July 2010 Wallpaper: Sunset Over Great Falls

The summer sun sets in glorious colors over Great Falls in Potomac, Maryland.

July wallpaper is ready for download – click on the links below for the resolution and aspect ratio that best match your computer screen:

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Great Falls Sunset: Vision Doesn't End with the Click of the Shutter

The summer sun sets in glorious colors over Great Falls in Potomac, Maryland.

I’ve been contemplating the image-creation process this week, as I work on a series of images of Great Falls.  I thought I’d share some of my musings about the three essential steps to great image-making:

Step 1: Defining your vision for the image [...]

Last weekend for "Of Fairytale Kingdoms" Fine Art Photography Exhibit!

Hey, so I’ve been getting lots of great feedback from people who’ve seen my current exhibit, “Of Fairytale Kingdoms,” at the Arlington Public Library, Central Branch in Virginia.  This weekend is the last weekend of the show, so do stop by if you have a chance, and leave me a message on this blog if [...]

May 2010 Wallpaper: Hoodoo Nation I

View of the hoodoos from Inspiration Point at Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. Thin, protruding spires of rock, hoodoos have been formed over thousands of years by water, wind, ice, and gravity. The northern section of Bryce Canyon National Park boasts the largest concentration of hoodoos in the world.

Here’s my May 2010 [...]

“Shades of Spring” Art Show On NOW at Black Rock Center for the Arts!

I’m heading over to Black Rock Center for the Arts in Germantown, Maryland in an hour.  I’ve got show duty today until 12:30 pm for the spring show (“Shades of Spring”) of the Art League of Germantown.  (I’m a member.)  Feel free to stop by!  The artists’ reception is tomorrow, so I’ll also be there [...]

Artist's Statement, Of Fairytale Kingdoms

I’ve just put the finishing touches on my artist’s statement for my “Of Fairytale Kingdoms,” which will be featured in my upcoming art exhibit in May at the Arlington Public Library in Virginia, as well as at next week’s Art League of Germantown “Shades of Spring” show at Black Rock Center for the Arts.  Here’s [...]

Prepping for My Next Next Exhibit: Of Fairytale Kingdoms

Last weekend, I was prepping for my next next exhibit, picking out the 10 images, figuring out what sizes I’ll print them in, and drawing out the schematic of their placement.  My next next exhibit will be at the Arlington Public Library, Central Library Branch in Virginia, and I’m calling it, “Of Fairytale Kingdoms.”  Since I just [...]

Utah Parks Road Trip, Day 13: Arches National Park, End-of-the-Road

Alas, this is our last morning in Utah before heading home to Washington, DC, so we definitely had to get up for the sunrise.  Of all the places we’ve seen around Moab, I must say that Turret Arch by the North and South Windows is my hands down favorite.  It’s where we started on Day [...]

Utah Parks Road Trip, Day 11: Arches National Park, aka The Day I Almost Died

OK, perhaps I’m being a little dramatic.  But still, this is the day that I’ll never forget.  The day my Yaktrax fell into the abyss.  The day I was stuck way out in the funnel.  The day I was too paralyzed to move forward, too petrified to move back. 

Like always, it all started out in an [...]

Utah Parks Road Trip, Day 10: Capitol Reef, Goblin Valley State Park, Dead Horse Point State Park, and Canyonlands National Park

Today was a hell of a day – we hit two national parks and two state parks.  First, we got up for the sunrise at Capitol Reef National Park.  We were told that Notom Road, which runs north-south on the other side of the rocks of Capitol Reef, is a good place to catch the [...]