Jefferson Memorial Canvas Print

Photographing any of the monuments in and along the Washington Mall in the District of Columbia is an enjoyable time. With less people, cooler air, and opportunistic cloud cover, the visits here are never taken lightly. With time to ponder what these monuments represent is nothing short of humbling.

I am a San Diego based landscape and wildlife photographer, born and raised in Stockton, Illinois ( the 'S' is - not - pronounced ). I am one of the many that came to San Diego for a visit and just kept delaying my plans to go home. Although my heart is still pulled to the rural and slower lifestyle of growing up in farm country, my life is in and around San Diego. Over the years, I've grown to appreciate the big city lifestyle, but I always crave getting outside, discovering new places, reaching for those places that remind me of my youth, and to find connections with folks that are also from Northwest Illinois. My love for photography was born out my creative instincts. During my professional training in advertising design, a course in...