Behind the Image--Iris

Wow—I’m already on my third photo…how time flies. Well this picture was taken with my macro lens. The thing I love about this photo is it reminds me of a kaleidoscope I used to play with when I was a kid. I took several shots and this one was the winner. I miss seeing flowers….I guess the snow will have to do. But on the bright side, we are almost done with winter.

Another great tidbit about these photos is I didn't have to travel far. I am lucky to have these beauties in my front yard. I can't wait to meet them again!

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Art Reach on Broadway

Hello everyone,

During my lunch hour one afternoon, I was parked in front of this business called Art Reach on Broadway. I have never heard of it before and decided to go check it out.

Come to find out, this has been something I have been missing out on for quite some time and I had discovered a new motivation. This company is a consignment dealer that consists of various artwork submitted by many local artists in the area. If anyone needs any type of wonderful artwork to display in their homes or give as a gift, I highly recommend checking out the place. Not only is it top of the line material, it is produced by many talented people in our area.

I am dropping off some pieces that will be displayed in the store in the beginning of February. I am so excited to see my work hanging in a store!

There are numerous local artists that specialize in metal, glass, ceramics, jewelry, painting, and anything and everything that is handcrafted--not to mention great photographs of course (wink, wink). So if you are in the Mt. Pleasant area, you should check it out!


Art Reach on Broadway
111 E. Broadway
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
Phone # 989-773-8860
Website: www.artreachcenter.org

Stay tuned for the unveiling of my prints along with the continuation of "Behind the Image."

Behind the Image--Hot Air Balloons!

Hello everyone and welcome to the second installment of Behind the Image! I don’t know what it is about hot air balloons, but they hold this power over me that is so overwhelming the only thing I can do is cry (in a good way of course!). This photo was taken at the Danish Festival in Greenville and even though it is hard waking up at 6:00 am on the weekends, there is no feeling like it in the world.

I took a couple of shots during the dawn and dusk launches and and we became official balloon stalkers. It was incredible driving though dirt roads while they flew over us and landed in people’s back yard. I don’t know what I would do if anything like that ever happened to me. Enjoy!

These images were taken first thing in the morning.

This is where we officially became balloon stalkers. We followed them to see where they were going to land. We were so lucky to see them land in someone's backyard who just so happens to be on a lake!

Stay tuned for next week when I drop some amazing news on an upcoming project! I can't wait.

Behind the Image--Lightning

Hello all,

Welcome to the New Year! So I was just thinking about how cool it would be to post some pictures from my personal gallery and give the readers some background information about the photo. Consider this a series to be completed over the course of several months.

This is one of my favorite images because this was my first time taking pictures of lightning. I couldn’t believe how lucky I got. This was a very active storm and we went to three different locations throughout the night. By the night’s end, I ended up taking over 20 different pictures of lightning.

The reason why it is my favorite is because I spent hours upon hours in the rain waiting to capture this image. I started around 8:00pm and it was 2:00 am when I called it a night and this was the very last frame taken.

These were some of the other images that were captured throughout the night. Yes it was an accomplishment for me to capture this many, but nothing was a profound as the top image.

Stay tuned for next week.....