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Articles Index (and archive)

In this space you will find links to our articles about photography, places to photograph and travel, photo-related Web sites (including this one), computers and software, and links. I'll also have the occasional article about environmental issues, but I find such writing has become a frustrating and often depressing endeavor.

New articles will appear monthly, more-or-less. The information presented here is based on my own experiences and/or research in the areas listed above. When I find an interesting place to photograph, had a fun or unusual experience making pictures somewhere, or simply have a good story to tell related to making, preparing, or displaying photographs, you'll find it here, along with the occasional “off topic” rant.

The Articles are listed below by date, with a synopsis; newest work is at the top. The list has become quite long, but we've not yet discovered a better way to organize the articles. Comments are welcome.

I hope you enjoy the articles. Use the contact link at left if you'd like to comment on anything you read here.

Jay Cross

Lumen Perfectus

29 December 2021:Our last article of the year, “COVID-21,” is a meander through dealing with another year of fear, uncertainty, and doubt while trying to find inspiration and motivation to make pretty pictures.
29 November 2021: “Maintaining Focus” A frustrating attempt to capture snowberry in snow using a long lens and focus stacking for increased depth of field led to this month's article.
28 October 2021: “Berry Beary” A hungry black bear visited several times in August, wrecking a lovely chokecherry thicket, but providing some really good photo opportunities.
30 September 2021: “A Whole Lotta Nothin'” starts with the story of Murray Fredericks's 'minimal' photos of Australia's Lake Eyre, and how those images inspired an attempt to make my own variety of minimal pictures.
31 August 2021: “White in Black and White” explains how a friend's compliment on one of my pictures led to a 'project' photographing wildflowers and processing them into B&W pictures.
28 July 2021: This month's article, “Life Without Internet,” describes a horrid experience with our ISP, CenturyLink, resulting in a 14-day Internet outage.
03 June 2021: “It's Dead, Jim” Our May article is posted late due to a prolonged broadband outage caused by CenturyLink's incompetence. The article describes the end-of-life printhead failure in our Epson Stylus Pro 7900 printer, after nearly ten years of service.
29 March 2021: “The Cat And The Fox” Our ever-vigilant cat spotted a red fox outside the kitchen window. That led to a couple of nice photos. This month's article tells the story.
28 February 2021: “Batsh*t Crazy” is an off-topic rant about the Wingnut faction and its refusal to do the common-sense things to help protect themselves and others from COVID-19. Next month I'll get back to the usual photographic topic.
30 January 2021: “Phoning It In” describes making a nice photo with my smartphone, and making a quality print after processing the resulting jpeg.
24 December 2020: “Rime Time” Our final article of 2020 is another describing the weather phenomenon of freezing fog coating everything with a lovely white rime and showing some of the kinds of photos that can be made.
27 November 2020: “Photographing an Idea” On October 31 we had a Halloween full moon, which also happened to be a blue moon (the second moon in the month). Our November article describes our attempt to photograph this rare occurrence.
30 October 2020: “Glacier Color” Fall color in Glacier National Park was spectacular this year, for a short while before the snow came. We visited the park on the perfect day for peak color, and our October article describes the trip.
28 September 2020: “Making Weather Personal” tells the story of my installation of a new personal weather station, the WeatherFlow Tempest.
28 August 2020: “Comet Comity” describes the fun we had trying to capture images of comet NEOWISE in July.
31 July 2020: “Stacking the Deck” Rapeseed (canola) fields blossomed spectacularly in late June and early July, and we made lots of photos. Some required a technique called 'focus stacking.' We tried both Photoshop and Helicon Focus for this, with variable results. Our July article tells the story.
25 June 2020: “Staying Home” Staying home during a pandemic seems sensible, but makes outdoor photography more challenging than usual. Our Just article explains how I'm dealing with this.
29 May 2020: “Moon Over Montana” We had four 'supermoons' in 2020, and I was able to photograph two of those. Our May article describes making pictures of the April full moonset (at dawn) and the May full moonrise (around midnight).
27 April 2020: “The Viral Fence” Photographing in areas of high traffic in 'normal' times is quite different during the 'stay home' orders brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our April article tells the story of making pictures from a now-deserted highway of a decaying fence that's long been on our list of things to photograph.
