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Canadian Rockies (Banff-Jasper-Beyond) : the canadian rockies are one of the most beautiful places that i know...the mountains are huge and have great color to offer...the fauna in the area is abundant and accessible...summer or winter, this is a place that i thoroughly enjoy..

Canadian Rockies (Banff-Jasper-Beyond)

the canadian rockies are one of the most beautiful places that i know. ...

Updated: Apr 18, 2008 5:39pm CDT

Flowers : back yard or along the pathways of trails...i am almost always stopped by the gift of flowers--the colors are great but the variance and textures stir me most..

Flowers

back yard or along the pathways of trails...i am almost always stopped ...

Updated: May 23, 2008 6:22pm CDT

Art Shots : ..some of my favorite shots..

Art Shots

..some of my favorite shots..

Updated: Jun 27, 2008 3:32pm CDT

Canyons : Utah is my favorite state for canyon hikes...Zion is incredible and Escalante Staircase offers supernatural adventure...being 1000' feet down in these slot canyons is awe inspiring...it is another world all together..

Canyons

Utah is my favorite state for canyon hikes...Zion is incredible and Es ...

Updated: Apr 18, 2008 5:36pm CDT

Rivers and Bayous : what can i say, i'm a Gulf Coast boy..i have spent so many hours as a kid tripping through (and tipping in) the bayous around my area that they always seem to put my soul at peace...

Rivers and Bayous

what can i say, i'm a Gulf Coast boy..i have spent so many hours as a ...

Updated: Jun 19, 2008 10:35am CDT

South Texas : ..i hunted south texas in my early years...i went from tower stand with high powered rifle to stalking to pistol hunting to bow hunting always trying to increase the challenge...finally, i gave up the hunting and now stalk with my nikon..

South Texas

..i hunted south texas in my early years...i went from tower stand wit ...

Updated: Apr 16, 2008 5:13pm CDT

Mountain Goats (Canadian Rockies) : ..one of my most favorite photo memories...i came upon these guys in Jasper (Alberta Canada above Banff) and chased them over hills for more than an hour...they always stayed just out of camera range...finally the older fella decided to pull up and graze...he was aware of my presence but finally comfortable with me...perhaps it was the peanut butter sandwitch that i tossed his way (don't tell the park rangers)...it was a gas to watch them frollick..and man, can they handle some tough terrain--they wore me out..

Mountain Goats (Canadian Rockies)

..one of my most favorite photo memories...i came upon these guys in J ...

Updated: Apr 18, 2008 3:19pm CDT

Marmot : this photo was taken at Moraine Lake in Alberta Canada...this little fella tested my patience for over an hour...he would come out of his rock hole and sit atop the rocks but constantly stayed in the shade..every time that i tried to get close he would bounce back to his hole.... being a Gulf Coast kid, i had seldom encountered marmots and wanted to get a good photo...the shade and his shy nature were the problems...eventually he became accustomed to my presence and climbed up on the rock and into the sunlight....

Marmot

this photo was taken at Moraine Lake in Alberta Canada...this little f ...

Updated: Apr 18, 2008 2:42pm CDT

Elk : coming from Texas, we don't encounter a lot of elk...i appreciate their majesty and find the velvet period of their antler growth to off some wonderfully soft photos...

Elk

coming from Texas, we don't encounter a lot of elk...i appreciate thei ...

Updated: Apr 20, 2008 8:47am CDT

Big Horn Sheep : it is so cool to sit and hang out with these guys...i came upon this clan just outside of Jasper (Alberta Canada)...a friend had told me where i could find them...watching them graze for 10-15 minutes in quiet accord and then suddenly one of the rams would turn on another and the clash was on...2 minutes later and they would both be tranquil and grazing side by side...

Big Horn Sheep

it is so cool to sit and hang out with these guys...i came upon this c ...

Updated: Apr 16, 2008 5:53pm CDT

My Smug Mug : my mugshot...

My Smug Mug

my mugshot...

Updated: Apr 16, 2008 3:59pm CDT

Professional Model Shoots

Updated: May 10, 2008 5:23pm CDT

Talley Family Fun

Updated: Jun 20, 2008 4:52pm CDT

Art Car Parade 2008 (Houston) : houston is home to the largest and oldest (and perhaps hottest) Art Car Parade...I try to go every year and was happy that this year I wasn't out of the country...I like the fact that all these peeps go all out on their art....

Art Car Parade 2008 (Houston)

houston is home to the largest and oldest (and perhaps hottest) Art Ca ...

Updated: May 20, 2008 5:07pm CDT

Norway : Norway,waterfall, fjords,jellyfish, waterfalls, preikestolen, manafossen, pulpit rock,climb,hike,stevanger

Norway

Norway,waterfall, fjords,jellyfish, waterfalls, preikestolen, manafoss ...

Updated: Jun 24, 2008 9:00am CDT

Your Bio

PLEASE HAVE PATIENCE--I AM LOADING PHOTOS OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO SO PRICES/DESCRIPTIONS/ETC ARE NOT AVAILABLE YET....

i like to be outdoors...i really like to be off the beaten path, away from concrete and enjoying the sights, sounds, smells and textures of nature…but even if it is simply walking my street; i like to be outdoors...this is not a new thing for me, for as a very young boy, i would walk the bayou near my home (actually called "Cullman's Gulley" in southeast houston)...it was a polluted trickle of a bayou, right smack in the middle of houston, but to me; it was The Great Outdoors with trees and running water and critters of all kinds...i guess, i learned early on that adventure can be found wherever you look...the photo taking is a more recent adventure for me...after drinking in all of nature's visual gifts over so many years of wandering; i began taking some of those gifts home with me---on film…

…i started with a 20 year old cannon and have upgraded a time or two but some of these photos were taken with what is now a 30 year old camera (held together literally with duct tape) which was bought "many wrinkles ago" for $75...i'd have to say that by far the best pictures that i have ever taken are of my children and huge family but those we will hold close and not share with the public...many or most of the photos that are posted on this website are from very near my old home in the memorial park area near downtown houston… but some have been taken on far flung trips...my travels have taken me to lots of incredible places; australia, colombia’s mountains and greenery, costa rica, nicaragua, italy, the uk, venezuela, mexico, china, peruvian mountains and bolivia's amazon basin, canada's rockies and orca islands, icey alaska, colorado’s mountains and rivers, the desserts of arizona, texas, nevada and new mexico, california & washington's coastal waters, utah's desserts-mountains and incredible canyons, florida's everglades and keys, the pacific northwest islands and rocks, mountains in the virginias and the rivers of arkansas and probably a longer list that doesn't pop to mind right now...

…but the great thing is that the bayous of texas' gulf coast and the flowers decorating my own yard are the subject of most of my cherished photos…

…i was told long ago that i live in a small little world and perhaps that; for me, is a very big place indeed...i hope you enjoy the photos and if you do; i hope to hear from you...as rilke says "there is much beauty here because there is much beauty everywhere..."

peace,


patrick