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My 5 favorite photos from 2023

It's my favorite post of the year!  I know I say that every year, and there's a bit of a "dad joke" there, but I sincerely mean it.  I always get so much enjoyment out of the process of choosing my favorite images from the year.  It's just such a great time of reflection and remembering all the fun things we've done. After a few years of slow down - the "Covid era" as it were - 2023 felt way more normal, which I'm personally grateful for.  The year started off with me going to Japan for a couple of weeks for work, which was very enjoyable.  Holly and I then went to Italy for the first...

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Something Different

Holly's Story

Survivor

Holly was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 33.  Holly’s Story is her blog about breast cancer survival.

Picture Me, Loving You

Picture Me, Loving You

It’s different, and maybe a little whacky, but it will hopefully have you intrigued! Check out the photo-narrative!

Dan on TV

Life on the Farm

Dan and Holly bought a small farm in 2018 and building their “forever home” there now.  Follow along here!

Project Car

Project Car

Dan may or may not have an obsession with cars.  Follow along with his dream car build up; a 1967 Camaro.

The Milky Way Over the Classic Chimneys View

When light pollution helps you out a bit. A couple years ago I shot the Great Smoky Mountain's famous Chimneys with the Milky Way rising behind them, but did so at 50mm - and frankly I was never terribly happy with it.  I concluded at the time that I should have shot...

Cygnus Rising Over Kuwohi Tower

Back to the night!  This week I wanted to kick off another series of night images with a collection that I captured here in East Tennessee over the summer that I've not had an opportunity to share yet.  This week's Picture of the Week is of the famous observation...

Black Bear Portraits

Welcome back everyone!  I hope you've enjoyed this series on black bears.  The experience of photographing these amazing animals alongside my friends was a once in a lifetime thing, which I know I won't soon forget.  I hope I've conveyed through my images some of that...

Black Bears in a Different Light

Last week I kicked off a new series on black bears in Minnesota, highlighting some images I captured while doing a photo workshop with my friends Bill Lea, Chris Norcott, and Steve Zigler.  Going into this workshop, one of the things I knew I wanted to accomplish was...

Black Bears in Minnesota

How about something totally new?  This week I want to kick off a new series, and a (mostly) new subject - black bears.  If you've hung around Picture of the Week long enough, you've heard me say that I'm not a wildlife photographer.  I generally don't have the right...

Kelso Dunes Photo Essay

New spot!  When I was preparing last week's post, I had originally thought about just adding all these images to that photo essay, but the more I thought about it, the more I wanted to just do these images from Kelso Dunes in its own post - so here we are!  The...

Joshua Tree Photo Essay

Back to Joshua Tree!   As I mentioned last week, I wanted to take a minute and share some of the daytime photos I captured while I was out west, in addition to all the night images I captured.  This week we're back to Joshua Tree National Park for some photos I really...

Highlights from Nevada

Back to the daylight! I mentioned in last week's post that I had some images that I wanted to share from my time out west that weren't night images, and the more I looked at them, the more I wanted to share!  So anyway, this week I wanted to share some images I...
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