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Image of the Month: September 2011

A painting on a temporary construction wall near the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. depicts a message of love in response to the Sept.11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Local artists were invited to paint on this “free expression wall” in the fall of 2001. This is only one of several paintings that were created on the wall. […]

Upcoming photo courses at The Fort Collins Digital Workshop Sept./Oct. 2011

(All courses take place from 6-9pm at 412 South Howes St. in Fort Collins, CO) Monday, September 26 – Telling a Story with Photography Become a visual storyteller using the techniques taught in this course. Equipment choice, captioning, composition and photo essay design for print and digital publication will be covered. Discussion topics will include […]

How to be selective with color

Vibrant color is one of the most important trademarks of my photography. I love viewing the lush variegated green tones of forest scenes, the luminescent red clouds in a sunset sky or the piercing blue eyes of a portrait subject. I’d like to share my favorite Photoshop secret for enhancing the color of my images. […]

The last six months in newsletters

It’s hard to believe that it’s been six months since I announced the printing of the “Classic Colorado” book. I’ve started writing monthly emails to send to my customers and friends as a fun way to stay connected. Many of the email newsletters discuss seasonal themes or share stories of how I took particular images. […]

Image of the Month: February 2011

Clouds evaporate over the Devil’s Backbone Keyhole west of Loveland, Colo. after a January 2011 snowstorm. This was taken from the west ridge where unobstructed views of the backbone are becoming more and more difficult to find due to development in the area. Now men no more need to suffer from sissy cialis from canada […]

Top 10 photos of 2010

I’m a little late getting to this post since it’s now mid-January, but without further ado here are my favorite 10 images from last year in no particular order: I have no doubt that this is the most intense sunrise I’ve ever experienced. As an early summer thunderstorm dissipated over Dream Lake in Rocky Mountain […]

Image of the Month: January 2011

The January 2011 Image of the Month was taken during the eclipse that occurred during last month’s solstice. The conditions in Northern Colorado were not favorable for a montage of images showing the different phases of the eclipse as I had hoped to photograph that night.  However the cloud cover lifted in time for the […]

Colorado fall 2010 recap

Another autumn has passed in the aspen forests of Colorado. This year I was able to spend ten days in late September and the first few days of October in the field. Some years are better than others as far as the vividness of foliage color is concerned and 2010 was probably not a banner […]

Behold the blog

It’s been a long time since I completed the first redesign of the Viewfinder Media website. (Almost four years ago!) Back then I had intended to consistently write and update articles on a variety of photography-related subjects and post news, especially information pertaining to nature or travel image making. Those of you who have visited […]

Private property and nature

Note: This post was originally written in Summer 2006 for a previous version of www.viewfindermedia.com. My Jeep is powering up a hill in the San Juan Mountains several miles outside of Telluride. The headlights cut through the darkness of the four-wheel drive road in front of me and I admire how this drive couldn’t be more […]