Sky On Fire
When a scene like this is presents itself to you, it's kind of like the spotlight switching on and the director barking "Action!!". You're on. You're in the zone. Maybe a little nervous about hitting your mark, saying your lines right. Which is kinda silly, since a scene like this has nothing to do with you. All you can really do is be in awe. And do your best to be in service of such a moment so that maybe someone who wasn't even there can understand why you were left completely speechless.
The sky was indeed on fire that night. 
July 2010. Glenshire pond,Truckee, CA.


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She Dreamt of Moments Just Like This
...where it seemed the heavens were open and all things were possible.


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Amber By NightUtah Lake, Utah

Utah Lake is a different world at night. The lights of the cities around it create their own atmospheric glow. Birds of the night call out to each other (party animals!). Unseen water critters slish and plonk around in the drink a little too close to where I was sitting for my overly imaginative personal comfort. And yet... it was so peaceful, so "Aaahhhhh."

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I Feel Blue Over You

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Where Past, Present & Future All Meet
She took a long, slow breath in... then exhaled and opened her eyes.
The sight before her was a tapestry of life. 
An intricate weaving where past, present & future all meet and become one with its original design. As it was intended before the design had been broken.
Completion... and protection. 
A perfect Peace. 

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Santa Monica Pier
I just got off he roller coaster and now I feel all swirly."
Leave a Light On For Me


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Take Me Over The Edge
When you shoot an iconic spot like Eagle Falls, you just have to shut out all the noise. And I don't mean all the water roaring by! I'm talkin' about all that yammering in your head that says "EVERYONE has shot this... most of them better than you... this is pointless... Oh, ok fine shoot it, but it's gonna be stupid."

She pauses.
Not that I've ever done that. 

No, when you shoot an iconic spot like Eagle Falls, you just have to marvel at THAT little water droplet - that one right there that NO one has ever captured in EXACTLY the way you're about to - and isn't it gorrrrrrgeous? Snip-snap.

That's what have to you do.



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The Bridge Over Seine-ityParis, France

There are times, she mused, that the spoken version of one word perfectly describes the experience of another word, spelled differently.

She pondered how to say that to someone. 
Then decided to just enjoy the sunset.



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Sky On Fire


When a scene like this is presents itself to you, it's kind of like the spotlight switching on and the director barking "Action!!". You're on. You're in the zone. Maybe a little nervous about hitting your mark, saying your lines right. Which is kinda silly, since a scene like this has nothing to do with you. All you can really do is be in awe. And do your best to be in service of such a moment so that maybe someone who wasn't even there can understand why you were left completely speechless.
The sky was indeed on fire that night.
July 2010. Glenshire pond,Truckee, CA.


©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)
Sky On Fire
When a scene like this is presents itself to you, it's kind of like the spotlight switching on and the director barking "Action!!". You're on. You're in the zone. Maybe a little nervous about hitting your mark, saying your lines right. Which is kinda silly, since a scene like this has nothing to do with you. All you can really do is be in awe. And do your best to be in service of such a moment so that maybe someone who wasn't even there can understand why you were left completely speechless.
The sky was indeed on fire that night. 
July 2010. Glenshire pond,Truckee, CA.


©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)

Sky On Fire


When a scene like this is presents itself to you, it's kind of like the spotlight switching on and the director barking "Action!!". You're on. You're in the zone. Maybe a little nervous about hitting your mark, saying your lines right. Which is kinda silly, since a scene like this has nothing to do with you. All you can really do is be in awe. And do your best to be in service of such a moment so that maybe someone who wasn't even there can understand why you were left completely speechless.
The sky was indeed on fire that night.
July 2010. Glenshire pond,Truckee, CA.


©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)
See photo in original gallery.