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Turning Misfortune into Opportunity: A Photographic Journey

June 8, 2016 By Val Weston 7 Comments

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Each April I return to the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont for the spring photography workshop led by the fabulous Bill Lea. While it's largely a family reunion for me and I love … [Read more...] about Turning Misfortune into Opportunity: A Photographic Journey

Filed Under: Photography, Uncategorized Tagged With: bill lea, cades cove, elkmont, foothills parkway, great smoky mountains, great smoky mountains institute at tremont, infrared, macro photography, nature photography, steve zigler, sue milinkovich, tom vadnais

Death Valley Super Bloom

March 2, 2016 By Val Weston 6 Comments

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A few weeks ago, I got to shuttle myself out to Death Valley National Park for the Super Bloom. Unfortunately I had to be there President's Day weekend. That's simply how life works sometimes. I had … [Read more...] about Death Valley Super Bloom

Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: california, death valley, death valley national park, nevada

Nevada’s Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge

August 19, 2015 By Val Weston Leave a Comment

Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge

Tucked off of the very busy Highway 93, 80 miles north of Las Vegas, you'll find Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge. This Nevada oasis seems horribly overlooked by the cars and trucks hurtling … [Read more...] about Nevada’s Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge

Filed Under: Outdoors, Photography, Uncategorized Tagged With: camping, infrared, nevada

Exploring Cathedral Gorge State Park

July 30, 2015 By Val Weston 2 Comments

Back in May, I set out on another mega road trip to regain my Val-ness. After Overland Expo in Arizona, I mozied my way to Great Basin National Park in northeast Nevada. I then headed south to … [Read more...] about Exploring Cathedral Gorge State Park

Filed Under: Outdoors, Photography, Uncategorized Tagged With: cathedral gorge, cathedral gorge state park, hiking, nevada, nevada state parks

Foundations

May 8, 2015 By Val Weston 2 Comments

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Back in March I wrote about why it's important to keep your bucket full. But I realized my thoughts at the time were an incomplete picture of the tools needed to weather unfortunate life events. A … [Read more...] about Foundations

Filed Under: Life, Photography, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: hiking, knitting

Healing and Joy

February 27, 2015 By Val Weston Leave a Comment

Right now in my life, my biggest task to address everyday is healing. Of both the physical and emotional sort. Everyday is a mental tennis match between knowing I'm getting better and the weariness of … [Read more...] about Healing and Joy

Filed Under: Life, Motorcycling, Outdoors, Photography, Uncategorized Tagged With: joy, will clay

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