This is one of those traditional Kodak moments when our first granddaughter wanted to be just her grandpa and 'parked' her 'boots' next to her grandpa's boots. I finished it off in a painterly fashion for the memorable tender moment that anyone can experience!

In 2009, I captured this image at an old ghost town called Shaniko outside Oregon. It was the off season but the caretaker was kind enough to allow me to photograph some of the old buildings throughout the property. This image is a composite of 2 images. The wooden window from an old barn taken in 2008 and the old shacks and windmill taken at Shaniko in 2009, then stitched together in photoshop. The image was finished with an edged border created in the OnOne Software program outlined with a simple black line. Shaniko is a great place to bring the family...a step back in time for sure!

The original image was taken in Moose Meadows in 2007 in the Banff National Park on the Bow Valley Parkway in Alberta, Canada. This creative version was finished in 2014 using various tools, techniques and software in Adobe Photoshop.

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 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 widely captured image was taken in 2006 and rendered in a creative slightly painterly version in 2014.

The original image of Crowfoot Glacier was taken in 2007 off the Bow Valley Parkway in Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. This creative version was rendered in 2013.

The original image was taken in 2006 at a local county fair on a photography field trip prior to its opening. Working in Adobe Photoshop I rendered its creative version in 2014.

I captured this original image at Burney Falls in 2010 while on a private photography field trip to Lassen National Park. The creative painterly version was created in 2011.

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.

The original landscape was taken in SE Farm Land Santa Rosa, CA/Sonoma County in 2007. The creative version was created in 2010.

Captured in digital in SE Hills Of Santa Rosa, CA in Sonoma County in 2007, creative version 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.

This image was captured in digital at the Martin Ray Winery in Santa Rosa, California during a private photography field trip in 2010. While photographing in the wine cellar I came across very old redwood barrels and focused upon the old redwood turn plug on the front. Taking the file into Adobe Photoshop I brought out deep hues and saturations of the barrel to be a bit creative!

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

Wine Country Area Off River Road/Santa Rosa, CA Slide Film Image taken in 2005, creative version in 2010