Scapes- land, sky and sea- glistening with reflections, splashed with atmosphere, and and radiating daybreak wash me with inspiration.

I seek to capture the ephemeral light of crepuscular serenity and the drama of atmospheric phenomena.

Virga is a meteorological term describing rain that evaporates before hitting the earth. In Montana we call it ghost rain. One evening I captured its drama, as it danced and bucked wildly to the howls of an oncoming savage storm.

Standing on a Yellowstone hilltop in the pre-dawn cold, while waiting for rendezvousing wolves, I found myself focusing on autumnal cottonwood trees backlit with the morning’s radiance.

Rising in the dark, stumbling outdoors with my camera and tripod, I reflect on and am overwhelmed by the morning's first rays on a Live Oak Allée, tree swallows slurping water from a mountain pond, and the warm glow on alfalfa round bales.

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