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  • What a beautiful coastline at Jughandle State Reserve Beach in Fort Bragg, California. I captured this moment in 2010 with my Canon 5D digital camera.
  • 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!
  • I was so blessed to be in this beautiful area of Kenai Lake in the spring of 2013. The birds flying about were a highlight that added to the impact of the image. Working in Adobe Photoshop I used various tools and techniques and applied a bit of paint to finish the image.
  • One spring day in 2010 I captured this wonderful placid moment with my Canon 5D digital camera. The Laguna de Santa Rosa in Santa Rosa, California is a wonderful place to visit or photograph. You never know what you may see or capture if the light is just right.
  • Image captured in 2010 while on a private photography field trip. Worked on in Adobe Photoshop and rendered a bit of painterly app 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
  • This original image was taken at Metanzas Creek Winery in Santa Rosa, California in 2006 with my Canon 5D digital camera. This creative version was rendered in 2012. This is a custom sized purchase. Please email: lincaldwell@vbbn.com or call 707-584-0473 or 707-799-6582 for pricing. Thank You
  • It was so much fun trying to capture this awesome image of a sea dragon in 2012 in digital shot in Raw, while visiting the Monterrey Bay Aquarium. I wanted to show everyone what unique little creatures they are, but it is hard sometimes shooting through the glass. Then working in Adobe Photoshop I used various tools and techniques to render credence to this awesome creature 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 with my Canon G9 Powershot camera in downtown Melbourne in the Art District in 2016. This was such a unique hand painted wall mural that was worth more than words could express so I hoped to capture its meaning in print.
  • This beautiful sunset was captured with the Canon G9Digital at Pismo Beach in 2015 and worked on in Adobe Photoshop applying tools and software to render this metallic sunset look
  • This beautiful large waterfall is located on the Montmorency River in Quebec, Canada and captured with the Canon 5D while on a moving tram up to the top of the falls in 2011 and revised with a painterly aspect in 2015.
  • 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.
  • Captured in digital while on a private photography field trip at Hat Creek Near Hat Lake in Lassen National Park, CA 2010
  • Early one morning in 2012, my family gathered at Bodega Head and I was able to capture this beautiful morning shot in digital with my Canon 5D digital camera I took the file into Adobe Photoshop and used various filters and software to hopefully render an image with a bit of impact and revised in 2016.
  • Early one morning in 2012, my family gathered at Bodega Head and I was able to capture this beautiful morning shot in digital with my Canon 5D digital camera to add as a mate to the first shot I took. Then taking the file into Adobe Photoshop and used various filters and software to hopefully render an image with a bit of impact and revised in 2016.
  • Mt. Redoubt is a Volcano that is part of Chigmit Mountain Range-Cook Inlet/Kenai Peninsula of Alaska. This image was taken digitally just weeks prior to its eruption in January 2009 on December 27,2008
  • Captured with slide film in Canon Elan 7E camera on SE Hills of Santa Rosa, CA in Sonoma County Original slide film image taken in 2004, creative app in 2012, framed image using photoshop software.
  • I captured this image in Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor, Maine. This original image was located at the base of a bridge inside the park I worked in Adobe Photoshop to change the background to a river with morning sun from another photograph and finish it with a painterly look 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
  • Bouquet of flowers captured in digital in SE hills of Santa Rosa, CA, Sonoma County in 2007. Revised image in 2012
  • Digital image captured in floral section of Whole Foods Store 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.
  • 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 antique pieces throughout the property in their native surroundings as they were way back then. A great place to bring the family...a step back in time for sure! This is a custom sized purchase. Please email: lincaldwell@vbbn.com or call 707-584-0473 or 707-799-6582 for pricing. Thank You
  • 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!
  • This image was captured in digital with my Canon 5D while in Lassen National Park on a photographer's field trip in 2010. Creative version was rendered in 2011 with the emphasis of leaving the deer as original as possible but giving the background a painterly creative feeling. This is a custom sized purchase. Please email: lincaldwell@vbbn.com or call 707-584-0473 or 707-799-6582 for pricing. Thank You
  • While on a photography shoot at Baum Lake near Lassen National Park, CA in 2010 I captured the original heron in digital with my Canon 5D camera. I rendered the creative version in 2014 with various tools and software in the digital darkroom of Adobe Photoshop.
  • Captured the beautiful Yosemite Valley area in Yosemite, California in 2006 and revised it in a painterly form in 2016.
  • Captured in digital in SE Hills Of Santa Rosa, CA in Sonoma County in 2007, creative version in 2010
  • Captured in digital in SE Hills Of Santa Rosa, CA in Sonoma County in 2007, creative version in 2014
  • Captured in digital in SE Hills Of Santa Rosa, CA in Sonoma County in 2007, creative version in 2014
  • Captured in digital this image in 2009 and the creative version was render in Adobe Photoshop in 2014.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Captured in digital while on a private photography field trip at Hat Creek Near Hat Lake in Lassen National Park, CA 2010
  • 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
  • Image captured in 2010 while on a private photography field trip to Schramsberg Vineyards, Calistoga, Ca and creative version rendered in 2012.
  • 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
  • This image was captured with the Canon 5D Digital camera on an overlook area near Pismo Beach area in 2015.
  • 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.
  • 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."
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • This image was captured at along the waters edge of the beautiful town of Queenstown, New Zealand in 2016 with my Canon 5DMarkIII.
  • 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 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.
  • Captured in digital at Salmon Creek Beach along the Sonoma Coast in 2009, Creative version completed in 2014
  • Taken with the Canon 5D near the Pismo Beach area in 2015 and added a bit of a painterly application to the finish.
  • 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.