Here are some of the photographic results of hiking 1240 feet down into a ravine and back up and out over a distance of 8 miles.

Here is the photographic result of taking a wrong turn in the middle of the night and falling down a short (7ft) flight of stairs the next night.

One concussion, 8 stitches, a few CAT scans, EEGs and some x-rays later …. I’m back out into the wilderness where it is safer!

There certainly are some fringe benefits to being a fine art nature photographer. I’ve found that moments like this spent relaxing and soaking in the beauty, while waiting for the light to get right, can lead to even higher levels of creativity. At least that is what I tell everybody…. Taken with my iPhone.

I recently returned from a few days in Nevada at a trade show. While I was there I spent some time in the desert creating images. One morning at sunrise I ran into this group of bighorn sheep. It seem that they were more interested in the large ram on the mountain than in me. I was able to get really close to them to make some photographs with very little reaction from them at all. It was a great way to start my day shooting. Stay tuned. I will also be sharing some of the desert abstract and landscape fine art photographs I made on this trip over the next few days….

I have always been one of those people who would stop and pick up a turtle that was stranded in the middle of a highway and carry him on across the road in the direction he was traveling. This Saturday however, after photographing for hours on the hot cedar glade (more than 700 photographs) I wasn’t feeling very energetic. I was tired, thirsty, and hungry. So when I rounded a bend in the highway on my way home and spied a large slider in the middle of the road, I didn’t stop. I just slowed down gave him a wide berth and kept going. “Maybe he will make it across without my help”, I thought. But one glance in the rear view mirror and I was afraid he wouldn’t. A car came barreling around the corner. I watched in horror, kicking myself for not stopping and moving the turtle out of the road.  Suddenly, the car slowed, the flashers came on, and a woman jumped from the car, picked up the turtle and carried him across the road to safety. I breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. Here on a country road in Tennessee I witnessed the good side of humanity. In a world full of wars, murder, recessions and oil spills, there is still hope. If everyone just does there little bit of good everyday, there is hope…

Just back from 6 day shoot in Arizona. Arizona is truly a magical place. Busy now adding more than 3300 images to my library and getting jobs to clients that accumulated while I was gone.

My impressions of the snow and ice this year in Tennessee.