27 March 2020: “Photography for Furniture” A friend has designed a cabinet for books and AV equipment, and wants a photo to install on the barn doors covering the large TV bay. I'm experimenting with media and materials for this, and describe the results so far in this month's article.
26 February 2020: “The Silence of The Fans” Sometimes a new piece of computer hardware drives you crazy. One of the items I bought when updating my computer system last year had a fan so loud I had to tear the box apart and solve the problem. Our February article tells more than you want to know about that project.
26 January 2020: “Kind of Blue” Shadow areas in snow and ice, especially in pictures made under sunny skies, often have a very blue color cast. Our first article of 2020 explains why I prefer to mitigate this 'flaw' in our cameras.
22 December 2019: “Waiting For Apple” Our final article of the year, posted a bit earlier than our usual end of the month, tells the story of replacing a nearly 12-year-old Mac Pro with a new Mac Mini.
30 November 2019: “Art Flight” Last month we visited relatives in west-central Michigan, and took advantage of constant bad weather to visit a number of galleries and museums. This article explains.
29 October 2019: “The Workshop” I conducted a photography mini-workshop with an indoor classroom session followed by an outdoor shooting session in the rain. Our October article describes setting up and conducting the workshop.
28 September 2019: “Fifth First Friday” Earlier this month we exhibited our photos in the Missoula First Friday art walk. Our September article explains the art walk and describes our experiences as an exhibitor.
29 August 2019: “Our Last Picture Show” We've exhibited in our last outdoor art show. Our August article tells the story.
31 July 2019: “Overheard at Old Faithful” My sister, her husband, and their youngest daughter visited from Ohio in June. In five days we traveled to the National Bison Range, and Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks. This month's article tells the story.
25 June 2019: “Not Quite Walden.” A pair of trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) has been hanging out at a small local (western Montana) lake. We've been enjoying photographing these beautiful birds on the lovely little lake.
31 May 2019: “A Bandon-ment,” describes a trip we made last month to the Oregon coast, repeating our visits to Castle Rock and Bandon, in much better weather than we experienced a year ago.
22 April 2019: “Nicely Icy,” tells the story of a March trip to Glacier National Park, and the nice find of a tiny ice cave along the shore of the park's Lake McDonald.
29 March 2019: “Host With The Most,” describes the benefits of dumping the Web/email hosting service we've used for many years, replacing them and our domain name registrar with a new (to us) company.
26 February 2019: “Isn't It Wonderful?” We've built and installed a Pi-hole on our home network. What the heck is a Pi-hole and why would we do that? Our February article explains.
28 January 2019: “Versatility” A reader comment to a posting on a popular photographic blog led me to consider the wide range of subject matter and 'style' in my body of work, and whether or not versatility is a drawback.
30 December 2018: Yet more follow-up to our October and November articles, this month's installment, “An Exquisite Corpse,” is the last in what became a three-parter about our October trip to South Dakota. This chapter is about a drive on Montana's Route 1, the 'Pintler Scenic Loop,' and photographing the remains of a magnificent old barn along the way.
28 November 2018: “A Close Encounter” As a detour on the way to South Dakota's Black Hills (see last month's article) we made a brief visit to Wyoming's Devils Tower National Monument. This month's article describes the best photography of that otherwise dreary trip.
31 October 2018: “Cussing at Custer” A mid-October trip to South Dakota's Custer State Park, a long drive with a couple of interesting detours, resulted in few (probably zero, but yet to be determined) keeper photos, thanks in part to miserable weather.
30 September 2018: “An Uncommon View” A recent visit to the Two Medicine area of Montana's Glacier National Park, and a climb above the lakes resulted in a view, and a photograph, unlike any I'd seen before.
30 August 2018: “Black and White, Again” Something of a follow-up to my June, 2012 article, this month's essay explains the inspiration I got from William Neill's recent book, and the resulting B&W photos I've made.
25 July 2018: “Water Works” A plumbing leak in the ceiling over my print studio wasn't quite a disaster, but it's been darned inconvenient.
30 June 2018: “Yes, MAM” This month I completed a large print job for the Missoula Art Museum (MAM), of photographs made by a student of Salish and Kootenai College. Lots of prints, requiring lots of time, when I already had too much work to do.
29 May 2018: “To The Point” I recently replaced my favorite computer mouse (Apple's Mighty Mouse) with a trackball. May's article explains how and why.
