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How the Art Happens - The Ruby Range Reflected in Lake Irwin
April 07, 2026 - The Ruby Range Reflected in Lake Irwin
This image holds a very special place in my heart and memory. I spent some par...
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How the Art Happens - The Soft Light of Spring
March 14, 2026 - The Soft Light of Spring
We haven't had much of a winter in Colorado this year. It's been unseasonably warm with less...
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How the Art Happens - Elk Avenue Big Snow
February 18, 2026 - Elk Avenue Big Snow
Today we're getting the first big snowstorm of our winter season. It's about two months late, but...
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How the Art Happens - New Years Eve Celebration
December 31, 2025 - New Year's Eve Celebration
It's New Year's Eve again!
I was hoping to update this older photo of our base village...
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How the Art Happens - The Gateway to Solitude
November 18, 2025 - The Gateway to Solitude
I love photographing aspen trees. Even though they're clones and supposedly genetically ident...
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How the Art Happens - Anthracite Morning
October 29, 2025 - Anthracite Morning
The Anthracite Range is one of my favorite subjects. It's not far from my home and just over Ohio...
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How the Art Happens - Fall Takes Flight
October 22, 2025 - Fall Takes Flight
A few weeks ago, I drove out toward Gothic, Colorado, in search of fall colors and especially hopin...
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How the Art Happens - Sunlight Finds Frost
May 03, 2025 - Sunlight Finds Frost
I like to photograph the collision of the seasons. There's something very ephemeral about that t...
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How the Art Happens - Pasque Paradise
April 19, 2025 - Pasque Paradise
Pasque flowers are among the first to bloom near my home. In dryer areas they can bloom as early as m...
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How the Art Happens - Painter Boy Columbine
April 09, 2025 - Painter Boy Columbine
Right after I moved to Colorado, I spent lots of time exploring the backcountry around my home...
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How the Art Happens - Finding Hidden Gems
April 05, 2025 - Mystery Falls - Elko Park
It was the summer of 1992. I was still exploring the abundant backcountry around Crested...
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How the Art Happens - Monument Valley From Artist's Point
March 11, 2025 - Monument Valley From Artist's Point
I have had the opportunity to visit Monument Valley several times over the years.
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How the Art Happens "Out of the Shadows"
October 07, 2024 - "Out of the Shadows" Wins a Bronze!
I am humbled, surprised, and very pleased to announce that one of my newest photo...
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How the Art Happens - Fisheye Double Rainbow
August 28, 2024 - Fisheye Double Rainbow
We have reached that awkward time between summer and fall in the high country. It's cooler in...
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How the Art Happens - There's a Hole in the Sky
August 06, 2024 - There's a Hole in the Sky
About nine years ago I was driving back to Crested Butte from Gunnison, Colorado. The sky...
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How the Art Happens - Autumn Gold
January 24, 2024 - Autumn Gold
After watching the aspen leaves change color for more than 30 autumns here around Crested Butte I can say...
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How the Art Happens - Fall is Looking Up
October 27, 2023 - Fall is Looking Up
In a tall, golden, aspen forest looking straight up toward the sky is a popular concept. I have ma...
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How the Art Happens - A Grove of Light
October 12, 2023 - A Grove of Light
Last week I was asked to photograph a family retreat above a ghost town. The property is a gated pri...
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How the Art Happens - The Calico Forest
September 27, 2023 - The Calico Forest
The Kebler Pass Road leading west from Crested Butte is highly regarded as one of the premiere fall...
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How the Art Happens - The Three Amigas
April 13, 2023 - The Three Amigas
The Pasque Flower or Prairie Crocus is usually the first flower to bloom in spring around here. In o...
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How the Art Happens - The Survivor
April 05, 2023 - The Survivor
I'm always surprised every spring when I see that this cabin has survived. I have to tip my hat to the p...
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How the Art Hapens - UCO Campus from the Air
March 31, 2023 - UCO Campus From the Air
Old North Tower is the iconic landmark at the historic entrance to the University of Central...
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How the Art Happens - Crested Butte Mountain Summer
March 23, 2023 - Crested Butte Mountain Summer
Crested Butte just broke 300" of snowfall for the season. We're not done yet either. Th...
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How the Art Happens - Denali From the Train
March 01, 2023 - Denali From the Train
It's hard to believe that it was nearly 19 years ago that I got to join my family on a trip to...
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How the Art Happens - Belleview Mountain Panorama
February 23, 2023 - Belleview Mountain Panorama
Ansel Adams is quoted as saying "A good photograph is largely about where you stand". Thi...
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How the Art Happens - Fire in the Grove
February 15, 2023 - Fire in the Grove
It seems every autumn brings unique compositions for fall-color photos. All I have to do is keep my...
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How The Art Happens - The Last of the Winter Bones
May 28, 2022 - The Last of the Winter Bones
It's finally starting to feel like spring again. Afternoon winds are melting the snow an...
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How the Art Happens - Kaleidoscope Gulch
October 26, 2021 - Kaleidoscope Gulch
Some mornings I look out the window and wonder if it's going to be worth getting out of bed. It wa...
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How the Art Happens - Autumn Glory
October 21, 2021 - Autumn Glory
Fall is my very favorite time of year. It's usually colorful, warm, and not as busy as the summer season...
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How the Art Happens - Autumn Reds
September 26, 2021 - How the Art Happens - Autumn Reds
Every year about this time there are a few patches of aspen leaves that turn anywhe...
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How the Art Happens - Don't Call Me Skunk Cabbage
March 31, 2021 - Don't Call me Skunk Cabbage
There's a plant in the high country that grows every spring in damp areas. It has huge, b...
