Northern Cali

She Makes the View Beautiful

The mountains are beautiful, but each time I look at Erika I get the same feeling of amazement, as the mountains from the beauty in my gaze. So she really does make this view of the mountains at Lake Tahoe even more stunning.

Model Shot??

Erika was standing there to help me set up my camera for the shot before, and in her laughter and trying to control her hair in the wind this shot was captured! It really difficult to take a bad photo of her! No joke, Ive tried haha!

Stand Tall in Vulnerability

As this tree stands tall there is a lesson in this action for me. Bare, naked, and vulnerable this tree showed me even when I feel striped of everything, I can still stand tall and reach up to the heavens for strength and continue to grow.

Thank you Tree for your teaching

Two Love Birds

This shot was really fun to capture. I saw these two ducks from a far and wanted to get as close as possible with my Canon 100-400 ism U ii. I snuck through the snow and ice, and as I was calmly hiking up to the birds; then they looked at me. Just looked. I centered myself trying to send out a feeling of safety to the birds. I don't know why but Ive always believed animals can feel my intentions, so I sent thoughts and feelings of love and safety so they are less likely fly or run away. Well those intentions worked. I got so close to these two birds, and they were ok with me being there. I could feel this respect between us.
A really cool feeling.

Keeping Clean for the Picture

Nice little bird bath for the birds model shot!!

On the Up!

Erika and I riding the Gondola up to the top of a ski resort at Lake Tahoe! Such a beautiful ride up, and an even more beautiful moment at the top of the mountain ;)

My Sexy Secretary

I am horrible at keeping track of dates of flights and pretty much everything else in life lol! So my little joke with Erika is she is my "sexy secretary" !! This picture just made me laugh because it reminded me of her unofficial title LOL!!!!

Faith of Mustard Seed

Going to view these mountains is humbling. Looking at how big they are compared to how small I am. These mountains are big, and powerful, but Ive learn with the faith of mustard seed I can grasp the power to move any mountain size blockage in my life keeping me from happiness, and feeling the results of the action of love.
Thank you, God, for these moments; All of them

Follow the River

This picture makes me think of how the flow of life works. The train tracks, and the road are following the path of the river. If I can learn to build and walk down the road thats along the way of the river I will have a flowing path with only a few tree to clear out of the way. Instead of the being lost in the woods...

Coming in Hot!

Its a joy, and a lot of luck, capturing a bird in flight. It hard but a ton of fun todo.

Hello!

Just another friend :)

Tribale Hawk

This guy was so high up in the air, so I cropped down the photo and found that the image wasn't in that good of shape. A lot of grain and color loss. But for some reason I still saw something really cool in this picture. I rotated the photo vertical as you see it now. A lot times as a technical photographer if I see grain in a photo to this extent I toss it, but I learned that as a creator I can use the grain to build a cool picture as this one! Sweet!

Pro-Selfie Set Up

Always Smiles : )