I have loved butterflies for as long as I can remember and as a photographer I get really excited at events when one ends up near me. Especially as I usually do not have the time to just go hangout in nature shooting for my leisure.
Read MoreMissing this View

Anyone else want to be in Cadiz, Spain sitting on the rocks watching the waves break against them with no cares in the world?
In 2012 I got to live that thought and I really miss the feel of unwinding, relaxing, and just chilling taking in the ocean that I lived on via ship for 107 days.
Read MoreThe Longhorn Photos
Back in July there was a Longhorn Cattle show at my local fairgrounds. The photographer in me really wanted to show up for the show and take all the pictures but ultimately I decided to attend one day with my niece and later brother in law and sister who joined us to scope it out.
Read MoreNominated to Finals

Sometimes I forget everywhere I have shared my images and find out later that they are performing well. I got an email month or so back about an image I created of my sister last fall that was nominated to move on in a online contest.
I call the image Among the Sunflowers and I have entered it in the International Photography Competition so hearing it is a nominee in the color chronicles contest gives me great hope for its future in the IPA competition.
Read MoreNewly Licensed

My Image created back in July at a Longhorn Cattle show of a Bull named Chase was picked up and licensed on Getty Images and VCG.
Read MoreEntering the Individual Excellence Awards

Years ago I put together a very half assed on a whim application to the IEA through the Ohio Arts Council. Naturally nothing came of it and frankly reading through my first attempt was painful and very unthought out.
Anyways this year Photographers in Ohio are eligible to apply and this program would come with a decent grant that would effectively help me update some equipment I really need as my equine events continue to stack up.
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