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Special Places in a Place not Known for its Specialness

I don’t usually equate Cleveland, Ohio with the word ‘special’. But on a recent trip back there I reconnected with some special places and feelings I remember from my childhood.

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Dreamy Wedding in Northern California…

..dreamy landscape, dreamy couple, dreamy location, dreamy light.

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Senior Portraits for a Special Young Lady

Because Seattle had months of intense sunshine and high temperatures throughout this past summer, finding a day that would be bearable and without the blinding sun to do photographs outdoors was not easy to come […]

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Baby Birds – Part II (Herding Birds)

I’ve heard of the phrase ‘herding cats’ but not ‘herding baby birds’ which sounds equally unlikely. But that’s what the mom and dad Bewick’s Wren did when their 5 babies left the nest 2 weeks […]

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The Cycle of Life: Miraculous to Witness & Photograph From a ‘Bird’s Eye View’

I discovered a mass ot twigs in my mailbox a few weeks ago that I was about to throw out, thinking someone had stuffed my mailbox as a joke.  At closer inspection I noticed there […]

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