From a quiet backroad encounter near Llano to fine art statement pieces for the home—the story behind my latest Western cattle collection. There is perhaps no animal more universally recognized…
If you've just returned from an intense week capturing a thousand images in Kauai, the thought of setting out again on another photo excursion can feel exhausting. But a few…
If you spend as much time as I do staring at high-resolution monitors and tweaking the luminosity of a sunset, it’s easy to forget that photography was originally meant to…
Austin Skyline Photography: Available as Fine Art Prints and Wall Decor If you’ve followed my journey here on Backyard Image, you might remember when my wife and I first moved…
That is a very broad title above! And I cannot even try to convince you that I have seen anything more than a tiny fraction of these fascinating little birds…
I wrote a little about the white-faced Capuchin monkeys that we found in the Tortuguero National Park in Costa Rica earlier in November in this article about the trip. When…
This is the final part of the story of our visit to Costa Rica, courtesy of Premier World Discovery in early November 2025. The first article can be found here…
The day started bright and clear. Oops, sorry, I was thinking of another vacation. We drove in the rain back through La Fortuna towards a delightful cruise on Lake Arenal…
This is the second episode of my extended review of the Costa Rica Adventure organized by Premier World Discovery. The introductory article can be found here. I realized that I…
What do you think of when you imagine a vacation in Costa Rica? Sun, brilliantly colored birds and flowers, animals, perhaps even a viewing of a sloth hanging from the…