Wrestling with Creativity

Wrestling with creativity and getting back at it after almost 3 months away from writing and sharing on Imaginegnat.com

2023 Framework – Photography

Photography is my passion. My aim in 2023 is to continue to keep it fun and focus on my storytelling. Here are 50 images shared on Imaginegnat from the past 10 years that make me smile and point to the feeling I intend to focus on in 2023.

Gnat’s Best of 2022 – My Favorite Moments, Places, and Images

A brief recap of my favorite places, memories, bike rides and images of 2022.

The Annual Meet Up – Nashville

A quick trip to Nashville with my close friends. Laughter. Food. Music. Joy. It’s all in side.

Hard Reset. New Goals.

As the days get shorter and darkness comes earlier, it’s time to review progress, reset and re-imagine my goals and plans. Focus and big dreams lie ahead.

Vignettes of Steamboat Springs – A Golden Paradise

Chasing autumn gold and learning life lessons in Steamboat Springs, CO

Taking My Life Back – Part 3 – My new business

Taking My life back part 3 – Introducing Iceworm MFG. Iceworm MFG is my new business and venture focused on handmade carry solutions for adventurous photographers.

Rest – An update

I posted a few days ago about taking my life back. Buried deep in that post was a line about having a minor surgery yesterday. A few friends have checked in on me and I thought I would give a quick update to others and family. First of all, it was a minor same day […]

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 […]

Spain Part 1 – Familia

12 days in Spain part 1 – Familia

In Deep – A long, overdue update

Wow! I can’t believe my last post is way back on the 16th of March. Hard to believe really as I am still buzzing from my Mid South bike ride and it seems just like yesterday. So what has kept me from posting? Let me dig into it a bit, but in short, I am […]

A Day to Create

I have had a lot on my mind. Surprisingly I am feeling similar to when I was working. My brain doesn’t turn off. I am hyper focused. I am churning over solutions and learning. I ignore some of the basic, human signals of thirst, hunger, etc. When I get this way, I am not the […]

Stay the course

In late January 2021 I took a similar picture as my opening main image. I was driving south. I was by myself. In those hours, minutes and seconds between Minneapolis and Kansas City I vowed to myself to prioritize my health and my well being, both physical and mental. It was the spark I needed […]

Beauty in the Mundane

When I close my eyes and dream, I often dream of far away places. In some cases I see images I have seen in digital articles, social media and books. It’s not often I see the park just 800 meters from my home.

2021 – My year in photos

It’s that time of year again where many look back and prepare for a new year. I am one of those people. This activity is really hard wired in my brain. I need to look back not only to learn, but to truly put the year to rest and file it away. This year was […]