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Visions of the Past and Present

Color photo. At the bottom, short trees with leaves of blazing orange and red. Beyond them are tall green pines. Receding into the distance is a valley with pine covered slopes. At the end of the valley is Mount Rainier, its peak covered in snow and a lenticular cloud hovers over it.
October 17th, 2025: Scenes Before Closing
2025-10-17

It's been a couple of years since I made it down to Mount Rainier National Park, and I wanted to do so before they closed the highway on the east side for the winter.  They'd already closed th...

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Color photo. A thin branch, growing from left to right across the frame. On it are numerous red leaves with yellow veins, backlit and glowing by the unseen sun. In the background are soft circles of green and white.
October 10th, 2025: Autumn Filters
2025-10-10

Light filtering through leaves? One of my favorite things. Light filtering through autumn leaves? Even better. Gear: Nikon Z 7II, Nikon VR 105mm f2.8 Macro Check out print store and...

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Color macro photo. A bee collecting pollen from a flower. The bee is black and yellow, with some white bands on it's abdomen. It is dusted all over with yellow grains of pollen. The flower is purple, with many long thin petals, and a yellow center.
October 7th, 2025: Tiny Tuesday
2025-10-07

The days are getting shorter, the leaves are changing, and the sun increasingly gives way to clouds.  So long as there are flowers in bloom, though, the bees are going to be busy. I caught ...

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Color macro photo. The frame is filled with small flowers. Each has a yellow center and is surrounded by long, thin petals. Many petals have faded to white, but the ones that haven't go from pale purple up to vibrant indigo.
October 3rd, 2025: Fading into Autumn
2025-10-03

I haven't posted much recently, as I've not been feeling up to getting out and shooting.  As we move into Autumn though, my favorite season, that's slowly changing. We tend to focus a lot o...

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Color macro photo. A tiny black and white jumping spider is seen standing on a rocky surface, looking at the camera. It's two large central eyes are very prominent, as are its fuzzy white chelicerae. Its four front legs are clearly visible.
October 1st, 2025: Wee Wednesday
2025-10-01

It's October 1st, which means it is well and truly spooky season. In honor of which, please enjoy this very tiny spider. Gear: Nikon Z 7II, Nikon 105mm f2.8 VR Macro

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Color photo. A woman with long, curly gray hair. She's wearing a purple dress with black bats on it, a black belt, and a necklace with a black and silver pendant. Her left hand is on her hip, and her right hand is holding up the side of her dress. She's smiling.
September 9th, 2025: Spooky Season Begins
2025-09-09

Fun, impromptu shoot on Sunday with a dear friend who decided that, given it's now September, we are now in Spooky Season and the Purple Bat Dress needed to come out. Originally she'd booke...

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Color photo. An adult and a child standing next to each other in shallow water. A small wave is about to break in front of them. The child, barely more than a toddler, has shoulder length blonde hair. They are wearing pink shorts with mud on their behind, and a teal shirt. They are facing away, towards the water, their arms at their sides. The adult is seen from the side, bent over as though to talk to the child. They are wearing a long white cable knit sweater, almost down to their knees, and a large floppy straw hat.
August 20th, 2025: Seurat Summer
2025-08-20

I took this photo of a friend and her friend's daughter a couple of weeks ago, while out with them doing some tide-pooling.  I was struck at the time by how much it reminded me of the work of ...

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Color photo. A person with long, dark, curly hair, facing the camera. Their eyes are closed, and the skin of their face is completely covered in splotches of yellow, blue, green, and magenta Holi powder. Most of their hair is also covered, as is the front of their shirt. Next to them and beyond them are many other people, coated in colorful powder splotches.
August 15th, 2025: Kenmore Art Show
2025-08-15

I am happy to say that my submission to the Kenmore Art Show was accepted, and the photo here will be on display next to some other fantastic pieces! You may recognize this image from a pos...

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