Mammoth Hotsprings - Yellowstone National Park

This picture was taken near the north entrance of Yellowstone National Park - Mammoth Hotsprings.  These are some of the hotspring terraces that the Mammoth has to offer.  I was drawn in by the subtle colors and the layering of the terrace that happens over time.

The hot water combines with limestone to create new land right before the visitors eyes.  The landscape of the hotsprings terraces changes daily.  The beautiful colors of pink, green, brown, yellow and orange are caused by bacteria and other organisms living on the rock.  Yellowstone National Park was the first national park of the United States.

New Beginnings - New Goals

To all of my followers and new followers to my blog I am challenging myself to post 5 new photographs a week. Whether they are photographs from the past that are in much need of being seen or new photographs that are screaming to be seen. The only rule is that I will never post the same photograph twice.

If you are interested in purchasing a photograph as a gift for someone or yourself please contact me. I am also available for commisioned photographs if you dont see exactly what your interested in.

So please enjoy and comment freely.

Fresh Work

Randoms in the Works

A couple images from a trip to the Oregon coast that I have been working on.  I love to shoot lots of photographs, so now I am going through my millions of pictures and finding the gems.  Let me know what you think of these two.

Sampling of Projects

Here is a sampling of my Senior Photography Projects.  We did one each semester for the Senior year.  Over each semester we were asked to start with a theme and let it grow throughout the semester by taking pictures, editing, getting feed back from our professors and fellow students and at the end of the semester present them as a finished body of work.  I still like to believe that both of my projects still have room for more additions.

The above images were from my second semester of my Senior year - I did a focus on parts of the body and made an emphasis with shadows and particular cropping.  A quote from a book I read sums up what I was trying to say with this project - "How right that the body changed over time, becoming a gallery of scars, a canvas of experience, a testament to life and one's capacity to endure it." - Janet Fitch Author of Paint it Black

With this project I was in my first semester of my Senior year.  I had just ended yet another summer of working for a landscaping company.  I had been working closely with nature and was often up close and personal with plants while doing my work.  I have always had an affinity color and was drawn to the lines and shapes that plants make when seen from a macro prospective.  

I am currenty getting back into the landscape field for yet another summer in Bozeman.  I am hoping to get some fresh images for my macro series.  I am also going to get my retro green chair back into my photographs, so watch for that in the future.