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  • This widely captured image was taken in 2006 and rendered in a creative slightly painterly version in 2014.
  • Captured the beautiful Yosemite Falls in Yosemite, California in 2006 and revised it in a painterly form in 2016.
  • Original image captured in digital at an old café on the side of the road in 2007 outside of Babb, Montana. A billboard on the building was filled with license plates from all over the US. I took the file into Adobe Photoshop and worked with various tools and software to distort and shape the image similar to a globe filling it with all the license plates for a diverse creative and abstract look. This is a custom sized purchase. Please email: lincaldwell@vbbn.com or call 707-584-0473 or 707-799-6582 for pricing. Thank You
  • This image was captured while traveling through the open range country in Steamboat Springs, Colorado in 2005 and revised in Adobe Photoshop in 2015.
  • Pristine Winter scene captured with the Canon 5D near Burney Falls, California in 2013 and revised with a painterly effect in 2015.
  • Wine Country Area Off River Road/Santa Rosa, CA Slide Film Image taken in 2005, creative version in 2010
  • Private photography tour of Barrel Room in Jordan Winery in Alexander Valley, Healdsburg, California. digital image taken in 2010 and creative version completed in 2012
  • Captured in digital in SE hills of Sonoma County in Santa Rosa, CA in 2008. Worked in Adobe Photoshop with several apps and used border frame software to create border but image can be printed without frame and straight edge. Revised in 2013. This is a custom sized purchase. Please email: lincaldwell@vbbn.com or call 707-584-0473 or 707-799-6582 for pricing. Thank You
  • Captured in digital in SE hills of Sonoma County in Santa Rosa, CA in 2008. Worked in Adobe Photoshop with several apps and used border frame software to create border but image can be printed without frame and straight edge. Revised in 2013.
  • Captured in digital at the Botannical Garden In A Valley Onomea Valley/Papalkou, Hawaii on the Hilo side in 2006. Worked on and revised using tools and software in Adobe Photoshop in 2013.
  • Captured in digital in 2010, this image was photographed while on a private photography field trip at Jordan Winery in the Napa Valley. The view is on the back side towards the Olive Grove with a pond in front. Such a beautiful flow that I decided to give it a slight painterly effect to complete the image.
  • Digital image taken off Laguna Road in Santa Rosa, CA in 2009, creative version in 2012
  • While visiting Fort Point, I captured this Golden Gate image on the Marin Headlands in 2010 with my Canon 5D camera. Working with various tools and software in Adobe Photoshop I applied a bit of a painterly effect to the finish.
  • The original digital image was captured in 2010 with my Canon 5D camera while on a private photography field trip to San Francisco and Marin County in California. The creative version was rendered in 2013.
  • This image was taken in 2007 at Vermillion Lake 3 in the Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. Taking the image file into Adobe Photoshop I used various tools and techniques and applied a bit of paint to render this final effect.
  • This is strictly a creative piece. I digitally captured a single duck's image near Adobe Road in Petaluma, California in 2011. I copied the image and reversed it and blended it into the background to render this creative version in 2014.
  • Captured with Canon 5D in the SE hills of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, CA in 2006 and revised in white in 2016. Image may be printed without frame
  • Captured with Canon 5D in the SE hills of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, CA in 2006. Image may be printed without frame.
  • Captured image in digital out in the SE Hills Sonoma County in Santa Rosa, CA. Incredible textures and puffy shaped clouds with cotton candy-like colored hues permeated the evening sky after a summer rainstorm in 2006 but revised with the software tools and programs in Adobe Photoshop in 2015 rendering this unique painterly image.
  • Captured in digital in 2005 in the SE Hills of Santa Rosa, CA in Sonoma County shortly after the sun had risen. Added a few filters in 2012 to give image a bit of a painterly appearance.
  • Captured in digital this beautiful floral arrangement in SE Hills Santa Rosa, CA/Sonoma County in 2005 and worked in Adobe Photoshop to finish image in its creative painterly version in 2007, revising image for gallery show in 2013.
  • Beautiful red succulents captured with the Canon 5D off the coast near Pismo Beach, California, 2015, Added a bit of painterly effect to the finished image.
  • Captured in digital while on a private photography field trip near Hat Creek Near Hat Lake in Lassen National Park, CA 2010 and creative version was finished in 2013
  • The original landscape was taken in SE Farm Land Santa Rosa, CA/Sonoma County in 2007. The creative version was created in 2010.
  • Captured this beautiful rural Sonoma County vineyard image with its rich green buds in the heart of spring in 2004 with slide film and the Canon Elan 7 SLR camera. Applied various software and tools in AP to arrive at this soft painterly finish. Revised image with updated AP tools in 2013.
  • Captured in digital and taken off I-5 on the way to Los Angeles of a grove of budding Almond Trees in 2011, creative version in 2012
  • The original image was taken with professional Provia Slide film with the Canon Elan 7 SLR camera in 2005 near Sebastopol, CA. Working in Adobe Photoshop I used various tools and techniques to render this creative version in 2015.
