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01-26-14 Vigilance
After four deer swam a quarter mile from one shore to another in a bay on Lake Oahe, three kept on moving. But this one struck a pose for me.
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01-27-14 His Biggest Fan
Glenyce Jane Shephard sits enthralled by her father, Brian, as he serenades her. It was a perfect photographic moment! Canon 5DIII 1/80s f/4.0 ISO2500 18mm His Biggest Fan by Scott Shephard is...
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01-28-14 Dreaming of Mexico (HDR)
I wish I were in this picture, lounging on the pool-side chair. But it occurs to me that I am in every photo I take. You just have to look hard to see me sometimes. . . . Dreaming of Mexico by Scott...
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02-02-14 Dreaming of the Virgin Islands
The next best thing to shoveling snow in a -20 F wind chill is to be swimming in the warm waters that wash the shores of the Virgin Islands. Our chartered sailboat last June was named Dakota Lullaby...
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02-03-14 Under the Sea
14 This is a GoPro frame capture of my brother-in-law luring a tropical fish closer to him using a banana as bait. I’m guessing that naturalist wouldn’t like the fact that the fish have become somewhat...
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02-04-14 Dreaming of Fall Colors
This photo was taken a few years ago on a visit to the Yashiro Japanese Garden in Olympia, Washington. Our timing was perfect (and lucky) and the garden was, as any hunter might say, “a target rich...
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02-05-14 Our Italian Villa
I set the Way-Back Machine to 2008 in my quest for something refreshing (at least to me) to post. 2008 doesn’t seem like that long ago but for a photographer, who might measure time based on know-how...
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02-06-14 Justin
Deb came into my office as I was working on this photo and wanted to know who the subject was and why I was working on the photo. I said, “It’s for my blog today. Every once and a while I like to...
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02-19-14 The Bruges Madonna by Michelangelo
Deb and I visited Bruges, Belgium, in 2008 and among the many things we saw there was this serene statue in the Church of Our Lady. The sculpture, known as the Bruges Madonna, is by Michelangelo and...
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02-16-14 Early Morning With Wandering Star (Reprise)
You may not know it but this blog is approaching its fifth anniversary. I started it in February, 2009, thinking that it would be good for me to find and post one decent photo a day. Some of you may...
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02-17-14 Upon This Rock . . . (Reprise)
This is a photo looking up at the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. When I returned to the US and opened it on my computer, I remember how impressed I was the quality of the image given than I was...
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03-04-14 Sleeping On the Job
I’m not sleeping now and I’m not really sleeping in the photo, either. I was working on a project for Office Peeps, a local office solutions retailer, and decided it might be a good time to get a self...
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03-09-14 A Return To the Beginning (HDR)
Earlier today I was wondering why I return to the same places again and again to take photographs and it occurred to me that it’s not just about a rut I’m in or just about the comfort of being in...
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03-14-14 Beyond Wasta, SD
Wasta, SD, is a a very small town along I-90 in the western part of our state. Perhaps it is best known for the rest stops that are near the town. And on a busy summer day, I would guess that the...
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03-15-14 Knee Deep
Twelve minutes after I took the photo you saw yesterday, the road dipped through a low spot where sunflowers that hadn’t gotten harvested last fall stood in frozen water. I had almost driven past when...
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