29 April 2018: “A Bandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here” tells the story of a wet and windy trip to Bandon, on the southern coast of Oregon (U.S.).
28 March 2018: “Sign Shop” explains how and why we're printing signs for political rallies and marches.
21 Febuary 2018: “New Old Pictures, Redux” is a follow-up to our December, 2016 article about film scanning. This new article describes our recent project to rescan, process, catalog, and post sunrise and sunset images from our large collection of 35mm slides dating back to 1973.
23 January 2018: “Get Fuzzy” Looking to break out of the winter doldrums we experimented with 'creative' blurs. Our first article for 2018 explains.
26 December 2017: “The Airhead” The customer is always right, except when she's an idiot. Our last article of 2017 is a lengthy story about a simple job that turned out not to be so simple, told in excerpts from a long string of emails with a less-than-bright client.
30 November 2017: “To Hike (Fees) or Not to Hike” On October 24, 2017, the U.S. National Park Service announced a proposal to more than double the entrance fees in seventeen national parks during the busiest months. We think this is a bad idea, and our November article explains why.
30 October 2017: “Let's Do It Again” In September, 2016, we made a trip to Yellowstone National Park in challenging weather conditions. It wasn't a great trip, so naturally we did it again in September, 2017. And had a much better time.
24 September 2017: “The Lost Summer” 2017's summer has been among the worst on record for wildfires in Montana. Our September article tells the story of fire and smoke making the kind of photography I like to do a little too challenging.
31 August 2017: “Partially Eclipsed” Yet another eclipse article? Well, yes. This describes how we viewed and photographed the “Great American Eclipse” from our northwest Montana home.
27 July 2017: “Standing on the Edge of Forever” A short June trip to Montana's Glacier National Park resulted in an exciting morning shoot and two “keeper” photos.
30 June 2017: “Beautiful Bitterroot” Our June article is inspired by a gorgeous bloom of bitterroot in Montana's National Bison Range.
31 May 2017: “The Accidental Upgrade” describes how I ended up upgrading to a new camera body.
27 April 2017: “No Ship, Sherlock” explains why we no longer ship prints.
26 March 2017: “Daffodils in February” details our February trip to Cannon Beach, Oregon (U.S.).
27 February 2017: “Playing the Cards You're Dealt” tells the story of printing greeting cards to (partially) solve a printer problem.
27 January 2017: Our first article of 2017, “Send in the Clouds”, describes ornery weather conditions making it a challenge to get the envisioned photos of hoar frost in good winter light.
27 December 2016: “Everything Old is New Again” Our last article of 2016 discusses scanning film and other media, and the purchase of an Epson Perfection V850 Pro flatbed scanner and SilverFast software to run both it and our Nikon Coolscan V-ED film scanner.
29 November 2016: “Deplorable” For November I felt compelled to write an off-topic rant about the recent elections in the U.S. Probably a mistake to post this, but writing it proved cathartic.
31 October 2016: “Drag Me Away” Our October article describes a late-September trip to Montana's beautiful Wild Horse Island State Park.
26 September 2016: “Fire and Ice” A mid-September trip to the Pinnacles in northern Wyoming ended up being something else. This month's article describes a less-than-satisfactory few days in Yellowstone National Park.
30 August 2016: “Panhandling” tells the story of a return trip to Priest Lake, in the Idaho Panhandle National Forest, twenty years after our first visit.
28 July 2016: “The Roar of Solitude” A trip to Kootenai Falls, in Libby, Montana, provided fodder for this month's article.
30 June 2016: “Home on the (Bison) Range” Our June article focuses on Montana's National Bison Range, and a recent US Fish and Wildlife Service announcement that it had entered into talks with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes to hand over control of the Range.
31 May 2016: “Family Affair” My dad and sister visited us in northwestern Montana; during their trip we visited some beautiful places, saw some wildlife, and made a few memories. Their trip is the subject of our May article.
29 April 2016: “Flower Frenzy” A couple of April visits to Montana's National Bison Range and attempts to photograph expansive blooms of arrowleaf balsamroot flowers is the subject for this month's article.
31 March 2016: “Freezing at Freezeout” Our March article describes our trip, just a few days ago, to Montana's Freezeout Lake Wildlife Management Area. Many thousands of snow geese and other birds pass through the WMA on their way to breeding grounds in the arctic, and we were there to see and photograph the spectacle.
