Some macro photos from my studio today.
#macrophotography #cameras

“Children and dogs are as necessary to the welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads.”
~ Harry S. Truman

It was my pleasure to take these family photos for a friend of mine I've known since my early days in the fire service. I hope they had as much fun as I did!

"The Navy has both a tradition and a future--and we look with pride and confidence in both directions."
~ Admiral George Anderson
#usnavy #blueangels #photography

It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.
~ B. C. Forbes
#autumn #photography #outdoors #harvest #pumpkin

Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation, and almost as good for the soul as prayer.
~ Dean Koontz
#dog#photography#petphotography#outdoors#wisconsin#kenosha

A few projects I've had the opportunity to work on lately.
#photography#outdoors#weddingphotos#pets

"But he who dares not grasp the thorn should never crave the rose."
~ Anne Brontë

“War would end if the dead could return.”
~ Stanley Baldwin
(Former UK Prime Minister, 1867–1947, England)

“There is no competition of sounds between a nightingale and a violin.”
~ Dejan Stojanovic
#music #violin #nightingale #photography

"Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure."
~ Aldous Huxley
#dragracing #speed #greatlakesdragaway #photography

“I had this rare privilege of being able to pursue in my adult life, what had been my childhood dream.”
~ Andrew Wiles

While cleaning the garage, the neighbor kids were running around and found some of my old firefighting gear. So I put it on her!

#firefighter #children #photography

"The idea of seeing the sea - of being near it - watching its changes by sunrise, sunset, moonlight, and noonday - in calm, perhaps in storm - fills and satisfies my mind."
~Charlotte Bronte
#photography #ocean #aruba #carribean #water #sunrise #dawn

“None of it mattered, because there was music.”
~ Erin Entrada Kelly, Blackbird Fly
#photography #music #guitar

“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”
~ Sun Tzu, The Art of War
#photography #war #peace #suntzu #theartofwar #gettysburg

"I came like Water, and like Wind I go."
~ Edward Fitzgerald
#water #wind #lakemichigan #kenosha #surfing #photography

Last weekend I had the honor of doing photos for a good friend's wedding. Congratulations Jill and Frank! I wish you all the happiness in the world as you venture into your new life together!!
#wedding #photos

“To acquire knowledge, one must study;
but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.”
~ Marilyn vos Savant
#photography #portrait

“I am a hearth of spiders these days: a nest of trying.”
~ Ada Limon, The Carrying
#photography #spiders #nest #wildlife

"Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play."
~ Mike Singletary
#photography #basketball #sports #kenoshawi

"We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock."
~ Queen Elizabeth II
#photography #saltwater #water #reflections #westvirginia

“As I woke up this morning, and I opened my eyes,
I am very grateful to see another sunrise”
~ Charmaine J Forde
#photography #landscapephotography #sunrise #lakemichigan #kenoshawi #morning

"To escape and sit quietly on the beach – that’s my idea of paradise."
~ Emilia Wickstead
#photography #ocean #beach #greatblueheron #peace #alabama #gulfshores #wildlife #outdoors #bythsea

"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile (alligator), hoping it will eat him last."
~ Winston Churchill
#photography #alligator #alabama #zoo

“If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.”
~ Coco Chanel

Commander Thomas Zimmerman (USN), traveling at nearly 700mph during practice. Speed of sound is 767mph in air.
Camera settings: 1/12,800 sec @ ƒ8.0 ISO-2500

#photography #blueangels #usnavy

“Catching a fish is always secondary to the privilege of being able to put a line in the water.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough
#fishing #gulfshores #ocean #photography

“I tell you, that dragon's the most horrible animal I've ever met, but the way Hagrid goes on about it, you'd think it was a fluffy little bunny rabbit.”
~ J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
#photography #pets #dragon #harrypotter #kenoshawi

"Teach your kids that: Success is not final; failure is not fatal; it’s the courage to continue that counts."
~ Winston A. Churchill
#art #photography #children #grandchildren

Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life.
~ Unknown

Happy Easter!

“Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.”
~ Roger Caras
#photography #lakemichigan #kenosha #dogs