"Mount Rainier Meadow" Soft Pastel Painting

Mount Rainier Meadow - 11"x10" Soft Pastel

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"A Sliver of Canola" - Soft Pastel Painting

"A Sliver of Canola" 10"x13" Soft Pastel Painting

Canola Fields near the Palouse Scenic Byway, located in the heart of the Palouse region in southeastern Washington, combines 208 miles of rolling hills and farmland with rich history, small town charm, spectacular scenic vistas and outstanding recreational opportunities.  The region also enjoys four distinct seasons, a mild climate, a variety of eating and shopping establishments and the amenities of a major university.

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1930 Duesenberg Model J Convertible

The Model J was introduced at the New York Automobile Salon in 1928. Its straight-eight engine of 265 hp could produce speeds over 115 mph. The wheelbase was 142.5 inches; brakes were vacuum-assisted (after 1930), oversized and hydraulic. The use of aluminum alloy kept the weight of this huge vehicle to about 5200 lbs. By 1932, supercharged engines claiming 320 hp were offered. 1937 was the last model year for the classic Duesenberg. Today, the Model J's are prized by collectors everywhere who pay exorbitant prices for good examples. More than 75% of all Duesenbergs exist today - 55% of them still operable.


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My Painting made the IAPS Exhibition!

"Follow the Daisies" 6"x8" Soft Pastel Painting

I'm very excited that my pastel painting "Follow the Daisies" made the IAPS (International Association of Pastel Societies) 20th Juried Exhibition. The exhibition is held at the Brea Gallery in Brea, California. Opening reception is on August 4th.

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Nisqually Wildlife Refuge in Autumn - Soft Pastel Painting

8"x11" Soft Pastel Painting with underpainting on Dakota Sanded Artist Panel - Archival - Scene is of the Nisqually Wildlife Refuge near Olympia, Washington - Unframed

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"Follow the Daisies" Soft Pastel Painting

"Follow the Daisies" 6"x8" Soft Pastel Painting

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"Tide Flats Fog"

Tide Flats Fog

This capture was taken of a foggy morning in Tacoma, Washington

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The Fort Nisqually Living History Museum

The Blacksmith Shop

The Granary

The Kitchen

The Store (Sale Shop)

The Wash Room

The Blacksmith Shop

Fort Nisqually Living History Museum - Fort Nisqually was the first European settlement on Puget Sound. The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) of London, a vast fur trading enterprise chartered by King Charles of England in 1670, established it in 1833. The original site was on the beach and plains above the Nisqually River delta in the present town of DuPont, Washington. Today Fort Nisqually, including two of the original buildings, is located inside Tacoma's Point Defiance Park. Fort Nisqually is owned and operated as a Living History Museum by Metro Parks of Tacoma.  The Granary is the oldest building on Puget Sound.  The Blacksmith shop and the laborer's dwelling house are historically accurate. Living history re-enactors are often available for interpretation of the detailed history of Fort Nisqually.

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"The Crimson Hog"

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"Engine Number 11"

Photo taken at the Northwest Railway Museum Collection in Snoqualmie, Washington

The following is from the museum website:

The Northwest Railway Museum Collection contains representative examples of Northwest railway history including steam and diesel locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, maintenance of way equipment (used to maintain the right of way), a five mile segment of historic railroad, a nineteenth century train station and thousands of publications. All of these "artifacts" offer some insight into the significance railroads played in the development of the Northwest.

The "motive power and equipment" artifacts often get the greatest attention from the visiting public. Some of this equipment is used on the Museum’s 5-mile Snoqualmie Valley Railroad and some have been cosmetically restored and can be found on display at the Snoqualmie Depot. The remainder is in storage awaiting restoration. The pending construction of the new Conservation and Restoration Center will allow significant improvements in collection care and will allow more artifacts to be placed on exhibition.

The Snoqualmie Depot was constructed in 1890 by the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway. It was used by successor companies Seattle and International Railroad, Northern Pacific Railway, and the Burlington Northern Railroad.

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Solid Glass Sculpture - Makes a Great Valentine's Day Gift!

Solid glass sculpture / paper weight.  Colors are Deep purple & pink. 3.75"Hx3.75W

$80.00 - Shipped Free to U.S. addresses

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These make wonderful Valentine's Day gifts...a gift that can be passed down from generation to generation! 

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"Best of Friends"

"Best of Friends"

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"Country Garden" Soft Pastel Painting

"Country Garden" 6.62"x4.62" - Soft Pastel Painting

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"Hills of Lavender" Soft Pastel Painting

"Hills of Lavender" 11"x11" Soft Pastel Painting

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"House in the Meadow" Soft Pastel Painting

4.625"x4.625" Miniature Soft Pastel Painting

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The Seattle Cigar Shop in pioneer Square

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"Meandering Stream" Soft Pastel Painting

4.625"x4.625" Miniature Soft Pastel Painting "Meandering Stream"

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Clouds Over Elkins Resort on Priest Lake

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The Nisqually Wildlife Refuge

NISQUALLY National Wildlife Refuge, on the Nisqually River Delta in southern Puget Sound, was established in 1974 for the protection of migratory birds. Three thousand acres of salt and freshwater marshes, grasslands, riparian, and mixed forest habitats provide resting and nesting areas for migratory waterfowl, songbirds, raptors, and wading birds.