29 Febuary 2016: “The Portrait” Our article to end this dreary, ugly February is about making portraits, head-and-shoulder photos, of the birds frequenting our backyard feeders.
29 January 2016: “Series and Sequences” Making a winter picture of an old cabin we'd also photographed in the fall prompted this month's article, about making image pairs and longer sequences of the same subject in different light, weather, and seasons.
29 December 2015: “Charlie Brown's Christmas Tree” An appropriate topic for our December article: After a dozen years of trying, we finally got the Christmas card photo in Glacier National Park we'd envisioned back in 2004.
30 November 2015: “The Trees Are Calling” Photographing a group of cottonwoods, in brilliant fall color and in beautiful light, prompted this month's article.
29 October 2015: “Summer's Maine Event, Part 2” Part 2 of the article started last month focuses on our visit to Maine's Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park.
30 September 2015: “Summer's Maine Event, Part 1” A trip to Maine, and a cruise on the coastal schooner Heritage, provided the experience and photos for this month's article. This is part one of an article that will conclude next month.
31 August 2015: “Spring in the Mountains” A wildflower tour, led by National Forest Service naturalists in Montana's Gravelly Mountains, is the subject of our August article.
28 July 2015: “Ghost Town” A June visit to Montana's Bannack State Park, a mining ghost town, provided the opportunity to photograph the old buildings and feed the mosquitoes. Our July article provides details and a few photos.
30 June 2015: “Never Say Never” After years trying to capture a good photo of Silver Staircase Falls near Glacier National Park, I've all but given up. This article tells the story.
31 May 2015: “Starry Night” This month I describe a 2:00 AM photo shoot of the clear night sky over Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park.
28 April 2015: “Updates” This month I offer updates to three older articles (with links to the originals).
31 March 2015: “Outhoused” I finally, after driving by for years, stopped to photograph a crumbling old shed in the Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge here in western Montana. That “shed” turned out to be an outhouse, and a fascinating subject!
27 February 2015: “Nice NAS” A year ago I wrote about an update to my old file server. That machine is ancient and has become temperamental, leaving me looking for a replacement. Our February article explains the decision to purchase a network-attached storage (NAS) device on which to store my all-important photo archive.
30 January 2015: “MAC and Me” Last year I had a photo selected by the Montana Arts Council for display in a Montana State building. Our first article of 2015 tells that story.
30 December 2014: “Lessons Learned” We wrap up the year with a review of 2014; the places we visited, the things we did, and the pictures we made, tried to make, or almost made.
30 November 2014: “Moving On” Aging parents, forced by medical issues to move from their home of nearly 50 years, and dealing with the accumulated stuff of half a century, prompted this month's article.
31 October 2014: “The Howling Moon” We experienced a number of lunar “events” in 2014. Our October article describes attempts to photograph the full moon in July, September, and October, sometimes in challenging conditions.
30 September 2014: “Failing But Trying” tells the story of an attempt to photograph Mt. Rainier, in the eponymous national park in Washingtom. While I didn't get the photo I'd hoped for, I had a fine time, scouted some new locations, and got a few photos elsewhere in the park.
31 July 2014: “Packin' It”: The long search for a functional and comfortable backpack for our gear has finally ended with the purchase of an RPT P3.
29 June 2014: “Peril”, attempts to explain the lengths to which we sometimes go to get our pictures. Some of those lengths are rather stupid, but sometimes geting the shot trumps caution.
29 May 2014: “Being There 2.0”, something of a follow-up to our September, 2011 article about camping near great photo locations. We have a new “Little Guy” teardrop camper, which we'll be using much as we have our tent, to get close to the locations we want to photograph.
29 April 2014: “Being Good About Bad Art”, explores a couple of approaches to viewing less-than-great photography, and perhaps helping others (and ourselves) to improve along the way.
28 March 2014: “A New View” We've installed a new monitor here, a 27-inch NEC “PA” series. This article offers a bit of our history with monitors on our photo processing computers, concluding with our newest (and largest!) addition.
28 February 2014: “Being Served” Our February article describes the evolution of the file server we use for backup and archiving of our photo files. A little geeky, but it shows an interesting progression of technology.
29 January 2014: “Busted!” Sidelined for a while with a broken leg, the creative urge pushes me to find ways to get outside making pictures. Our January article explains how I might do that.
