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I was parking my car when I saw the flowers. A clump of them that hadn’t been blooming the day before suddenly appeared that morning.
I grabbed my camera and began shooting, getting closer and closer until a bee appeared and startled me. Getting a bee in the photo would make it even better than the ones I had already taken and when the second one appeared I knew this was going to be a great shot.
The bumble bees seemed to be working together, staying out of each other’s way as they had their fill and almost acted as if they were posing for the camera.
The truth, I think is that they were daring me to get closer and ready to fight for their lunch if I did. I was within eighteen inches and had no intention of getting any closer.
When they had finished with these flowers, they moved on to the flowers nearby together as if there had been some signal to each other I had missed.
In less than ten minutes they were out of sight, and I am sure on their way to find something...

My artwork is focused on bringing out the emotion of the location to you the viewer. If the photograph puts a smile on your face, then I have achieved my goal. You are invited to enjoy evocative scenes of the world as it is and on occasion as it could be. My career in photography began over forty years ago when I purchased a Polaroid camera that popped out small prints on hard paper after having been waved in the breeze. A series of simple cameras followed until I realized that photography was more than a hobby, and it became a passion, one that I still enjoy today. I challenge myself to find new and interesting locations and use the wonder of changing light and weather to present to you, the viewer what it feels like to be there, and to...