Few places have made a larger cultural impression on me than the nation of Italy. Upon this ancient land, the regions of Tuscany and it’s neighboring Liguria have found a small niche literally inside my soul. I’m taken by the rolling hills of forest, vineyard and olive grove that cover the landscape of Toscana. I … More Italia on my mind…
So, after the Holidays are done, get out there, see our world. Go east, west, north or south. Go, witness, explore, recharge, restore, relax. Reinvent yourself. Revel in her wonder… This Mother Earth is, afterall, a beautifully Divine Masterpiece. Visions from the top of the World – Lofoten Islands, Norway, 2018
Another morning, like most others for a Florida late Autumn day. Nothing special, until we look deeper and consider how distressing life has been for so, so many this entire year. This sunrise is how we were greeted when we stepped out our front door the first dawn after Thanksgiving –– perhaps as a reminder … More Just another morning, or..?
Hey, just a little fun today. What d’ya’say? The scene from our little portico up near the top of the residential area on the cliffs of Vernazza. Just prior, we’d headed up the trail a bit further to shoot the sunset. Now we’re going to meet up with friends we’re traveling with and have a … More Shout it from the rooftops…
There are places on our planet where the sun never rises for months. Not even a little. Actually, every winter above the Arctic Circle there is no sunrise from November to January. Conversely, there’s no sunset from late April to late August. But in either case, winter or summer, the sun is never far from … More God saw the light, and that it was good…
Well, “Yes” you reply. But.. have you really? I thought this way as well before traveling the waters and lands of Norway. Sure, in our every day world we awake from night to a greater degree of illumination in our surroundings. We find new energy in our attitude and even vitamins for our bodies due … More Have we really witnessed the Dance of Light?
Everywhere we’ve been fortunate enough to photograph during the golden hour, be it at canyon edge in the American Southwest or here, on the Italian Riviera, we’re fueled by a wonderful flood of emotion, wonder and discovery. During those glorious moments, amber shafts of radiance penetrate the edge of night like the glancing strike of … More Where gold dances on water…
“Fishing… The great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.” ~ Herbert Hoover Rise before the dawn. With mariner skills taught by his elder, fertile waters are found. There is laughter, recollection, renewed hope and perhaps bounty enough to support family another day.
Mountaineer Sir Edmond Hillary was the first man documented to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Born a New Zealander in 1919, by his twentieth birthday he’d accomplished more wildly courageous feats than most humans amass in a lifetime. Throughout his days as a Second World War volunteer aviator, reaching both the North and South … More It is not the mountain…
Inspirations in Light and Color 