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King Vineyard, Crozet, VA
Honorable Mention in Virginia Wildlife Contest, March 2008
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3/7/08
Happy Spring everyone! Classes are filling up fast. I still have a few spaces in the Open Doors Intermediate Class second session and I have created a second session for Farmington as well. Click here to go to my teaching website and click on Schedule for more information.I am offering a summer Nature Workshop at Bear Mountain Retreat in western Virginia. This is a beautiful location. To find out more click here to access my teaching website and then click on workshops in the column to the left.
A couple of my images received Honorable Mentions in Contests last year. The bluet picture above took Honorable Mention in the Virginia Wildlife contest in the Insect category. I also received an Honorable Mention in the National Wildlife Federation 2007 Contest with the image to the left. This image is the featured Photo of the Week on the NWF's photozone the week of March 10th.11/29/07
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Ragged Mountain Natural Area
Charlottesville, VA is growing like so many areas in the nation. As a result we need more water and hence a new dam is proposed to raise the water level at Ragged Mountain Natural Area which is also a city and county reservoir. The new dam will raise the water level 45 feet destroying over 130 acres of mature forest, old ruins, the original dam and most of the existing trails there. Before this occurs I am trying to document the area to be innundated. Visit my new gallery on RMNA to enjoy the lovely fall colors and a few unique features soon to be lost. Click on the image to the right to see more.
I have 2 new shows listed at this time. I will be showing my black and white floral collection at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens January 18th - March 14th, 2008. I will also be at the Nautical and Wildlife Art Festival in Ocean City, MD January 19th and 20th, 2008. Check out my Shows Page for more information.
Finally I have new classes listed for next year. If you're interested please visit my classes website, www.digiphotoclass.com for more information.
8/30/07
New Images from Cooper's Rock Mountain Lion Sanctuary!<
If you enjoyed the cats before come see these new images! It's summer time now and the sanctuary is beautiful. A cool respite from hot and humid Central Virginia. My family and I enjoyed 4 days at Mountain Creek Cabins next to the sanctuary. A lovely cabin in the woods right on a burbling creek click here to see the stream. You can't ask for more peace and quiet. The cougars were spectacular as always. Mark, the director, was kind enough to feed them for me. Tecumseh is most ferocious at meal time as you can see in the image to the left. The greenery at this time of year offered many more opportunities for images. I was able to capture several nice images of Tecumseh a few more of the ever photographic and friendly Mariah and for the first time Jackson came out to visit! Such a beautiful bobcat he seemed to like my husband.
All of the cats love Mark. You should see them run up and purr for him! They know who takes care of them. Please take an opportunity to enjoy a weekend at their cabins and see the cougars. These are expensive animals to care for and it's a great service he does for them. Mark has been particuarly hard hit with insurance costs on these animals. If you can't make it up consider making a donation directly to the sanctuary or purchase a signed print. I donate 30% of the proceeds to the sanctuary. I'd love to donate more next year. In the meantime enjoy the cats!
6/29/07
New Images from King Vineyard!
As mentioned last time I've spent some time out at the King Vineyard in Crozet, VA photographing a variety of birds and other critters. To see my new gallery of images click on the image of the Bluet to the right.
5/17/07
Happy Summer!
I hope everyone has exciting plans to travel this summer. I will just be photographing locally. The King Family Vineyard in Crozet is kindly allowing me to photograph their new ponds for migratory ducks and shorebirds. Look for new images in the upcoming months.
I have set up dates for digital photography classes in Richmond and Charlottesville for this fall. Look for my new Composition and Critique class in both locations. For more information visit www.digiphotoclass.com.3/05/07
Happy Spring!
Spring is budding forth and I have a number of new announcements. First off I have a new collection of backyard birds up in the gallery. Last spring I spent many mornings in my yard capturing these familiar faces. Click here to take a look. Hope you enjoy them!I will be attending 2 art shows this spring in Maryland and Williamsburg. Check out my Show section here for more info.
Finally I had my first big magazine publication in February. The spanish magazine GEO used one of my slot canyon images in an article about the Martian Landscape. To read the original article in spanish visit GEO article or to see what it says in English go here.
1/05/07
Happy New Year!
Hoping everyone had a fabulous holiday season. Not much to report right now. The print of the month is from a trip I made to Yellowstone in January of 2006. An incredibly amazing place, I feel it's true beauty really shines in the winter. At some point I will have more images up from that trip.