Sarasota National Cemetery
Yesterday, I finished up shooting Patriot Plaza, the new ceremonial amphitheater at Sarasota National Cemetery. It was funded by the Patterson Foundation and donated to the National Cemetery Administration at a dedication ceremony on June 28,2014. It is interesting...
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Cape Coral Burrowing Owls
In June, I went to Cape Coral, Fl, to photograph the burrowing owls that live there. It's the only place in Florida (that I know of) that has a concentrated population of them. Never having gone searching for burrowing owls before, my family was a little skeptical if...
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Kari & Alex’s Wedding
Kari and Alex's wedding was in May. They were fun to work with! They were blessed with beautiful weather for late spring in Florida. The wedding ceremony and reception were held at Palma Sola Botanical Park. The first look was at the grounds of the Lamb House in...
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Myakka River SP May 2014
Myakka River State Park in May! It is spring and the season for fawns. It was fun to get up close and photograph several. There weren't as many opportunities to photograph water birds this time until soon before we left. There were two limpkins (the birds toward...
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Portraits of Lauren
These are images of my sister Lauren. She played the piano in a showcase, kind of like a recital, for her music teacher's Christian school of the arts. While she was all dressed up, I took some pictures of her beforehand and then there are some ones of her playing...
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Kittens and a Dog
Selby Gardens Photo Exhibition
This year I entered three images in the 34th Annual Juried Photographic Exhibition at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, FL. There were 242 entries this year and 194 of them got selected for the competition, from many different areas of the state and some out...
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A New Baby Goat
A month or two ago my sister, Lauren, got a new goat to add to her herd of future milking dairy goats. I've had fun snapping pictures of her. The babies grow up fast but these images were taken when she was a little younger. She's a mini saanen/Nigerian dwarf cross...
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Tampa Bay Airfest 2014
This was my first time to go to the Airfest at MacDill Air Force Base and it was incredible. It is amazing and thrilling to see the Thunderbirds fly so close together as they put on their performance. I snapped a lot of images that day (more than 700) but here are...
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Myakka River State Park
These images were taken at Myakka River State Park in Sarasota, Fl. The park is a excellent place to watch birds and other wildlife. We were blessed to see several white tailed deer early in the morning. Although many people think of beaches when they think of...
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