You ever have those moments when your drivng along and you say to yourself "STOP THE CAR!" because you see a perfect picture? I do that all the time but I am usually on my way somewhere and can't make the time to stop. Well this time I did. This is the Bobolink openspace in Boulder Colorado. It is a grasslands preservation area and the native grass just pops in the fall. I drive by it several times a week and it is always different when I go by.

It was a beautiful weekend and perfect weather for shooting Mike's senior portraits. He was a great guy and we had a good time hanging out and making photographs.

Well the fall leaves have really come in here in Colorado. I've been haveing a great time shooting mountain aspens and all that. But the most fun I've had in the last few weeks has been photographing families for their holiday cards. Eric, Elizabeth, and their kids were so much fun to shoot. The light was fantastic the they were a blast.

"What kind of photographer are you" is usually the first thing people say when I tell them that I am a photographer. Hmm, well I don't really have an answer, yet. I am in the middle of trying to focus on what I want to point my camera at. The problem is I love to point it at just about anything. I have narrowed it down to "outdoor" photography. I know that doesn't narrow things down that much but it's a start. I am working on a few personal projects now, so hopefully they will give me some more definition on where to take my work. It's amazing how long it takes to complete one body of work to start showing it to people. I am just about there now though so I will be adding different sections to the site highlighting them as they become available.

I'm back from Molokai, Hawaii. Wow, what a great relaxing trip. I must say that Molokai is on of the best places to get a true view into what the old Hawaii must have been like. There is only two gas stations in the one town on the whole island. There isn't a resort on the island any more. There used to be two. One closed a while ago and the last just recently closed. So if you plan on going I would make sure your prepared. It's sort of like visiting Norton Kansas, only it's in the middle of the pacific surrounded by an amazing ocean and reef. As far as services there isn't much so plan accordingly. I think we packed 3 or 4 suitcases of food. Oh and the golf course is a hoot! Ever see the movie Tin Cup? Well, this could be it only in Hawaii instead of Texas.

The beaches are amazing. Most of the time we were the only ones on them. I felt like I was the only one on the island a lot of the time. Going to the top of the island via 4x4 was a real treat. I saw some Hawaiian cowboys roping cattle on the way up. The waterfalls were amazing too! I have a lot more photos of the trip that I am trying to get too so check back to see them when I get them posted. The one I have below is a shot of a monk seal that shared his beach with us. The realy cool thing was that this beach used to be the resort beach for the resort that closed down a while ago. So, just off to the right of the shot sits an old rundown and abandoned resort. Kind of weird.

I have also started a searchable database of my images on the site. I think it takes more time to keyword the photos than it did to code the search functionality. I know it does. Anyway, I will keep plugging away at key wording. If you are looking for a particular photo and don't see it in my stock lists just send me an email and I can let you know if I have what your looking for.

I can only go so long without taking a photo. I mean it's like I just have to get out and photograph something or I'll go crazy. My eye is always seeing photographs even when I don't have my camera but there is a point that I just have to take a picture. Of anything! Just to get it out of my system. Hearing the shutter snap and the feel of the shutter button under my finger as I look through the viewfinder is so addicting. Each time I press the sutter it feeds my creative soul so much that I can't stop. That may sound weird to some of you but I have a feeling that others out there know just what I'm talking about. I am lucky enough to live in a beautiful place that seems to have not shortage of great photo ops. So when I have the "itch" I can scratch it pretty easily. The shot below was one of those times. Just a short walk from my house I was able to satisfy my habbit with a great sunset shot.

Right now I am getting ready to head to Moloka'i Hawaii. Hopefully as soon as I get back and edit my images from the trip I can get some new Hawaiian images posted for you to see. It's an island I have never been to so I am looking forward to getting my fill of great photography. I'm hopeing to add these images to my stock library too. I still have to finish keywording the images I have, let alone the ones I will take on this trip. I am making progress though, slowly but surely.

So I have launched a new stock image database on my site. Very cool I know but let me tell you what a hastle it is to keyword each image I have in my library. I will take me a while to get all of my images keyworded and uploaded so keep checking back to see if I have an image you need.

Well, you may have noticed that all my previous blog posts are gone. My web host deleted my whole site last Monday! Sheesh. Anyway I have restored most of everything exept my blog posts. So I will try to put some of the old ones up but I'm not sure how log that will take. Any way stay tuned for some new posts.

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