Spain Part 4 – Artist’s Rendition

OK….I said I was done. I said I was going to do my Spain coverage in 3 posts. I lied. While that was my intention, I took a look back through images and decided that there was another set of images to share. My duties on this trip were dad photo journalist. However, I did […]

Finding Words and Inspiration in this Strange Time

I have been silent here on the blog. My last post was from January, what now seems like years ago. Travel? Hanging out with friends? Walking a new city? Eating out? This past 5 or so weeks at home makes that trip feel like a distant memory. Times sure are different now. This “Shut In” […]

A Gnat Family Holiday Break – Costa Rica!

It’s 2020! I made it another year here at the ImagineGnat blog. Committing for another year. Before I get to both a look back as well a look forward, I wanted to share some pics from our recent trip to Costa Rica with my friends and family. So….Get ready. Heavy dosages of pictures of family […]

Ireland – The Postcard Series

I can’t believe it’s been two weeks since I’ve been back from Ireland. While the two weeks seem like an eternity, I can close my eyes and immediately go back. It was an incredible trip. Filled with surprise and delight, some drama back home with our dog and the final challenge of getting home as […]

Iceland – First 10 Images

I have spent the last several hours processing images from my recent winter wonderland, Ring Road tour of Iceland I’ll be honest, I did not think I was going to get good images considering that on day two, my main camera decided to stop working (later resolved and story to come). But I got some […]

2018 Year in Review – A Year of Life Changes

As I prepare for a new year, I always take time to look back on my year. I like to look back and compare my images to the memories & thoughts I have in my head. This year I got pretty much what I expected, that being life changes. Lots of life changes. I am […]

And Just Like That….It’s Gone!

After writing “A Good Start and a Focused Month”, my creativity and vision just disappeared. Just like the bird in the opening picture, in an instant it disappeared. In all honesty, I pretty much set the camera down and tried my best to just get out side and enjoy life. I knew it would come […]

I Shoot for Me

I ended 2017 the exact same way I started the year. I was out in the woods hiking in the snow and cold taking pictures and thinking. Just what I love to do. I am not going to make any huge new years resolutions this year. I will say that I have some themes in […]

The power of the bicycle

This is a quick photo story of last week’s mini Minnesota Ramble. But the ramble is truly secondary to the deeper meaning of this post. This post is about the power of the bicycle. What you can do with it as well as the power it has bringing people and communities together. Over the course […]

My 2017 Photo Year in Review –

I usually take the month of December to reflect and think about the year as well as plan for the coming year. While that is historically true, I spent much of November in that head space and am hitting the ground running in December. I almost feel like it is a new year. I have […]

I like taking pictures

I have put off posting pics for a bit. I haven’t sat at my computer. I haven’t filed them away. I haven’t tweaked them in Lightroom. I haven’t carefully processed these. Nope. I am slipping. But….I like taking pictures. Actually, I love taking pictures. I just don’t know what to do with them once I […]

Gnational Lampoon Vacation

I know I have only had one post in almost two months. Yep, I stink at this. As I always write when I have these gaps, it isn’t, or wasn’t, intentional. I either have nothing meaningful to share & no good images to go along with the words OR I have been traveling and out […]

A dream come true – Shooting the Aurora Borealis in Iceland

Greeting folks. I am slowly getting back into shooting after over two weeks home. I have a shoot this weekend that I hope will yield something worth sharing. But, before I move on from one of the most amazing photographic experiences of my life, I wanted to share this post about shooting the Aurora Borealis. […]

Iceland Photo Trip – My top 15 personal favorite pictures

I think it was two, or maybe three, years ago that I wrote down for my new year’s declarations that I was going to do a dedicated photography trip that did not involve cycling. This past July when I had a bike trip cancelled later in the year, a couple of my friends and I […]

Some Time Away from the Bike

I am almost afraid to write this here on the blog. I fear public ridicule. Honestly, it feels a little bit like a confessional, anxiety going into it and relief coming out of it.So here goes. I HAVE NOT RIDDEN MY BIKE IN OVER A MONTH! There I said it. But, not all is lost. […]