30 December 13: “iPadography” Our final article for 2013 provides the history behind our “Picture of the Day” (PotD) photograph, and our recent switch from a Canon digital point-and-shoot to the new iPad Air for making the picture.
30 November 13: “Magic” Our November article describes camping at Bowman Lake in Glacier National Park, and making what my wife called my “best ever” photograph.
30 October 13: “Nikon vs. The World” Our article this month is about photographing with a Nikon D700, a very foreign experience for this long-time Canon shooter.
30 September 13: “Creative Problem Solving = Better Pictures” September's article is about solving the little problems that get in the way of making a great photo.
29 August 13: “Phototaxis” On 23 August an outdoor slide show exhibit was held here in western Montana. The images were projected on the side of an old barn. This month's article tells the story and offers a few photos from the exhibit.
31 July 13: “Blown Away” With rain and wind chasing us around Glacier National Park, we managed to capture some fantastic light on the mountains around Prey Lake (near Two Medicine Lake) during the most unlikely weather. Our July article relates the story and offers some photos.
30 June 13: “Steamed” We've not spent much time in Yellowstone National Park's geothermal areas. This month's article explains why, and describes photographing in the Upper Terraces in the park's Mammoth Hot Springs.
29 May 13: “Focus” describes the challenges of photographing when the mind is full of distractions, and the joy of shooting when the only concern is the shooting.
30 April 13: “Being Judged” Two of the three photos I submitted to the Hot Springs Artists Society's recent invitational show won awards. This article tells the story.
29 March 13: “Getting it Right” There are no perfect photographs (how would one define “perfect” in this context?), but there are very good ones. Sometimes it takes some work to get the best from an image. This article is about struggling with a photo to get it right.
25 February 13: “Evolution of a Print” Some photos are printed frequently. Some of those are changed a little with each printing. This article is about revision as a part of the creative process.
30 January 13: “Fun in the Fog” Our first article of 2013 explains “inversional fog” and describes some attempts to use it to make unique photographs.
30 December 12: “Digital Camera 2.0” describes our decision to purchase a Canon EOS 5D Mark III rather than the Nikon D800E. For this long-time Canon shooter, it wasn't an easy decsion.
30 November 12: “The One That Got Away”: An old snag falls, removing forever what once was a wonderful photographic subject.
30 October 12: “Chasing Fall Color”: An October trip east, to Ohio and Michigan, provided photos and inspiration for this month's article.
30 September 12: “Sssssmokin'!”: A recent trip to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National parks, and the smoky conditions we encountered (thanks to area wildfires), provided material for our September article.
30 August 12: “The Rilly Big Show”: Preparing for a summer of art exhibits, including the largest show we've ever done, is the subject of our August article.
31 July 12: “Visionworm”: This month's article is about previsualizing photos, and my difficulty getting “stuck images” out of my head.
28 June 12: “Shades of Gray”: Earlier this month I wrote a post for my blog about printing black and white photos. Since then I've thought more about B&W and made some new prints. This article discusses why I shoot B&W and why I don't make a lot of black and white prints.
31 May 12: “The Palouse”: We made our first trip to eastern Washington's Palouse region in May. Our new article describes the trip and provides a look at the photography that might be done there.
30 April 12: “It's Not Always Wilderness”: The snowy owls that have spent the winter with us here in western Montana have finally left. This month's article describes one photo-visit I made to the neighborhood the owls called home for four months.
31 March 12: “Pardon Our Dust (Part 1)”: Following up on a recent blog post, our March article describes a construction project here to turn an unfinished room into a print studio.
29 February 12: “Passing Judgement”: A few months ago I was asked to judge a photography show at a small gallery. The judging took place a week ago. This article tells the story.
30 January 12: “The Bird Photographer”: An irruption of snowy owls in the valley in which I live sparked an article about the ratio of bird photos to others (primarily landscapes) in my portfolio, about birding and group outings, and of course, about the owls.
29 December 11: “Gravity”: Nothing defeats gravity. There are countless decaying and derelict strutures in rural Montana. Our article this month describes a photographic project we're undertaking to photograph some of these to make a portfolio that's somewhat different than the norm.
30 November 11: “Printer 2.0”: We've installed a new printer, an Epson Stylus Pro 7900. This month's article reviews the decision to purchase an Epson rather than a Canon.
27 October 11: “iSad”: The passing of Steve Jobs on 5 October prompted a look at how his work has affected my life, what I do, and how I do it.
