Juried BOMH artist Greg Kluempers – Blog Update – November 2015
Hello,
The last six or seven months have been very exciting. I participated in a photo workshop in May at Monument Valley with stops in Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico. In June, I was in Washington and Oregon shooting the coast, Columbia River Gorge and the Palouse area in Washington. In October I made another trip to Colorado and saw the most amazing sunset of my life. In Missouri I visited the Ozarks Scenic Riverways area twice, St. Charles, Hermann and New Haven. In Illinois I did some shooting in Alton and Grafton.
The Monument Valley trip in the spring offered many opportunities to capture classic southwest and historic images from that area.
Monument Valley (Navajo: Tse Bii Ndzisgaii, meaning valley of the rocks) is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of vast sandstone buttes, the largest reaching 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor. It is located on the Arizona-Utah state line, near the Four Corners area. The valley lies within the range of the Navajo Nation Reservation and is accessible from U.S. Highway 163.
Monument Valley
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/monument-valley-mittens-az-dsc03662-greg-kluempers.html
Totem Pole N The Yei Bi Chei
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While in New Mexico I spent some time driving along Old Route 66.
An old Santa Fe Box Car used as a storage shed.
Grandview Motel Route 66 near Albuquerque
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Of course while in the area I couldn’t resist getting new images of my two favorite narrow gauge railroads.
Durango-Silverton Railroad
Cumbres-Toltec Railroad New Mexico
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In Washington I have wanted to go to the Palouse area to photograph the farms and rolling hills of crops. While there I also took advantage of shooting the Oregon coast and Columbia River Gorge.
Old Barn and Winding Road
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/old-barn-on-the-road-palouse-wa-dsc04937-greg-kluempers.html
Textures of the Landscape
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/fields-of-grain-palouse-wa-dsc04705-greg-kluempers.html
Canon Beach Oregon
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/cannon-beach-oregon-dsc04265-greg-kluempers.html
Multnomah Water Falls Oregon
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/multnomah-water-falls-oregon-dsc05331-greg-kluempers.html
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In October I was back in Colorado chasing fall colors. The highlight of that trip was a Sunset in the Ohio Pass area. This was one of the most amazing sunsets that I have ever witnessed. A storm was rolling in and the colors started changing in the east and spread to an unbelievable color display for 360 degrees. It seems like it continued for half an hour.
Sunset Ohio Pass Colorado
Sunset Ohio Pass Colorado
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/ohio-pass-colorado-sunset-dsc07574-5-6-greg-kluempers.html
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Finally back in Missouri and Illinois. I visited the Ozarks Scenic Riverways area twice, once in the spring and then in the fall. My mission was to get some shots of the historic mills, springs and the wild horses.
Alley Spring Mill
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/alley-spring-mill-fall-mo-dsc09240-greg-kluempers.html
Alley Spring
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/alley-spring-rapids-fall-mo-dsc09212-greg-kluempers.html
Missouri Wild Horses
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/wild-horses-missouri-ozarks-dsc09347-greg-kluempers.html
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These are a couple of images a little closer to home.
An aerial shot of the St. Louis River Front
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/st-louis-river-front-dsc08744-greg-kluempers.html
An aerial shot of the Missouri Botanical Garden
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/mo-botanical-garden-fall-dsc08829-greg-kluempers.html
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You can find my work at the following Galleries in the St. Louis Area:
Clayton Fine Art Gallery
21 N. Bemiston | Clayton, MO 63105
Missouri Artists on Main
321 S. Main St. | St. Charles, MO 63301
Picture This & More
520A W. Delmar | Alton, IL 62002
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All of the products shown below are available on my website www.greg-kluempers.artistwebsites.com. The prices are a combination of my mark-up and FAA’s material and delivery costs. Until the end of the year I am offering a 10% discount on my mark-up. Apply this Discount Code when ordering: NTTJSG
Greg Kluempers
Photo websites: www.a-good-eye.com
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www.facebook.com/kluempers.photography
Walking group: www.meetup.com/walkers-182/
Florissant, MO 63031
“You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.” – Ansel Adams
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