Author: Kristen WestlakeBio: Kristen Westlake grew up in rural Wisconsin. A highly energized youngster, she delighted in adventure, running, roaming, and stopping to watch wild animals for hours. Her childhood passions transcended into her adult life. Combining Kristen the athlete, nature photographer, adventurer, outdoorswoman, and entrepreneur, she inspires others to live their dreams simply by living her own. Mission Statement: Absorbed in photographic surroundings for hours, I don’t take pictures I make them. Taking implies the hurried feeling of rushing in and gathering up something that is not mine. Making is co-creating with my surroundings, spending the time to get to know the land and Her creatures, and experiencing first hand the dance of life, by dancing with it. My photographs are simply the result of my experiences and surroundings. Photographing nature is an adventure that requires both physical and mental stamina and results in spiritual growth. My intention is to communicate the voice of nature through my photography. The simplicity that allows one to hear his or her inner voice happens in nature, away from the chaos of everyday pressures, labels, expectations, and deadlines. The greatest gift that I can give to others, through my photography, is that same gift that nature has given to me; inspiration, wisdom, experience, the ability to hear nature’s voice as well as my own inner voice. I realized that in order to follow my dreams I had to stop just dreaming them and start living them. Someday never comes, the time is now. Keep dreaming and then do the dream to make it real. The road will reveal itself along your journey. I want to arrive at the destination w Methods behind this 85mm PCE imageJanuary 4, 2017 The Christmas TrainDecember 7, 2016 How to change the Perspective of the moon relative to a subject with a long focal lengthDecember 4, 2016 The Supermoon superstar November 15, 2016 The Supermoon kisses Trinity Lutheran November 15, 2016 Supermoon time lapsed pattern over Holy Hill November 15, 2016 the Omnipotent – Time Lapse Still of Lightning at DuskNovember 11, 2016 Wisconsin State Capitol from the Ice at NightNovember 10, 2016 Atop Gibraltar RockNovember 1, 2016 The Reign of Stars – Star Trails fromNovember 1, 2016 A drive through the backroads for Fall Color in Michigan’s Upper PeninsulaOctober 4, 2016 Moki Dugway – Life is a HighwayAugust 31, 2016 Kristen Westlake’s OUTDOOR ARTIST RECEPTION! Sunday, August 21August 20, 2016 Presets Review: sleeklens workflow for Lightroom and PhotoshopAugust 9, 2016 Milky Way and Star TrailsJuly 30, 2016 Kristen’s Race of Faith to beat Breast Cancer – the full experience in a pdfJuly 25, 2016 After Cancer : Stronger than Ever in Faith, Spirit, Body and MindJuly 25, 2016 Lightning and Lightning bugs play with an abandoned stone houseJuly 23, 2016 Fourth of July Kiddos – Wauwatosa ParadeJuly 8, 2016 4th of July Parade – submariners Wauwatosa, WIJuly 5, 2016 Posts navigation Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … 18 Next