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  • Portfolio
    • Avian
    • Candid Portraits
    • Clouds
    • Coffee Life
    • Flowers
    • Journals and Pens
    • Leaves
    • Sunrises
    • Sunsets
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  • Black and White,  lifestyles,  quotes

    Reflective Light

    October 28, 2018
    Window light on the Tables
    Window light on the Tables

    “Photography is, for me, a spontaneous impulse coming from an ever attentive eye which captures the moment and its eternity.” Henri Cartier-Bresson

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  • architecture,  Black and White,  coffee shops,  window

    Letting Go

    March 8, 2018
    Window Light at Wild Boar Coffee
    Window Light at Wild Boar Coffee

    “Left to its own devices, my mind spends much of its time having conversations with people who aren’t there.” Anne Lamott

    As, Anne Lamott suggests, we can have some strange conversations in our heads. What is troublesome is when we begin to believe these people and conversations exist. They are not reality so it’s important for us to take a few deep breaths and stay present to the moment. Let go of these unreal thoughts.

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  • architecture,  Art,  Black and White,  coffee shops

    Morning Shadows With Coffee

    March 2, 2018
    Morning Shadows with Coffee
    Morning Shadows with Coffee

    There are images everywhere as long as we stay present, are looking, are receptive and hopefully have a camera. This was given me at Mugs coffeehouse. Love the early morning shadows and light with artwork from a local artist.

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  • People/Portraits,  Self-portraits

    Selfie

    August 22, 2017

    Self-portrait
    Self-portrait

    I took this selfie at the cabin in Red Feather Lakes. I thought the light was warm and inviting so I gave it a shot. 🙂

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  • architecture,  Black and White,  shadows

    Contrast and Shadows

    July 6, 2017

    More shadows that I enjoy seeing
    More shadows that I enjoy seeing.

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  • lifestyles,  shadows

    Simply Shadows

    June 28, 2017

    Simply Shadows
    Simply Shadows

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  • coffee shops,  Documentary/Street,  fountain pens,  journal,  lifestyles

    Linden Street Cafe

    June 27, 2017

    Morning Shadows
    Morning Shadows

    This was taken last week when I met a friend at the Linden Street Cafe in Old Town Fort Collins. We were not sitting at this table but loved the light so grabbed my journal and pen to setup this scene. Would have been a sweet place to journal.

    It had been a while since I’d been here. The place is under new ownership and has had some new touches added. I liked it. 

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  • coffee shops,  fountain pens,  journal,  lifestyles,  writing/reading

    A Favorite Spot

    March 10, 2017

    A Favorite Spot
    A Favorite Spot

    This is an image of one of my favorite spots at Morgan Library to write. I usually arrive at the library around 7:20 then grab a mocha latte at the small coffee shop. For exercise I then walk up stairs to the third floor and over to the east wing.  So somewhere around 7:40 I’m sitting at one of the four tables outside the conference rooms.

    I have with me my journal, two fountain pens (Lamy Logo in Pearl), my Kindle Paperwhite, maybe a book, my camera and an extra lens. It’s quiet. I love the light. It’s a favorite spot.

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