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How the Art Happens - Crystal Mill Colors
October 14, 2020 - Crystal Mill Colors
A few years ago after most of the leaves had fallen from the trees near my home I decided to make...
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How the Art Happens - Aspenshine
September 09, 2020 - Aspenshine
I am fortunate to live in an area favored by many of the world's best artists for capturing fall foliage....
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How the Art Happens - Half Dome Sunset
April 29, 2020 - Half Dome Sunset
Many years ago, I found myself in Yosemite National Park in early November. I had spent a few days d...
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How the Art Happens - Red Lady Glow
January 15, 2020 - Red Lady Glow
Autumn is beautiful up here in the mountains of western Colorado. The aspen groves around Crested Butte...
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How the Art Happens - Paradise by Moonlight
January 08, 2020 - Paradise by Moonlight
It's such a dramatic and peaceful scene when you witness it for the first time. Really, every tim...
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How the Art Happens - Autumn Frosting
November 06, 2019 - Autumn Frosting
The first heavy frost of autumn usually catches us off-guard. The fact that there was enough moisture...
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How the Art Happens - The Calico Forest
October 30, 2019 - The Calico Forest
Fall is my favorite season. I'm especially drawn to the warm hues and warm temperatures that usuall...
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How the Art Happens - The Gold Spot
October 16, 2019 - The Gold Spot
Our fall color is over for this season. It was late in arriving and didn't seem to last very long this...
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How the Art Happens - Early Snow on East Beckwith Mountain
October 02, 2019 - Early Snow on East Beckwith Mountain
Did you ever have one of those days that you just had to get outside and go for...
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How the Art Happens - The Base of the Butte
September 11, 2019 - The Base of the Butte
Our fall colors seem to be happening a little late this year. I'm hoping that when the leaves d...
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Using Adobe Photoshop to Achieve a Hand-Tinted Effect
March 20, 2014 - Colorful homes and buildings of Crested Butte, Colorado below the towering peaks of Paradise Divide.
Technology makes...
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New Work for The Crested Butte Festival of the Arts
June 06, 2013 - Fall Fantasy Panorama
I must apologize for being absent for the past month. July and August are the only times of the y...
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Tips on Photographing Rainbows
June 06, 2013 - Rainbow over Crested Butte Mountain
Now that it’s finally summer in western Colorado the “monsoonal flow” of moisture...
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Back Lighting Rescues a Couple of Pasque Flowers
June 06, 2013 - Nurturing Pasque Flowers Well, the wildflowers are upon us again! It’s always amazing to me how quickly we can go from f...
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Crested Butte Photo Workshops Announce Colorado Fall Colors Workshop for 2011
June 06, 2013 - Intense Fall Colors Near Kebler Pass, Colorado
J. C. Leacock and I are once again pleased to offer our popular Colorado...
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Whetstone Mists, or How Less is More
June 06, 2013 - Spring Snow on Whetstone Mountain and Cold Spring Ranch.
Most of us up here in the Colorado high country are about read...
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Semi-Random Photo Thoughts on a Sunday Afternoon
June 06, 2013 - A Hand-Shaped Cloud Catches Half a Moon.
Sometimes stuff just happens! You’re chatting in the driveway with your neighb...
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I’m Trying to be an Impressionist Photographer
June 06, 2013 - Spring #1
I love the work of the Impressionists. Their ability to reduce a scene to line, form, color and texture is am...
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Mother Nature is a Fickle Woman
June 06, 2013 - Rainbow and Lightning
Mother nature can be a fickle woman. (I hope she’s not listening) She doesn’t always give us what...
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A Tale of Two Photographs
June 06, 2013 - Columbine 2
Columbine 1
It’s going to be a few months before we start seeing flowers up here again but with forecast...
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McClure Pass Spring Aspen Panorama
June 06, 2013 - McClure Pass Spring Aspen Grove
This past week’s weather has me thinking about spring. I know it officially begins toda...
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The Art of Patience and Paying Attention
June 06, 2013 - Intense sunrise color over Crested Butte Mountain, Colorado
The title of this post could have just as easily been “The...
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A Weather Geek tries to Photograph a Snowstorm
June 06, 2013 - Blowing snow creates ghostly trees in a snowstorm.
I love weather. It’s no secret that thunderstorms, snowstorms, lig...
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“Lone Pine” the Theory of Contrast
June 06, 2013 - A small pine tree in a forest of aspens.
Contrast seems to be a recurring theme in my photography. I think it’s a theme...
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The Peaks of Paradise Divide Tower over Crested Butte, Colorado
June 06, 2013 - Winter brings its challenges to those of us who live at altitude. First, there’s snow which is our only form of precipit...
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A Huge Snow Storm Makes for some Beautiful Photographs
June 06, 2013 - Peace in the Trees
If you’ve been watching the news lately or following any Crested Butte folks on Facebook you would k...
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Autumn Winds
June 06, 2013 - For years I’ve been experimenting with “shooting the breeze”. You know, capturing the effects of wind on a two dimension...
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Sunset Solitude
June 06, 2013 - Muted autumn colors capture beautiful sunset light. As autumn’s colors start to fade and those of us who live in the “hi...
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The Road Less Traveled
June 06, 2013 - Snow Covered Beckwith Mountains in Western Colorado (click for a larger view)
This week’s photograph, The Road Less T...
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Praying for Clouds
June 06, 2013 - A dry summer has let to a dry fall here in the Colorado high country. I hadn’t really thought about how much I appreciat...
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