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Butterfly season!

It is summertime here in Flagstaff, Arizona, and butterflies abound. As of today I have posted 18 of my beautiful butterfly photos to my business webpage on Fine Art America. Please shop as you browse! But because I so value my viewers and customers, here is one just for you. Download it for free (preserving…

jwilce

August 6, 2023

#butterflies, #colors, #FlagstaffArizona, #flowers, #insects, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photography, OM1 camera

#Arizona, #getolympus, #insects, #nature, #northern Arizona, #olympusphotography, #photography, Flagstaff
Wow! My lightning photo featured by THREE FAA groups! Here it is, folks— you’ll find it for sale on Fine Art America. (The gorgeous version can be found by clicking the bold words above, but and here is a preview):

jwilce

July 30, 2023

#photography

Arizona monsoon, Fine Art America, lightning, lightning photos
“Silhouetted Birds In Flight” a great display on FAA! Here is your gateway to a free look at 78 wonderful photos! Many are of birds at sunset, backlit for stunning effect. Enjoy these. Yes, I have a couple up among them. And yes, I am a learner among photographers who posted the other 76— WOW!…

jwilce

July 28, 2023

#bird photography, light and shadow, silhouettes

#birds, #sunsets, birdsinflight, Fine Art America
New photos on FAA!

wilcephotos says, “please shop big or bug photos!” 😉 From big to bug: Deer and butterfly If you like these two photos, you’ll love the two similar pix I just posted. Click here for the Southwestern Azure and this one for the mule deer photos on Fine Art America. Please shop while you’re there!!

jwilce

July 22, 2023

#butterflies, #digital cameras, #FlagstaffArizona, #flowers, #northern Arizona, #OlympusE-M1-Markii camera, #outdoor photography, #photography, #technological improvement, #wildlife photography, animal behavior, FAA: Fine Art America, goingpro, holiday gifts, insect photography, Mirrorless cameras, OM1 camera

#Arizona, #butterflies, #fineartphotography, #getolympus, #insects, #lepidoptera, #nature, #northern Arizona, #olympusphotography, #photography, #wildlife photography, backyard wildlife, Fine Art America, Flagstaff, mule deer, tans
It’s great when other photographers notice!

Fine Art America (FAA) is a wonderful artists’ community. We photographers post our work there— and, often, to sell it. But the other reward for good work is the community’s recognition. It has warmed my heart to get such recognition! And by a variety of the marvelous groups in FAA. I have gathered some of…

jwilce

July 20, 2023

#bird photography, #butterflies, #FlagstaffArizona, #insects, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #sunsets, #wings, OM1 camera, panoramas, panoramic art, professionalism

#Arizona, #getolympus, #nature, #northern Arizona, #olympusphotography, #photography, fineartamerica, Flagstaff
“A Butterfly Named Doris” revisited

In late 2021 I blogged about one of the glorious butterflies I’d photographed at Butterfly Wonderland in Scottsdale, Arizona. I have revisited the photo of “Doris longwing”, editing it in new ways, from scratch. Many products incorporating this photo are for sale h!ere. While you’re there, see what other photos of mine are for sale!…

jwilce

July 9, 2023

#butterflies, #digital cameras, #insects, #OlympusE-M1-Markii camera, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #wings, FAA: Fine Art America, insect behavior, insect photography, Mirrorless cameras, Photo Editing, professionalism

#Arizona, #butterflies, #butterflyphotography, #getolympus, #insects, #olympusphotography, #photography
FAA “Birds” Contest

FIne Art America sponsoring “Birds” art contest I think you will love browsing through all of the submissions to this Fine Art America contest. The “Birds” contest has 1219 images! Most are photographs, but some are other artistic media. Voting (restricted to FAA members) ends in two days. After that, the set of contest images…

jwilce

June 25, 2023

#bird photography, #OlympusE-M1-Markii camera, #outdoor photography, #parks, #photoblog, #photography, #technology, #wildlife photography, #wings, Arizona, bird photography, bird photos, FAA: Fine Art America, Mirrorless cameras, outdoor photography, rural America, Uncategorized, wildlife photography

#Arizona, #BillWilliamsRiver, #birds, #getolympus, #nature, #olympusphotography, #photography, BillWilliamsRiverNationalWildlifeRefuge, DeadhorseStateParkArizona
Photos and Father

