I’m dead tired tonight. It’s 10:31 pm in Kanab, Utah – which means it’s 12:31 am back at home. I got up this morning at 3:30 am. I have been awake for a long time. Too long. In fact, so long that I can’t seem to figure out exactly how long.

After a layover . . . → Read More: SO tired.

Wow – what a week. Enlightenment took second place in the Nature & Landscapes category of this month’s BetterPhoto photo contest, and I have been chosen as Photographer of the Week on the ADIDAP weblog!

BetterPhoto tells me there were over 37,800 entries in this month’s contest, so I feel very honored to have . . . → Read More: Photographer of the Week

We arrived home yesterday after a long drive. We left Smoky Mountain National Park at noon and made it home by 11pm. I’m tired this morning, since I get up at 6am with the kids – but I’m not complaining. We had a great trip.

Smoky Mountain is a beautiful park. We stayed in . . . → Read More: Home again.

We’re in a hotel room in Tennessee today. We’re scouting Smoky Mountain National Park and the surrounding area. Once we know what we want to photograph, we’ll choose the right time of year and come back. We will take some shots this weekend, but we intend to return at a later date.

Our scouting . . . → Read More: Scouting in Tennessee

This is what I am most thankful for. My children – Nora, Anna, Nicholas, and Damian. They are healthy and happy and smart and funny – and I am so grateful for that. My husband, Jay – who is the love of my life and my reason for breathing. My two beautiful step children . . . → Read More: Happy Thanksgiving

Two new articles are up and ready for download on my website. One is a brief tutorial on sharpening without halos using a simple PhotoShop technique. The other is more personal – and if you’re keeping track of my blog it will be familiar to you. It’s titled Seeing the Light, and it’s based . . . → Read More: Two New Articles!

I started noticing light when I was a child. My eyesight began to deteriorate noticeably sometime in fifth grade, but I didn’t start wearing glasses until 2 years later. During those years – and since then – I have been much more aware of light and color than I was before. I couldn’t see . . . → Read More: Seeing the Light

This shoot was a lot of fun. He’d just had his lunch, so he wasn’t hungry, and he was very cooperative… I wonder why.

Actually, about half way through the shoot, he looked at me and said, “Can I have the apple when you’re done?” The APPLE? He wanted the APPLE, folks! Wow. . . . → Read More: Requesting Payment

Well wow, ya’ll. “Paria” was selected as a finalist in the “Your Best Shot” Popular Photography Magazine contest this month. I’ve uploaded my large size file for publishing, and now I await the final results.

I’ve had a lot of good things happening over the past month or so. The work I’m putting . . . → Read More: Finalist

“Enlightenment” took second place in the color category for the flickr Art of Landscape contest this month. Some of the other photos are truly beautiful – go take a look.

Meanwhile, I completed a couple of quick photo shoots today and taught some private classes this week and last. It’s time to get to . . . → Read More: Another winner – second place.