Category Archives: Photography Workshop

Wheel of Fortune

By Jim | Published April 17, 2017




Last Thursday morning, I was conducting a “workshop shorty” with a student when I came upon this wonderful-looking Blue-eyed Mary wildflower. What caught my eye on this particular flower was the wonderful, “wheel/spoke” composition the flower was exhibiting. Positioning my tripod above the flower, so that I would be shooting straight down, I moved in […]

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Faves of 1Q 2016

By Jim | Published January 2, 2017




Finally, 2016 is behind us and in the books! For me, 2016 was a mixed bag. I had some awesome travels and some great photo opps in the year. But 2016 was also a very rough time; midway through the year, I lost my traveling companion and best friend, my wife of nearly 18 years. […]

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Jack-in-the-Pulpits Blooming

By Jim | Published April 25, 2016




I conducted another Wildflower “shorty” workshop this past Saturday and we found that the Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) wildflowers are now blooming! I found this species growing on the Missouri woodland last year and so far, they are again beginning to bloom. Here are a couple of images captured during the workshop: Coming up … more […]

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2015 Student Wildflower Images

By Jim | Published March 7, 2016




Today’s post comes from last spring, when I conducted several of my “Woodland Wildflower ‘Shorty’ Workshops” on a Missouri woodland. Right after these workshops, I had my accident and head injury, followed by surgery and a long recuperation. Recently, I ran across some of the images the participants sent me, so I thought I’d share […]

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30 Days and Counting!

By Jim | Published February 29, 2016




Been watching my calendar closely lately … it won’t be long until Missouri’s spring woodland wildflowers are blooming! In fact, 30 days from today is when I began photographing the woodland wildflowers last year. Today’s image was captured during my 2015 pre-workshop scouting trips. This Bluebell wildflower with buds showing is making me anxious to […]

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Common Merganser Females

By Jim | Published February 24, 2016




Yesterday, I featured some male Common Mergansers … today’s post features some females. Although called Common Mergansers, I often call them “Bad Hair Day Ducks”, from their obvious crests. Here are a few images I captured during slow times on my “Wintering Bald Eagles” photo workshop in January: And to show the distinct differences between […]

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Common Merganser Males

By Jim | Published February 23, 2016




Today’s post features some of the many ducks we constantly had around us during my January “Wintering Bald Eagle” photo workshop on the Mississippi River. We had several species of ducks present, but the overwhelming majority were Common Mergansers. Today, I’m featuring the adult males; I have some of the females that I will feature […]

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Fun Friday: Open Wide!

By Jim | Published February 19, 2016




Today’s “Fun Friday” post comes from my January bald eagle photography workshop on the Mississippi River in eastern Iowa. A single, American White Pelican flew in and was fishing in front of us for a while, during 2 of our 3 days on the river. I just love the expression on this guy as he […]

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Jack-in-the-Pulpits

By Jim | Published February 2, 2016




Today’s post comes from last spring. Towards the end of spring, I was conducting one of my “shortie” woodland wildflower workshops, and was helping one of the students photograph some gorgeous Bluebells. As she patiently worked at moving her tripod around to find the ideal composition, I decided to sit down and let her work […]

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Bald Eagles As Seen by Others

By Jim | Published February 1, 2016




Today’s post features a few images captured by workshop attendees on my recent “Wintering Bald Eagles” workshop on the Mississippi River. I asked everyone to send me 3-4 of their favorite images they captured during the 3-day workshop and here is what I received. From Pat G.: From Wanda O.: From Karen W.: As you […]

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