Greatest Hits - Prepping for Barberton Art Gallery Display!

Spent all day yesterday gathering photos for the Art Display at Nine Muses Art Gallery in April. It is a ton of work going back to locate photos - getting the latest rendition and then making sure it is perfect and then sizing it for a good display size...so I was on the computer all day and into the evening.

I am really looking forward to having my images on display and want them to be some of my best and most interesting, while typing this, I just realized I am missing a couple...so will continue the hunt today. So far the ones selected are either just nice sharp images, or are unique in how they were captured or have special meaning to me!

Anyway - I will be exhibiting about 25-30 prints - all framed or ready to hang, I am going to feature smaller prints, mainly due to cost...but quite a few will be frame-less, either on metal or acrylic, both render the image fantastic and are easy to hang....

Here is what I have so far - this will be picture intense, so sit back and enjoy!

Taken in Europe!


Antelope taken at the Bison Range in Montana!


Snowy Egret taken in Florida!


Maple seeds taken in Florida!


I will have to see which one shows the type the best - so two versions! Chollo carcass in Joshua Tree NP California.





Near Moab, Utah.


Near Moab, Utah.


Brown Pelican taken in Florida!


Red Fox taken in Arizona!


Needles district of Canyonlands in Utah.


Red Barn near Kalispell, Montana!


Antelope Slot Canyon - Page, Arizona.


Thistle - Zion National Park, Utah.


Glacier National Park, Montana.


Goat Lick - Glacier National Park, Montana.


Scrub Jay - Bison Range, Montana.


Echo Lake near Kalispell, Montana.


Denali National Park - Alaska.


Coastal Brown Bear near Haines, Alaska.


Deer in Canola Field near Kalispell, Montana.


Flower - Alaska


Barbed Wire Near Kalispell, Montana.


America - Near Kalispell, Montana.


Yes Bay, Alaska.


Elk - Jasper Alberta Canada.


Mountain Goat - Jasper Alberta Canada.


Big Horn Sheep - Jasper Alberta Canada.


Noxon Reservoir - Montana.


Last Plane - Yes Bay Alaska.


Yes Bay, Alaska.


Stream - Near Choteau, Montana


Fall Leaves near Dillon, Montana.


The next few will be feature prints and will be larger sizes at the show! (Either because they are panoramas or just damn beautiful pictures!)

Mountains on Fire looking East towards the Wasatch Mountains in Salt Lake City, Utah.


The view from Yes Bay Lodge in Yes Bay, Alaska.


Tampa, Florida.


And of course! Great Egret taken in Florida.



So my friends start making your selections now, they will all be available for Sale the month of April and May at 9 Muses Art Gallery in Barberton - Make sure you are there on Friday April 24th for the grand opening and I will be happy to tell the stories behind each photo a couple are pretty interesting!

Bring your checkbooks!!!

Or if you would like to purchase your own now they are in my SmugMug For Sale Gallery HERE And will be in my Fine Art America Gallery later today!

More details and a few more photos as we get closer!

Capt. Jim - "The Gypsy"

Traveling and photographing the Southwest and Alaska!

Home for the winter - Twentynine Palms RV Resort and Joshua Tree NP!

Last Wednesday I left Pahrump NV and made the 208.1 mile trek across the Mojave Desert - a very lonely and desolate place and an interesting drive. Landed at the Twentynine Palms RV Resort about mid-afternoon - plenty of time to get settled and then head for the Weekly Wednesday evening Happy Hour! Glad to be back with friends..

You will note on this journey not many towns to pass through and I think I counted about 5 or 6 houses along the way! Not a place for the faint hearted and certainly no place you want to have car trouble!



After spending a few days getting settled - outdoor kitchen set up etc, I decided yesterday with the beautiful clouds in the sky to take a drive through Joshua Tree National Park and shoot a few pictures!

On with the pics!





Stopped at Skull Rock!





Got creative with the old sun through the trees shot! And converted to black & white!











Been using the Camp Chef quite regularly and love it...gets plenty hot!









The Southern California Sunsets can be beautiful - need to take my chair and camp out in Joshua Tree and get some good shots!



Went to California DMV and struck out on getting a corrected title without paying the exorbitant vehicle sales tax so now going to track the dealer where I bought the truck down and make him provide a corrected title - that is my project for the rest of the week.

Also trying to figure out my new Intervalometer Time Lapse Remote Control for my camera so I can start spending some evenings in the National Park shooting some star trail shots and long time exposures! My goal today is to get it programmed and try a couple shots here in the campground. It is like setting the clock on your VCR or digital watch...with instructions written by a Chinese national trying to learn English!

Wish me luck! and Stay Tuned...

Capt. Jim - "The Gypsy"

Traveling and photographing the Southwest and Alaska!