27 September 11: “Being There”: A short camping trip to Kintla Lake in Glacier National Park's northwest corner provided material for our September article.
31 August 11: “Versus”: This month's article is about the decisions we make when buying photo gear, and our apparent need to defend those choices.
31 July 11: “Getting High—Aerial Photography”: A friend's invitation to take a flight in his motorglider led to this article about the experience.
28 June 11: “Fathers Day”: A June trip to visit my parents in Ohio prompted this article about artistic talent and skill, and some lessons learned from a father who has plenty of both.
24 May 11: The tenth anniversary of the registration of the lumen-perfectus.com domain name led to the posting of a new article, “The More Things Change….” It describes the development and evolution of our Web site.
26 April 11: “Pano-Vision”, Part 2: We wrap up last month's article about making panoramas and other large, multi-frame images with some examples and the stories behind them.
29 March 11: “Pano-Vision”, Part 1: This month's article is part one of a two-part article about making panoramas and other large, multi-frame images. Part two will be posted next month.
28 February 11: “Open and Shut Case”: Our experiences with free, open source software have been quite good. This month's article is about open source software, why we use it when appropriate and which OSS we've been using.
29 January 11: “An Insider's Look at a Co-op Gallery”: The year's first article describes some of my observations and experiences as a member of a local cooperative art gallery.
15 December 10: “No Contest”: Our final article of 2010 offers some pros and cons (mostly cons) of submitting your work to photo contests.
17 November 10: "Something for Nothing": Comments (a bit of a rant, perhaps), prompted by the many requests we get for donations, about the perceived value of photography as art, and something requiring technical skill, artistic talent, and money to produce.
13 October 10: “Fresh Eyes”: Seeing new things, seeing in new ways, in frequently visted locations.
23 September 10: “Raising the Rent”: Upgrades, endless upgrades. To software, mostly, but sometimes to computer hardware, too. Today we've posted a new article about the software rental (upgrade) game. In the case of Adobe® Photoshop®, upgrading to every-other version has worked out well for us.
31 August 10: “Getting It”: Our August article comes from a visit to an "Art Gala" and meeting Lee Secrest, an artist making interesting and unusual wood objects. A discussion with him led to some thoughts about making art, keeping it fresh, interesting, and different, and how the result may not be for everyone.
31 July 10: A friend's visit, and the process of planning a photo itinerary, led to a new article, “An Embarrassment of Riches”.
28 June 10: “Being There vs. Art”: Watching someone photographing in blinding afternoon sunshine, and thinking about my own photography and reasons for making pictures led to this article about documentary photography and my own definition of it.
27 May 10: “An Old Friend Enters a New Century”: On 11 May 2010, the 100th anniversary of the creation of Glacier National Park was celebrated. We've added an article about visiting the park on its birthday.
30 April 10: “The Making of a Photograph”: Our recent trip to Freezeout Lake and the exploring we did while there led to this article about making a sunrise photo at Ear Mountain, on the Rocky Mountain Front.
31 March 10: “The Portfolio” relates the story of creating a portfolio of our work for a selection committee, which resulted in getting a nice commission. The article offers some tips for anyone creating their first portfolio.
06 February 10: “And Now For Something Completely Different” is an article about photographing the iconic scenes and locations, those pictures everyone has seen, and coming away with something different — your own interpretation of the great landscape photos.
05 January 10: “Fringes”, an article about photographing at the edges of the day, seasons, and weather. Capturing the light in the golden hour.
10 November 09: "The Numbers Game" describes our attempts to manage the megabytes we accumulate, how we separate the good stuff from the bad, and how it's stored.
24 September 09: "Paper Chase" describes our experience learning the craft of printing, making paper selections, and "getting it right".
17 August 09: We recently exhibited our work in an outdoor art "festival" and thought the experience of preparing for and exhibiting in shows worth writing about.
06 August 08: A hike to the top of Reynolds Mountain in Glacier National Park led to this photo journal.
04 January 07: Comments received about the photo Christmas cards we made and sent prompted an essay about veracity in nature photography.
28 August 05: A recent trip to northeastern Ohio gave me some time to walk in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. This article briefly describes this odd and lovely park.
20 August 04: Attending a photography workshop in Glacier National Park led to new knowledge, new friends and a few good pictures, despite some ugly weather.
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