Getting Started

Welcome to my photography blog! My goal with this blog is to provide you an opportunity to get to know me and my skills, and to share with you the beauty I find in the world through the lens of my camera.

I use a Nikon D5000 and primarily shoot with my Nikkor AFS 18-55mm lens for closer shots, and my Nikkor AFS 70-300mm lens for things a little further away.

Here are a couple shots of the same beautiful girl, in the same pajamas, but in completely different settings. I love the natural expressions in both shots.

I have found that I really love to photograph people in real life settings. There is a lot of fun in capturing real expressions showing real emotions. This seems to happen a lot in family settings and activities like sporting events.
This picture is a young man having fun playing with cousins.

I also really enjoy wildlife and landscape photography. Its challenging trying to capture certain animals in certain settings, and I just love the beauty of the great outdoors. Here are a couple shots from a trip up McDonald Pass. The first shot I like because of the unfortunate irony created by the beetle killed pine trees.  I don't think that is what the original ranch owner meant when he named "Red Mountian Ranch".  In the other shots the bright colors really caught my eye.  Its sad to see the trees die, but it makes for some pretty pictures.

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Thanks for visiting,
Ryan