The internet, by its linked and open design, makes the artist lose control over how their work is viewed, copied, and perceived.  Since 2003, I’ve struggled with sharing my photography and techniques on the internet.  Photography, like any art, cannot be truly appreciated until the viewer sees the physical print, especially given the low quality monitors of most computers.  Clyde Butcher’s beautiful 5×9 foot prints at his...

Traveling all over Florida to exhibit at art festivals the past year, I rarely get to see my works hanging in their final place.  Last week, I had the opportunity to see my photographs hanging at The Mayflower, a luxurious retirement community in the heart of Winter Park, Florida. In March 2011, the Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival (WPSAF) was my best experience yet because of its dedicated Patrons that sponsor the festival, as...

The Ecosystem of Myakka Myakka, as shown in the photos below, contains a vast assortment of dry prairies.  In the 1840s, American surveys declared the lands worthless, and unworthy of surveying.  Before much of its destruction, the Florida once contained nearly 300,000 acres of prairies.  These precious ecosystems were dug out to control flooding, along with planting of non-native grasses, plants, and trees that wreaked havoc on these...

For the last two years that I’ve lived in Orlando, one park that I has challenged me the most was Blue Springs State Park.  The springs itself is beautiful, surrounded by high mounds put up by Native Americans more than a century ago.  High wood bridge wood walkways provide a long, natural walk through the forest and along the water. But I struggled to get a photo I really loved.  First, the park is almost almost too crowded for...

On Father’s Day 2010, I was hired by a local attorney to photograph his family at his beach condo in Cocoa Beach, Florida.  Last December, I also photographed a Christmas party for the same law firm, and was happy for the repeat business (the same attorney, Jeffrey, purchased a rather large piece from my display at the Winter Park Art Festival last March).           Two location were chosen: one on the...