Thomas Young Blogs

I spend a lot of time in the outdoors photographing nature,birds, deer, butterflies,etc.,so i sometimes happen to see somethings that are rather unusual. Of coarse most would not believe me and i don't blame them as i have been a fisherman starting f... 

It is February 1 and below 0! Brrrrrrrr! I took this photo while on the way home from the camera store where i had purchased a new Canon lens for my new Canon 6 D! I find it truly amazing how well this can take photographs in such low light. I loved ... 

Strange title but with a lot of meaning. It might just be something that has to do with age, more now as i get up in years, of it might just be more observation of my surroundings as a photographer, either way the world is crashing down! More precise... 

When i look at an image i either see it the way it is or i see it as what it could be. With the use of imagination,skill, knowledge of software that is available i ask myself, would it make it more of what i see?.Whenever i do covert and image, it i... 

It makes me happy that i can see something, imagine it in a different environment, haven't we all, and then take it to the next level and present it with the imaginative vision i had of it.When i was young we were given toys to play with and our ... 

Growing does not have to be painful but i find for me it takes an effort. The effort is in the asking of questions and listening to the answers, with an open mind, this can be a little hard when we think we know a lot about something.I know i can lea... 

That's right, i said that and you can quote me on that! Why then does it seem like that is all i am doing sometimes? My regular job which has just come to an end after 34 years has stood in my way of processing and taking more photos. I am always goi... 

To see my art on the wall at the 'Trout Museum' tonight was just awesome. I have a very old and dear friend who has been a lifelong artist with two of his art pieces on the wall as well and to be in the same show with him was so cool! Who would have ... 

I had entered 2 of my HDR black and whites into a juried art show at the "Trout Museum" in downtown Appleton! Found out yesterday they were both accepted! Yippee! Very excited as this is the audience i wanted to view my art as some of what i photogra... 

Where do i begin my story of our Shelby Lee! It is like writing a book from the end to the beginning! My wife and i were not looking for a dog as our last 2 dogs a Chocolate Lab and a Chocolate Spaniel had gone to the happy hunting grounds. The lab, ... 

I am going to start blogging as i am now semi-retired and hope to have the time. I am not going to try to commit as to how often but lets just say, daily or weekly! That ought to narrow it down! Sometimes what goes into getting the image is more inte... 

Just a little bit about me. I am a avid flyfisher and fly tier. I love fly fishing. I am a fly casting instructor, fly fishing educator and retired fly fishing guide. (I don't guide anymore). The waters flow through me. You will see this influence in... 

It has finally hit me, it is winter outside! Aghhhhhhhh. It's not that i hate winter itself so much it's the shoveling i hate and the bitter cold. This is a time for me to gather all my photos and video and go over at least some of them. Now that i... 

I am now at task of searching my huge data base for photos i would like to post on Fine Art America. My data base is huge. Alot of my photos are in raw formate and have to be coverted. Then i bring the photo to photoshop and crop and do levels and cu... 

I ended up working on a project for my brother George editing video. He and my nephew John filmed George on a Mule deer hunt in central Montana. My brother builds, designs and uses a off road wheel chair for outdoor purposes. The name of his company ... 

Yesterday i sold my first print, Woodland Trail! I'm just gidy. Wow this is so cool i love it. I'm speachless!  

The red chair sits by a pond, you don't see that in the photo though. The focus is the chair the light and the flowers. I tried getting some of the pond in the photo but it distracted from the three main focuses. So sometimes it's not what you see! 

I have posted a few photos of stone flies today. A few you say! I have a vast collection of stone flies in varios stages of emergance from underwater nymph to emerging to matting and laying eggs on the surface of the water. I have different types and... 

I didn't want to use the four letter word work so i choose busy instead. I have started the task of going through my raw files and choosing or deleting photos. If they are chosen l covert them into tif. files and resize them as large as i can. This t... 

Welcome to today. Some days i'm not able to do what i would like to be doing. So maybe some reflections of past shoots might help. There's not even snow on the ground yet and i have cabin fever! Thinking back to this last March was remarkable in the ... 

Well today i started uploading images. Gets rather tedious. I will learn as i go. Fell free to comment. Don't worry, my portfolio don't just consist of sunrises and sunsets. I take and keep very few of them. You will see that. Keep watching. 

Well i paid my membership and will start selling! I hope you will enjoy my photos and possiably buy some. If there is something you like or don't like, please let me know. If you have some tips or advice i am open to constructive professioal comments... 

we i learned something yesterday! I have the non paying account and had posted one photo to get my feet wet. At the time i didn't realize that if there was a buyer they would contact me via email for a 41inch PRINT! Ouch! Luckly a good friend went an... 

Now that i got my feet wet i am starting the process of choosing photos to upload. I have many! I have been waiting for a chance like this and will work hard at it. Stay tuned. As an after thought i will see if i can post my brother Georges photo her... 

This is the first day of the rest of my life? What ever! A good freind and mentor told me to check out this web site as i have been looking for the right mediam to showcase my photos and hopefully sell enough to upgrade my equipment. Just think, if y...