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 a number of 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 our 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. And, I hope you’ll take pause and visit my Psalms and Laments page. It contains dozens of poems written by me and combined with my photographs. 

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. Click here to view a page with links to all bird and butterfly galleries including links to individual monthly uploads.

I have thousands of bird portraits of 100+ 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.

 

With grace,

Hal
Psalm 139

I'd love to hear from you.

Blog posts

Sounds of Nature #25200

This is another in my series Sounds of Nature. Several inches of wet snow blanketed our area over the weekend....

Sounds of Nature #25104

Yesterday morning was absolutely magical. Light rain, fog rolling in and out, and clouds rising and lowering made for ideal...

The Last Noel – Christmas 2019

This is the third year that I’ve shared this image at Christmastime. I title it The Last Noel. And, although...

Love the blue jays

They can be kind of bossy, but I love the blue jays.

The wind blows

“The stormy wind comes from its chamber, and the driving winds bring the cold.” Is it just me or does...

Some things are just magical

At least they were on this glorious morning. The air was cold and night was giving way to morning, or...

Can you hear me now?

So goes the advertisement of a cell phone carrier a few years back. I think it’s all so true of...

Black and white or color?

I referenced this topic a few posts ago. The overall opinion of people surveyed was that the color version is...

Telephoto landscape photography

Can you get decent landscape images with a 600mm lens? You be the judge. This is one of several in...

To abstract or not to abstract?

That is the question. Abstraction in photography as used here means to extract from the overall scene. In the first...

Sounds of Nature #24598

I believe some (abstract) patterns in nature are better viewed in black and white versus color. I think this is...

Obscurity

When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We exult in its very invisibility....

“When you listen to the sound of creation, it’s amazing what you can see.”

I’ve been wandering through nature and creation most of my life. I love the natural world. And, except for indoor...

Silent night… or was it?

I kind of think it was a pretty raucous night. I mean you’ve got a woman giving birth, a baby,...

Title: Broken silence

Title: Broken silence. While out taking photos with my oldest brother at Busch Wildlife Area yesterday morning, I heard what...

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our friends in Missouri and abroad. We wish you a wonderful holiday season.

A sample pano

I went out the other day with my brother who is in town for Thanksgiving. The weather was overcast and...

“Stranger Things”

Schism – the roots grow deep and wide

Dictionary.com defines schism in these words – A formal division within, or separation from, a church or religious body over...

We see 20/40

Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All...

Tales from the Bebe Chronicles

The wind was brisk and the air was cold when I wrestled my sherpa from her deep slumber at 0-dark-30....

Abstract leaf

I enjoy a good abstract image from time to time – especially when it forms naturally.

I love tulip trees

Tulip trees remind me of my granddad and grandmom. We’d better not call them grandpa and grandma – they let...

Caught the bokeh just about right

The invasion of Eurasian tree sparrows is happening in my back yard, and that’s okay. We feed birds all year...

Light and dark

If you’ve seen any of my work, you’ll notice this is a break from what I usually shoot. But, the...

It was a cold and foggy morning

I din’t know it was foggy in the valley until I made my way towards the hwy 364 bridge. I...

The rut is on!

The more or less we see

The more often we see the things around us – even the beautiful and wonderful things – the more they...