all of the details.
I’m doing something a little different this month to wrap up the year. This image may be less ‘serious’ (whatever that means) than some of my other work but you can’t deny that it’s in keeping with the season! I hope it brings a little smile your face. As an added bonus, the winner of this month’s contest will receive their choice of any one of my limited edition prints.… Read more.
Jim Kerr of Steamboat Springs, CO is the winner of November’s Name This Image contest. I think Jim’s entry, “Water Colors”, is the perfect title for this photograph. Simple, elegant, artful…I love it! Congratualtions, Jim – you win a signed limited edition print of Water Colors.
Many thanks to everyone who particpated, there were so many great entries! Honorable mentions go out to:
“Rainboats” – Phil Regas
“Rowboat Reflections” – Susan Kienzle
“Dock of the Bay” – Haissel Neira
To those who didn’t win, don’t worry – … Read more.
Palm trees, wine grapes, a perfect sunset in the making. The only thing missing is Don Henley singing, “welcome to the Hotel California…” in the background. Maybe it’s just me but whenever I look at this picture, I think it epitomizes a certain stereotype of the California lifestyle. Or maybe it’s because I was standing in shorts I took this photograph with November just round the corner. What do you think?
Doesn’t this door just look like an enchanted portal to a magical realm? OK…maybe I just have an active imagination. Well, I discovered this passageway at Rancho Sisquoc winery in northern Santa Barbara county one late afternoon recently and it definitely drew me in. The cobalt blue door, the red and green vines, the warm dappled sunlight. It was obvious that the ingredients for an image were present, it was a matter of arranging the elements. I tried a few different compositions and this is the one that felt the … Read more.
Photographer, educator and aspiring writer based now in Santa Barbara, CA. Most people think of me as a nature, travel and documentary photographer but really I'm just in love with the language of light and the worlds that learning to see has opened up for me. This site shares some of those worlds in words and pictures.
