Best OF State Award Won For The Second Year

I was notified this past week that I have won a medal from the Best of State Award Program. This is a great honor and I am thrilled to have been honored again with this award.

Lolita Nikolova authors article on Examiner.com

In the title of this post is a link to the article Lolita wrote for the site examiner.com. Lolita wrote a great article and I think she is a careful author. She cares about what she writes and I would welcome any other opportunity to work with her again.

Thank you Lolita!

Salt Lake City Tribune Article Covers Carved Egg Show

A great article was printed in the Salt Lake City Tribune on April 2 2010 all about the show I was privileged to participate in at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center. There are more than 70 eggs on display to celebrate Easter. It is free to attend.

ITS HERE! Carved Egg Exhibit For Easter

Opening today, the second carved egg exhibit at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center. Check it out and see the other exhibits as well. It's all free! Here is another preview of things you will see

NEW EGG SHOW! at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center!

I am privileged to present for a second year a carved egg shell exhibit to celebrate Easter. I will have many new pieces which have never been seen by the public. Follow the link to get the specifics for the show.

This butterfly was in the top of a tree. Fortunately for me the tree was on the side of a hill so I could climb up the hill and shoot across the top of the tree. All that was left was a whole bunch of waiting until one of these butterflies chose to visit the tree i was watching. When we first approached the island I saw some of these butterflies zipping around and I thought they were hummingbirds until I got closer. They are bigger than monarch butterflies. This was shot with a 400 mm zoom lens on a Nikon D50 the shot was handheld.

Close Up From 100 Islands National Park Philippines

This past September I was in the Philippines again visiting 100 Islands National Park. While wandering around on one of the islands I noticed this little fellow crawling around the rocks. I thought It would be nice to share the photo with the world. Not everyone will visit the Philippines during their lives so I will help others see some of the wonders of that part of the world.