  • This rustic barn image was captured near Baum Lake in the Lassen area of California in 2010 with the Canon 5D Digital camera while on a Photography Field Trip and revised for print with a creative painterly look in 2015.
  • Taken with the Canon 5D near the Pismo Beach area in 2015 and added a bit of a painterly application to the finish.
  • Captured in digital at Salmon Creek Beach along the Sonoma Coast in 2009, Creative version completed in 2014
  • This original image was originally a slide film image taken in 2006 at Bridgehaven Bridge at the mouth of the Russian River in Jenner, California. The creative version was rendered in 2013.
  • This original image was a still life experiment taken in my studio in the SE Hills Santa Rosa, CA/Sonoma County in 2006 with my Canon 5D digital camera. My goal was to created a near 3D effect and invite the viewer to want to pick a piece of fruit. I worked many hours in Adobe Photoshop to perfect my ultimate goal and have revised it in 2013.
  • This image was captured at along the waters edge of the beautiful town of Queenstown, New Zealand in 2016 with my Canon 5DMarkIII.
  • Captured with Canon 5D at a private photography shoot before the Sonoma County Fair opened in the Hall of Flowers in 2006. Image can be printed without frame and straight edge. This is a custom sized purchase. Please email: lincaldwell@vbbn.com or call 707-584-0473 or 707-799-6582 for pricing. Thank You
  • Poppies found within Kunde Vineyards along Highway 12 in Sonoma County near Kenwood, California. Original digital image taken and creative version finished in 2012. I like to think that I was allowed to capture these beautiful poppies to remember the beautiful woman behind the scenes, Sarah Lee Kunde, who passed away early in 2014. She was a remarkably generous woman known to so many in the Wine Country area of Sonoma County and one who will never be forgotten for all her contributions in our local agricultural industry.
  • My version captured in digital in 2009 of one of the most photographed lighthouses. View at the top looking down there are many steps to get to the lighthouse. I rendered a painterly finish in 2012.
  • While hiking in the Red Rock Canyon area of Nevada, I shot these timeless Petroglyph images with my Canon G9 Powershot camera. Working in Adobe Photoshop I used various tools and software on the image and then burnt the edges in a border software program giving it the look of an old map. It seemed to render credence to an ageless moment in time and gave it the perfect finish.
  • I wanted to add a complimentary piece to go with the 'Red Ripe and Juicy' image. I totally created this piece from 2 original pears on a paper plate sitting outside on my deck ledge. Taking the file into Adobe Photoshop, I recreated the background with lots of hand drawing with my Wacom Tablet and applying a bit of painterly effect on the background but leaving the pears nearly intact. I think they do look 'Perfectly Pear'd."
  • This image was captured with the Canon 5D Digital camera while a flock of pelicans gathered on a rock on an overlook area near Pismo Beach area in 2015.
  • This image was captured with the Canon 5D Digital camera on an overlook area near Pismo Beach area in 2015.
  • Visiting the beautiful Peggy's Cove in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 2011, I was able to capture this unique and famously photographed Lighthouse sitting on a bluff off the St. Lawrence. Working in Adobe Photoshop I used various tools and techniques including a bit of a painterly app to finish the image. This image was completed in 2014. This is a custom sized purchase. Please email: lincaldwell@vbbn.com or call 707-584-0473 or 707-799-6582 for pricing. Thank You
  • Image captured in 2010 while on a private photography field trip to Schramsberg Vineyards, Calistoga, Ca and creative version rendered in 2012.
  • Captured this pair of beautiful Paradise Roses in my garden with the Canon 10D in 2005. Worked in Adobe Photoshop using various tools and techniques to render this soft painterly effect. Revised in 2014 This is a custom sized purchase. Please email: lincaldwell@vbbn.com or call 707-584-0473 or 707-799-6582 for pricing. Thank You
  • Captured in digital while on a private photography field trip at Hat Creek Near Hat Lake in Lassen National Park, CA 2010
  • Original image captured in 2007 after the first snowfall in Banff National Park off Bow Valley Parkway in Alberta, Canada/Creative version rendered in 2011.
  • This original image was taken with my Canon SLR film camera in 2005 with Provia Slide film in Yosemite National Park on the climb up to Vernal Falls. The creative painterly version was created in 2014. This is a custom sized purchase. Please email: lincaldwell@vbbn.com or call 707-584-0473 or 707-799-6582 for pricing. Thank You
  • This peaceful sunset shot was captured with the 5D Canon camera in 2013 and the bird flew into the viewfinder just as I clicked the shutter giving a bonus to the image. It was revised and given a painterly effect in 2015.
  • Captured in digital this image in 2009 and the creative version was render in Adobe Photoshop in 2014.
  • Captured in digital in SE Hills Of Santa Rosa, CA in Sonoma County in 2007, creative version in 2014