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Special Promotion "Autumn Colors"

Buy a 24.00 x 20.00 stretched canvas print of David Patterson's Autumn Colors for $79.00. Only 6 prints remaining. Offer expires on 11/27/2011. You save $145 with this promotion. FAA is discontinuing certain sizes of their canvas frames, and the 24"x20" fits this photo perfect!

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What the Heck is HDR Photography?

 Haystack Rock on Cannon Beach, Oregon


The following information is from USACanon.com:

What is this talk about HDR all about?

High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography is something you hear digital photography enthusiasts speaking about a lot these days.  Basically, it means combining two or more images — of the exact same scene — taken at different exposure levels into one finished image.  One dark exposure can capture detail in bright areas of the scene, while a second, lighter exposure can give details in mid-tones and shadows.  Combined, the two can give a finished image with far more overall tonal detail than is sometimes possible to capture with even the finest digital SLRs on the market today.  This is especially true in very high-contrast scenes, such as scenics in bright sunlight, and indoor shots taken in the daytime with bright windows in the scene.

As old as photography is the search for the ideal light. Part of this search for light is related to the fact that some scenes just look better in certain (often warmer) light. But even more it is related to the fact that film and now modern digital DSLRs can only capture a certain dynamic range.
The Dynamic Range (DR) of a DSLR or film is measured by the ratio of the brightest detail in the highlights and the darkest detail in the shadows. The detail in the highlights is limited by pure highlight clipping and the detail in the shadows is limited in modern DSLRs by the noise level (or film grain).
It is common to measure the DR of cameras in the range of Exposure Values (E.V.) spanned, E.V. being often expressed as f-stops (even though photographers usually vary the exposure time rather than the aperture. Some data can illustrate this:


Black & White Negative Film
10-11 f-stops,  or a DR ratio of about 1,000:1 – 2,000:1
Slide Film
6-7 f-stops, or a ratio of about 100:1
DSLRs (in 2008)
8-10 f-stops, or a ratio of about 250:1  to 1000:1
Daylight Scene (with full sun)
12-15 f-stops, or a ratio of 5,000:1 to 50,000:1 (depending on preferred amount of shadow detail)
Room Interior, with outside view from window into full daylight
At least 17 f-stops, or a ratio greater than 100,000:1

We have the following options:

• Control the light (only practical in the studio via flash or lights)
• Shoot only in low-contrast situations
• Overcome the limitation of a single exposure

Exposure Merge

Of course all three options are valid. This article concentrates on the last option. How can we overcome the limitations of our cameras. Because the problem is as old as photography we also had solutions for as long. We capture two or more separate photographs (from underexposed to overexposed) of the same scene and combine the images into a new photo. The classic solution is called Exposure Blending. Master photographers did this manually in the darkroom with enlargers, and today the same is done in the digital world in Photoshop™. Seamless manual blending is hard work because of the issue of:

• Aligning the source images
• Masking the images to get seamless blended results

Most digital photography enthusiasts’ first efforts at combining separate images into one finished HDR image is done in an image-editing software program such as Adobe Photoshop™.  Using features such as layers and various masking techniques, it’s possible to get excellent results, if the user’s technique from the camera to the computer has been sound.

However, today there are quite a few specialized software applications (one that I’ve had excellent results with is Photomatix Pro) that can are designed primarily for the single task of merging two or more exposures into a single image, which is LDR (Low Dynamic Range), but containing the details in highlights and shadows of the exposures from the sources images. There are different merging algorithms with different strengths and weaknesses.

Capturing multiple images with your camera and combining them into finished tonemapped HDR images is quite simple today. Getting the right artistic results will as always take some time practice and experimentation.

Notes of caution:
Movement is the enemy of HDR. This means that you have to watch for everything that moves. Here is a list of common ghosting* candidates:

•  People
• Cars, bicycles, and other vehicles
• Larger animals (dogs, cats,...) 
• Small animals (birds, butterflies,..)
• Clouds
• Water
• Flags
• Trees and plants in wind

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My Latest Flower Macros

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New Florals!

Lately I've enjoyed creating macro floral images...I hope you enjoy these explosions of color!

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"Fantasy Dahlia" My Latest Digital Art

Sorry I haven't posted for awhile!  My PC crashed, along with all of my photo files, which took me a few weeks to restore to my new iMac.  It's taking a bit of time to get used to the Mac operating system, but I'm back!  I hope you enjoy my latest floral...it's one of my favorites!

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Exciting News! My work has been published!

I don't usually "toot my own horn", but I received wonderful news last week that three of my photos were being published in B&W + Color Magazine.  I received my copy of the magazine yesterday...and there they were!  This is the first time I have had any of my work published in a major magazine, so it is quite a thrill for me.  The magazine has 35,000 subscribers, and is a high end fine art photography publication.

The following is a copy of the email I received, and the issue numbers, if any of you would like to view the work:

"Your entry in our COLOR Portfolio Contest 2011 has been selected for a Merit Award. This means that several images out of your portfolio will be published in the Special Issue #86 of B&W + COLOR magazine scheduled to arrive on newsstands the first week of September. There are only 67 winners in this category (out of a total of 480 entries comprising 778 portfolios, and approximately 8500 images), so you can be confident that we felt your work stood out from the rest in a way that deserved this special attention. Once again, congratulations!"


The photos below were the ones selected.  The portfolio was suppose to consist of a theme...my entry consisted of some of my favorite Cannon Beach captures.

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Sorry I have not been posting much lately...the reason being, my PC crashed.  I had a difficult time retrieving my photos, folders, and email addresses.  And also learning how to use my new iMac has at times been difficult!