3/2026. Me at Kodachrome Basin State Park, Utah in my Flash stocking cap. Odd choice of hats as I never do flash photography and I'm slow as a slug.

About the Photos

My photographic interest is in landscape photography. "Landscape," for me, means "no people or animals." I like people and animals well enough, but I'm just not interested in photographing them. My images are traditional photos of mountains, streams, and wide open vistas, but also close-up, detailed "botanicals" (flowers, details of plants), with an occasional building or man-made structure thrown in for the fun of it.

About Photography Gear

I am not a camera gearhead—someone who loves the technical aspect of cameras, researching specs, reading forums, and comparing the newest equipment, often spending more time on gear than on taking photos. I'm not very interested in gear. When I feel I need something, I research it for a while and then buy what I want. Soon after, I forget the details. I use three zoom lenses—one very wide, one medium, and one a little longer—on a full-frame digital SLR, always on my trusty tripod.

I print what I think are my good photos on archival paper with archival ink and store them in archival boxes. Experience has taught me that formats and devices change constantly, and normal drug-store photos fade fast, so if you want an image in the future, an old-fashioned archival print is what you want.

About This Site

This site is hand-rolled, but I had quite a bit of help from ChatGPT and Google's AI on scripts and the current state of web standards like CSS. I've tried to keep it simple and responsive, meaning it should scale properly on phones, laptops, and larger screens. I’ve chosen to display photos at a large size rather than opening them in separate windows. I find popup windows a bit annoying, personally.

About Me

I was born in 1956, so I'm currently . I live with my wife of many years and we have two children, both boys. The boys are married and have children of their own. We all started out in Illinois, then moved to Missouri. Our boys moved west to Arizona and California, and in 2018 my wife and I retired and moved to Arizona—to be closer to the kids and grandkids, of course. As a bonus, Arizona is a good base for exploring the rest of the West.