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After spending decades under fluorescent lights in cubicles, offices and semiconductor clean rooms, I escaped.   Throughout those years, at every opportunity, I fled to the mountains or to the ocean so that I could feel the sun on my face, breathe fresh air and bask in the glories of nature.   I climbed mountains and dove on reefs, always overburdened with too much camera equipment.   In those days, photography was my anchor to sanity and humanity, giving me a sense of control that I could not maintain over my technical work.   Good, bad, or ugly, my images were my own, free from...more
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A Few of My Favorite Images

January 30th, 2013

Here are some of my favorite Southwest Landscape Images--I hope you enjoy them Be sure and look at the New Mexico Landscape group new mexico landscape art 

Come See It While You Can

January 22nd, 2013

I’m in a frantic race to see, feel and photograph as much of the American Southwest as I can, as fast as I can. What’s the hurry? Well, I’m old and getting older, for one thing. But the other thing—the really big thing—is that all this beauty and gra... 

Here's another of my favorite images. This one’s of a massive storm over Dead Horse Point. I made this image during a road trip in October of last year. I love Canyonlands. You can stay on the roads and see some amazing stuff. Or you can carry yourse... 

Hi, and welcome to my Landscape Photography site. I hope you’ll enjoy my images as much as I enjoy creating them. Before I discuss how and why I created these images, I’ll tell you a little about myself. I’ve spent most of my adult life as an engin...