Welcome!

I’ve always been creative – of sorts. I get that from my mom. She could create almost anything. Me? I can’t even draw stick figures! However, in my wildest dreams I could not have imagined when I first picked up a camera as a young adult I would have a website, thousands of images, artwork in 12 countries on 4 continents, countless art fairs and exhibits, and a handful of awards along the way. But that’s not my story… this is.  To witness creation and worship its Creator.  As you poke around my website I hope you not only see the beauty of creation, but also the beauty of the One who created it all.

You can find out a little bit more about me and my creative work sprinkled throughout the pages. If you’d like to know more send me a message via the form below. 

I do hope you’ll stick around for a few minutes and enjoy the work in my galleries and visual blogs at the bottom of the page.

Oh, one last thing… you’ve probably noticed most of my photos the last few years are of birds with some butterflies thrown in. I have 5 bird galleries on the menu above and in 2022 I began a monthly blog where I record some of what I see. Just scroll down and you’ll see what I mean.

I have over 7,000 bird portraits of 150 species which includes; bluebird, cardinal, woodpeckers, goldfinch, hummingbird, blue jay, owl, warblers of all kind, wrens, titmouse, thrush, mockingbird, phoebe, tanager, oriole, fly catchers, birds of prey, and many others.

Bird Gallery 1  Bird Gallery 2  Bird Gallery 3  Bird Gallery 4  Bird Gallery 5  Butterfly Gallery    

With grace,

Hal
Psalm 139

 

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Blog posts

Andscape or Landscape?

No, that’s not a typo. And, I know it just may be semantics to some, but to me it’s something...

The lifter of my head

Have you ever had a day like this flower? Rained on.. windblown… picked on… maybe even bullied! There is good...

Water lily

I never thought I’s shoot floral subjects with a 150-600mm lens set at 600mm. But, that’s what happened with this...

“Early in the morning…”

… my song shall rise to thee.” I love Carolina wrens – especially when they sing early in the morning....

Go ahead, you can say awe….

I’ve captured quite a few images of Carolina wrens, but none like this. Go ahead, you can say awe.

Cat and mouse game

Recently Kathleen and I had the pleasure of watching a juvenile owl and squirrel play “cat and mouse” in our...

Owl 2 – Rodents 0

That’s the score today, Owls 2 – Rodents 0. We love watching this family of owls rearing their young in...

Circle of life

We now have a family of owls in the woods behind our house. One of the parents has been spending...

An owl affair

We have a family of owls in the woods behind our house. It’s been fun watching and photographing them. Here...

Like father like sons

Just when I thought I’d seen it all! What a rare treat to see a male northern flicker sparring with...

Blue trillium???

There is a wildlife mitigation area within a few miles of our home. It floods frequently and attracts various waterfowl...

One of those days

Have you ever had a day like this? Well, don’t let it ruffle your feathers. “Greater is He that is...

Eastern Phoebe

Photos by me – text by allaboutbirds.org One of our most familiar eastern flycatchers, the Eastern Phoebe’s raspy “phoebe” call...

Bright spot

Be a bright spot in someone’s day!

Serendipity

Serendipity, or the art of making happy chance discoveries, was coined by Horace Warpole in the 1700s. It’s a word...

Northern flicker

Although it can climb up the trunks of trees and hammer on wood like other woodpeckers, the Northern Flicker prefers to find food on the ground. Ants are its main food, and the flicker digs in the dirt to find them. It uses its long barbed tongue to lap up the ants.