Hi everyone-

As I mentioned yesterday I enjoy watching the Trumpeter Swans while I am in Yellowstone National Park or Grand Teton National Park.

They are graceful and peaceful and to me very calming and relaxing to watch.

In today's image I tried to create a feeling of looking back in time to a more peaceful and leisurely era. At a time in my life and I'm sure for many others where it seems like we never have a chance to take a break, this is just what I need.

Not often enough do I take the time to escape reality and get away for a few hours in nature. More times than not sitting here at the computer working on the images is about as close as I get to spending any real time with nature unless I am on a trip.

I think that I am going to change that this spring. Even if its just for an hour here or there I think it just might make all of the hustle and bustle of my everyday reality a little easier to take.

Have a great day!

Hi everyone-

Hope you had a great weekend. I spent much of mine coordinating a transfer of data from my external storage devices to my newly purchased DroboPro storage device.

The transfer went smoothly and has greatly improved the state of my image storage. Going from 9 external drives to one was fantastic. As well it will allow me to create a much more effective back up process.

This was a long time coming and should have been competed years ago, but it's finally done! Along with the transfer I revisited my filing system and cleaned that up a bit. That will will make my work flow much smoother as well as improving the flow of back ups from now on.

Today's image was shot this past fall on the National Elk Refuge outside of Jackson, Wyoming. Although I am not big on bird photography I do enjoy watching the Trumpeter Swans that frequent this area. They are a very graceful animal.

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Hi everyone-

Greetings from very cold Nashville, TN. It is supposed to be snowing but it hasn't started as of yet. Not to worry though for me as we'll be inside all day.

Today we (Ted Van Der Linden) and I are taking a photo business class. The class is being taught by Ann Monteith and Carol Andrews. It covers the business and financial aspects of running a photography studio. Its a two day class that I have really been looking forward to.

I'll report back on that as it goes on.

In the meantime here is an image I shot of a bull moose in the Gros Ventre area of Grand Teton National Park. This guy was pretty cooperative for about 20 minutes or so.

Have a great day!

Hi everyone-

I hope you all getting back into the swing of things today. We've kicked off a new year and while most of you are heading back to work, last night was my last night tour and I have next tour off so I don't head back to the FD until the 16th of January.

Sorry to rub that in but the mid winter break is not something I have taken before and I am really looking forward to it!!

I will be in Nashville for part of the time attending the ImagingUSA conference as well as the Digital Wedding Forum conference. And I'll be working on a special project with my friends Bryan Allen and Ted Van Der Linden, but more on that later!!

So check back through out the second half of the week and weekend for additional posts related to all of that.

But in the mean time here is a moose image that I shot back in October in Grand Teton National Park. It was taken in the Gros Ventr (grow vaunt) area of the park.

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Hi everyone-

I'm on the road again today. This morning I'll be shooting in Badlands National Park, then its off to the Wounded Knee site and down into Nebraska. I hope to stay in the Omaha area tonight.

Today's image was shot along the Gros Ventre River in Grand Teton National Park. This is a fairly reliable location for moose from year to year. But this year was a bit better than most. There were about 6 cow's and the bull in this image. I am not sure if it was the same bull as in previous years. This year he seemed a bit larger and had a much nicer rack then I remember in previous years.

Have a great day!

Hi everyone-

Today I am on the road...again. I left Choteau, MT this morning and began the journey home to PA. Originally I was going to head down to Colorado and spend a few days there. However a variety of factors have changed that plan up a bit.

Today I am heading to the Rapid City area. On Friday I am going to head to the Badlands National Park to shoot sunrise and then head to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and the Wounded Knee Massacre sight. After that I will continue down through Nebraska where there are a few locations that I am interested in stopping and shooting. More on that later.

Today's image was shot in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. I really liked the clouds on the morning this image was shot. Clouds have been something that normally are either completely absent or almost to the ground when I am there. So to have a day with cool clouds in the sky was a big thing for me.

Have a great day!

Hi everyone-

Well with the front end of my trip's details all worked out I am super excited to get out to Wyoming and Montana and maybe Colorado to shoot the fall color and animal activity.

We had a taste of crisp fall mornings a few days ago and I have been ready ever since.

This image was shot in Grand Teton National Park near Oxbow Bend. There are some Aspens in the area that are just brilliant yellows and oranges.

Hope you have a great day!

Hi everyone-

We'll fall is almost here. I got a taste of a little crispness in the air this past week and I can not wait for it to arrive. I am certain it's coming after this last week when of course I got a sinus infection. Thats one of the best ways to tell a change is on it's way! (not that I like having them)

So I have been looking back through some old images while my mind wonders to past trips to Yellowstone, the Teton's and Montana t what I think is the nest time if the year.

Today's image is from Oxbow Bend in Grand Teton National Park. I hope you enjoy it!

Take a chance to check out all the other Skywatch posts from yesterday and today by clicking here ---->SKYWATCH FRIDAY

Have a great day!

Hi everyone-

Over the week end I had several people who stopped by my booth ask if I had any moose images. So I thought I would post a few today.

These were shot a few years ago in Grand Teton National Park at the beaver ponds along the Moose-Wilson Road. This is a pretty sure bet location for moose in late September and early October.

Hope you enjoy them!

Also please keep my friend and great photographer and all around super guy, Wes in your thoughts and prayers today. He'll be undergoing some major surgeries today and I wish him well!

Have a great day!

HI everyone-

Hope you had a great weekend. Ours was a nice slow paced few days with nothing pressing to accomplish. So we spent most of the time together as a family not doing a whole heck of a lot for a change.

One thing we did was take Cree up to meet my parents half way to their house. We had dinner and then she went home with them for a few days. She was super excited to go. Us on the other hand were happy she was so looking forward to it, as were nanny and bunk, but we were a little sad as she was like "Bye" in that OK its really time you let me go kinda way...lol

I guess we'll have years to deal with that...lol

So, today's post is another in my Aspen Dreams series of images. It was shot this past fall while in Grand Teton National Park.
I was looking through some of the images for this coming weekends Yorkfest Art Festival and I came upon some images of last fall and it really got me in the mood for this years trip.

I can only go so long then I yearn for the crisp bite of the fall morning, the clean air and skies and the sounds of elk bugling echoing through the valleys. I can not wait to get out there!!

Have a great day!