"Photographs have always been a great way to capture our memories and share them--but it hasn't always been that way." With the holiday season passing--one more year of memories that we can't really go back and re-live. Or can we? Probably the reason I enjoy photography--and a main reason I started an online Etsy studio--is to capture times that I have enjoyed--and have the opportunity to share them or relive those moments again. We all have those special times we treasure--the birth of a baby, a wedding, graduation, an anniversary, our first date, etc. Just like good art--photography captures not only what was--but also what we want it to be. It allows us to "airbrush" our lives to be seen as we see within ourselves. It allows us to share our world as we want to see it--whether it be our family, business, nation or nature. And through this "artistic" side of photography--we can express ourselves and also "showca

"Sir," he said. "I suggest you back away from that animal very slowly. He could charge at any minute...!" (gulp) Ok...I'm not one to shy away from a challenge.  But in September, 2007--I reconsidered what my life was worth in exchange for a photograph. Specifically a dining bison at Yellowstone. Having spent a half day of seeing the sites in Yellowstone in the Fall of 2007--my friend and I stopped halfway north near the Roosevelt Arch at a rangers station. We had noticed a small herd of buffalo grazing nearby. Heck--buffalo wander around Yellowstone all the time. One even came right up to the passenger side of our car looking in at us (I snapped a pic of it--but it's pretty blurred. Wonder why!) A few days earlier--we stopped by a roadside picnic table having lunch. I was facing the woodland area behind our table--keeping an eye out for bears, deer, elk--whatever. Suddenly--my friend said, "Shhhh....gradually look behind you!" I