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Thoughts on a Photograph

Posted on 4th October 2016
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My good friend and photographer wrote an article for Whidbey Life Magazine and gave mr permission to post it. We have several amazing photographers here and I thought that you would find it interesting. Enjoy. Artists of Whidbey Island || Thoughts on a Photograph Posted in Film, History, Nature, Photo essay, Spotlight, Visual Art BY DON…

Not For Tourists

Posted on 9th September 2016
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I have started a series that I call “Whidbey – Not for Tourists.” It is not a particularly good title but serves as a convenient name for the collection in Lightroom. As you know I live on beautiful Whidbey Island which attracts an ungodly number of weekenders and tourists. It…

York

Posted on 18th August 2016
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I have been following Alan Frost (https://alanfrostphotography.com) for some time. Alan is a British black and white photographer and posts both interesting images and commentary. I was recently looking at some old images that were taken on a brief trip to Great Britain and Alan’s work inspired me to post…

Book Project

Posted on 28th July 2016
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First I want to refer you to a great series that my good friend Lorraine Healy is doing. She is an outstandingt photographer and poet and I think that you will really enjoy her work. Take a look, https://www.lomography.com/magazine/322563-my-favorite-places-in-buenos-aires-tigre-and-its-hundreds-of-islands Thank you all that have written that you would like to see…

Misc. E. WA

Posted on 21st July 2016
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I am trying to get back in the swing of posting to my blog but having a difficult time. My energy of late is going to creating a book of my Wheat Country photographs. I have finally decided to make a series of individually bound Signatures, most of which will…

By Request

Posted on 4th July 2016
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I have had a number of requests for more posts (one is a number!) I recently took a short trip to Lind to see the Combine Destruction Derby. It is a great event and draws thousands of people to this small town. A great time is had by all. I…

Fooling Around

Posted on 2nd June 2016
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I have been playing around with a different look for some of my landscape photos, especially those with dramatic skies. This was taken along Highway 2 near Waterville, WA. Look closely at the horizon and you can see snow in the distant Cascade Mountains. I have not had a chance…

New Eastern Washington

Posted on 15th May 2016
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I have taken a month off from posting. This next year I will continue but will do so on a periodic basis – when the mood strikes. During May I took another trip east. I revisited old haunts in the hardscrabble region and ventured into the Palouse. The Palouse is…

Waterville

Posted on 12th April 2016
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Last week I introduced you to a couple of people that I met in Waterville; today I will share a few photos from there. I don’t have much to say and will let them speak for themselves. Note that the bottom two ‘corners’ still have piles of snow on April…

New Year

Posted on 5th April 2016
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I am not sure whether this is the last post of my first year or the first post of my second year. Regardless thanks for sticking with me. I just returned from an eastern Washington trip and want to share two things from Waterville, a new town for me. I…