Life: Through the Lens

We love traveling. And the United States is a perfect place to do this! I used to dream of traveling in Europe, but the more I explore our own country the more there is to see here! A couple of weeks ago we started a journey to the West - crossing the Mississippi River, swollen from the recent flooding. What a fantastic site. You can't help but think about Mark Twain and his wonderful river tales. Do you remember the real name of this author? From there we crossed Iowa and Nebraska as we needed to meet up with friends in the Denver area on a certain date. We were fortunate enough to have an after-hours butterfly shoot at a beautiful butterfly house and didn't want to miss it. And now we're high in the Rocky Mountains at a beautiful mountain house, spending time in Rocky Mountain National Park. The wildlife is magnificent. One particular moment stands out from yesterday's adventures. We had stopped at the park entrance to take a photo of the park sign, and Daryl was hea...

A day set aside to give you a reason to get outdoors and share your love of photography with someone, and enjoy all that the natural world has to offer. Do we need a "reason?" Probably not. But some of us need a push now and then. "The Curious One," we've named her. A few years ago we would sit outside near the back of our property, hidden in the trees, waiting. Waiting. And waiting! A hunter knows what this is like. You are waiting for the opportunity to bag your prey. We feel the same way, but we shoot with a camera. The photo above is one I took just a couple of weeks ago, from our back window. There was something familiar about her so I sat and watched as she crept closer and closer to the house. Then suddenly...something startled her and she ran to the brush. Only to return not a minute later, curiously looking around, and heading back to our yard area. This is the exact same behavior we remember seeing in the doe we dubbed "The Curious One." S...