A Better Plan for You

I was listening to an interview recently and this person shared something that struck me. Before I move on here the comment is faith based but the end outcome, and what struck me, has meaning whether or not you are a believer or not. This person was commenting on prayer and the 3 options God […]

A Moment to Reflect

Not many posts this past two weeks. There has been a lot going on that has kept me from riding and shooting. It hasn’t been a bad thing though. It’s given me time to reflect. We also got back to my old home town for a funeral for a family friend and saw some of […]

Pictures. Words. Now Routes & GPS Files?!

This past week a new mapping technology came to the market. And while this new website is far more than just a mapping site, this electronic dolt, has been living in the dark ages for some time and ignored everything electronic for my bicycle and avoided anything with GPS, GPX, Garmin, Strava, etc. You see, […]

4th of July Back Yard Portraits

For the first time that I can remember, we are not running all over the place to soccer or other kid related event(s). Instead, we have been home for 3 straight days with good friends in town from Colorado. It has been joyous. Last evening we spent the evening in the back yard. Perfect temperature, […]

6 Months Into 2016 – Work Hard. Play Hard.

As the days go by, we are very close to moving into July 2016. My wife and I were discussing that we have pretty much made it through another soccer season with both our kids in a traveling, competitive club. But when I actually took time to go through our first 6 months of the […]

A Day In the Country

I have hit 4 straight weeks of riding early Friday AM. Honestly, since I changed jobs 3 years ago, that is a record. Sad but true. On this day it was glorious. Perfect. Beyond my expectation. Just me, my bike, my friend and the country. We also did the Rawland route in Goodhue County. It […]

Don’t Be Afraid

I’ve been hiding in the shadows this month. Not much shooting and not much sharing going on. I’ve had only 1 post this month. I haven’t been ignoring the blog, just not sharing. In fact, my mind has been racing and I’ve been struggling to get it out. These past few weeks I’ve been obsessing, […]

Fragments – My 1st Month with the Fuji X Pro 2

I am closing this month a very happy man. I’ve had an incredible month. My family is great. I’ve traveled to Oklahoma for the Landrun 100 and to Colorado for my family spring break and on Friday, I leave for Kansas City for a soccer tournament followed by Duluth, MN the following weekend for the […]

Finding Peace in Paradise

For those close to me, and in some cases just being around me, it’s no secret that my last year has been incredibly stressful. While most of the stress is work related, there is some that is simply my own to own. I am an achiever and I like to please folks. I like to […]

The handcrafted JB Camera Designs Grip for Fuji X Pro 2

Last week I was in Stillwater, Oklahoma to ride the Landrun 100 gravel road race & ride, pics can be found here. While there I got to see one of my closest friends’ businesses, JB Camera Designs. JB Camera Designs makes hand crafted wood camera grips and accessories that are aimed to improve ergonomics and […]

My first outing with a production Fuji X Pro 2

The wait is over. The Fuji X Pro 2 is here and in my hands! While I am bummed it didn’t arrive before the event, Frostbike, that I shot last week with a rented Olympus Pen F, it is here now. I am so thankful for my friends at National Camera Exchange. They had one […]

Fragments of my life – In search of light

I was on a shooting high for about 3 weeks. No matter where I looked, I felt I could see a shot in just about everything. Then it all went dark. Nothing. I shut it all down and just went in search of light. I rode my bike. I shot only when I saw something. […]

Fragments of my Life – December 2015

I am making one final post and push for December 2015. December has been a high note for me both personally and photographically. I’ve also prioritized riding and I’ve been getting out more. The result? More photos and an overall positive end to the year. My web metrics don’t lie either, with my newfound vision […]

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. We didn’t send out a holiday card this year so I guess this post will have to do. We had an incredible year here at the Gnat house. We carried out the work hard play hard motto. Mostly we followed followed these two kids around to all their activities. We […]

Waiting

After a couple years of wondering on this blog, I have finally found my way and created a new vision for where I want to go here at ImagineGnat. The background here is that I left a job a few years ago that had my personal identity wrapped up in my work and the brand […]