Ancient Art - Counting Sheep Wood Print

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Rock art pictographs of bighorn sheep were pecked into the varnish of desert boulders atop Signal Hill about 1,000 years ago by the Hohokam people. Located in the Sonoran Desert west of Tucson, AZ., in the Saguaro National Park. This photo is a stack of 130 images to capture the movement of the stars around the North Star, Polaris.

My start in photography began when my older brothers built a darkroom in our basement. The first time I watched a photo magically emerge from a blank sheet of photo paper so enthralled me, I didn't move the sheet from the developing tray to the stop bath. I watched until the photo went nearly black! But I was hooked. I learned much, studied photography and journalism in college, and loved shooting nature and sports, and manipulating photos in the darkroom. The digital darkroom has now replaced the chemical one, but the magic of capturing moments of meaning and creating beautiful photos continues. I hope you find inspiration from my work and enjoy it as much as I enjoy producing it. “The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a...