Suggestions from WilcePhotos/ Fine Art America Option #1: Father Sky What more appropriate theme for Father’s Day than photos displaying the beauty, power, and majesty of Father Sky! Click here to see gift possibilities in my collection “Dawn Skies.” Option 2: Cheer Your Father Up With Creatively Named Photos that will make him chuckle Does…

jwilce

June 16, 2023

#clouds, #nightsky, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #technology, FAA: Fine Art America, outdoor photography

#getolympus, #gifts, #olympusphotography, #photography, Father's Day, Fathers Day, Photo gifts
WilcePhotos Sells Landscape!

Wow, someone in California just bought a 36×12″ print of a photo I took while visiting my hometown, Claremont. Here is the announcement on Fine Art America! Given my goal, of re-branding myself and my work, emphasizing landscape photographs, this is very encouraging. Thank you so much for your encouragement! A gift for you now—…

jwilce

May 24, 2023

#bird photography, #clouds, #digital cameras, #FlagstaffArizona, #northern Arizona, #OlympusE-M1-Markii camera, #outdoor photography, #photography, #technological improvement, Arizona, FAA: Fine Art America, goingpro, Mirrorless cameras, Mountains, outdoor photography, San Francisco Peaks

#Arizona, #getolympus, #landscapephotography, #nature, #northern Arizona, #olympusphotography, #photography, #wilcephotos, emotional photographs, Flagstaff, storm clouds
Linguists In Hollywood Meets Struggling Photographer

I published the article “Linguists in Hollywood” in 1999 as editor of the Society for Linguistic Anthropology column in Anthropology News. It is probably my most read article. Maybe you’re seeing this because you want to read it. Well here it is! Ah, but wait— this former (retired) academic is now a photographer! I am…

jwilce

May 20, 2023

#photography, professionalism

academia, going pro, hollywood, linguistic anthropology, linguists, scifi, star trek
Landscape photography

Mixed feelings about re-branding wilcephotos I am in the midst of branding or re-branding wilcephotos. Hence I have temporariliy de-activated my Shopify store. Let me tell you about it. The sequence of three doctored photos below says a lot about my feelings about re-branding wilcephotos, my business identity/ FB Business page with a new focus…

jwilce

May 19, 2023

#FlagstaffArizona, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photography, #Urban Landscapes, #wildlife photography, animal behavior, Arizona, Canon EOS Rebel Cameras, goingpro, Mammals, outdoor photography, Photo Editing, Sotware, wildlife photography

#landscapephotography, #nature, #northern Arizona, #photography, Flagstaff
Ready?

Contest! Help the online group “Wonder of Wings select its next avatar! Online Fine Art America Groups have “avatars,” which are images that represent group members as a whole, and the group’s focus. One of the great groups to which I belong is “Wonder of Wings.” Members post photos of critters with wings, be they…

jwilce

April 22, 2023

#photography, art contests

fineartamerica
Gifts? Look no further!

I encourage you to take a look here at my most beautiful photographs, each available in the form of products from phone cases to t-shirts to puzzles and canvas prints! Click on the word “here” (above) or on this graphic, which captures something of the range of photos available on my fineartamerica page!

jwilce

April 9, 2023

#California, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photography, Arizona, California, FAA: Fine Art America, holiday gift ideas, holiday gifts, Mirrorless cameras, panoramic art, Sunrises

#photography, Sedona
Buffalo Park

and McMillan Mesa Together, these are adjacent places of ever changing beauty throughout the day and seasons. As you can read here, Buffalo Park is also rich with history. Speaking of Buffalo Park… I just posted this image today (4/6/23) (see the thumbnail below). I also launched a new collection on my Fine Art America…

jwilce

April 5, 2023

#FlagstaffArizona, #parks, #photography, Flagstaff Parks

Buffalo Park
wilcephotos on Etsy!

Some of you may be really into Etsy. Others might be open to visiting it. Well, the news is that I am selling digital copies of some of my beautiful SKY photos as phone wallpaper on Etsy. (The chipmunk has not YET found its way into phone wallpaper.) Just click here! Comments? Questions? Requests for…

jwilce

April 3, 2023

#photography