Patagonia: Where Scenery Compliments Wardrobe

Well, this is almost a year and a half overdue but, as they say, better late than never. It's been a busy summer and I've had such a wonderful time capturing portraits, weddings and special events.   Usually when I get back from a trip I have to jump right into everything I missed and [...]

[26] Image of the Week

"Katie in the Clouds" When I think of adventure, I think of Katie.  Together we have summited mountains, trekked to wonders of the world, spoken in airport code, recovered lost luggage, deduced Holmes, smuggled apples and translated bus schedules.  When in South America we spoke in tandem Spanish - I am better at understanding and [...]

[20] Image of the Week

"Patagonian Morning" This morning I looked outside my apartment window and wanted mountains.  Not skiing mountains, hiking mountains.  I'm finally getting a chance to go through more of my South America images and just had to share this one.  This was a tough day of hiking to Las Torres in Chilean Patagonia.  We were there [...]

[7] Image of the Week

"Yellow Wood" Late April means beautiful autumn colors at Torres del Paine National Park in Chilean Patagonia. My friend, Katie, and I experienced everything from blizzards to rain to fog to sunshine on our 5 day hike along the "W" trail.  The colors grew more vibrant each day!

[5] Image of the Week

"Torres del Paine Farewell" The fall colors in April make the Patagonian landscape even more impressive and add to the remote feeling one gets in a place like that. The tall, dried grass along the shore of Lake Pehoe invited me to sit and enjoy the clear view of the mountains from a different perspective. [...]

Crossing off the List

April was a big month for The List! 20. Take a Spanish refresher course 4/6/11 I had taken several years of Spanish, both in junior high and high school - but then I screwed it all up by studying Italian in college.  I even took it a step further by spending a semester in Rome my [...]