Life...through my eyes.

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I am an amateur photographer living in Idaho. I enjoy taking photos of the simple things in life that catch my eye. Thank you for taking time to stop by and view my photographs. I welcome any comments or suggestions you may have for me so please take a moment to sign my guestbook.

I hope you enjoy seeing "life, through my eyes" in these photos.

Thanks, Amy

“It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.” Henry David Thoreau
"Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old." Franz Kafka

Featured Galleries

Austria : A week in Austria during 4.13. Linz, Austria Mondsee, Austria Salzburg, Austria Berchtesgaden, Germany I'm certain this is one of the most beautiful areas of the world.

Austria

A week in Austria during 4.13. Linz, Austria Mondsee, Austria Salzbu ...

Updated: May 13, 2013 8:57pm PST

My Favorites : Best, to my eye. "Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter." Ansel Adams "There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs." ~Ansel Adams "Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop." -Ansel Adams

My Favorites

Redfish Lake, Stanley Idaho : The Sawtooth Mountains are my favorite mountain range in Idaho. Arguably Redfish Lake and the surrounding area near Stanley, Idaho are the most beautiful locations in Idaho. The mountains are majestic, the water is pristine, the beaches are made of soft orange sand. Take a look around, see if you agree with me. http://www.visitidaho.org/attraction/lakes-rivers/redfish-lake-little-redfish-lake/

Redfish Lake, Stanley Idaho

The Sawtooth Mountains are my favorite mountain range in Idaho. Argua ...

Updated: Sep 25, 2012 10:29pm PST

Daily Pics Project : I've decided to take & post a daily pic in this gallery. Most pics will be via cellphone camera, others via my Nikon D90. Either way with this project I will grab images of things that catch my eye.

Daily Pics Project

I've decided to take & post a daily pic in this gallery. Most pics wil ...

Updated: Jan 20, 2013 7:29pm PST

Galleries

Idaho : Views throughout Idaho “I never knew a man who felt self-important in the morning after spending the night in the open on an Idaho mountainside under a star studded summer sky. Save some time in your lives for the outdoors, where you can be witness to the wonders of God.” Frank Church, former U.S. Senator from Idaho.

Idaho

Only in Idaho : Sometimes I run across things that grab my attention and make me laugh. I thought I'd share those images in their own gallery here on smugmug. I have a dry sense of humor and I am not originally from Idaho.I dont mean to offend anyone, these just make me chuckle.

Only in Idaho

Sometimes I run across things that grab my attention and make me laugh ...

Updated: Oct 21, 2012 4:10pm PST

My Montana : I am from Montana. There is something absolutely wonderful about Montana. It is an energy, a peaceful tone or spirit, you feel the moment you arrive and that you sense is missing the moment you leave. Montana is a place of beautiful, vast extremes, each deserving of admiration: mountains to prairies, summer heat to bitter winter cold, pines to sagebrush, miles of peaceful solitude to the wave of a fellow Montanan passing by. And of course there is, above it all, the beautiful Big Sky. I am proud to be a Montanan. There really is "no place like home." Montana is truely the "Last Best Place" as it can't get any better than this. -Amy (Oh, and everyone loves a Montana girl.)

My Montana

Medicine Rocks, State Park, Montana : "Over an irregular tract of gently rolling sandy hills, perhaps about three quarters of a mile square, were scattered several hundred detached and isolated buttes or cliffs of sandstone, each butte from fifteen to fifty feet high, and from thirty to a couple of hundred feet across. Some of them rose as sharp peaks or ridges, or as connected chains, but much the greater number had flat tops like little table-lands. The sides were perfectly perpendicular, and were cut and channelled by the weather into the most extraordinary forms; caves, columns, battlements, spires, and flying buttresses were mingled in the strangest confusion. Many of the caves were worn clear through the buttes, and they were at every height in the sides, while ledges ran across the faces, and shoulders and columns jutted out from the corners. On the tops and at the bases of most of the cliffs grew pine trees, some of considerable height, and the sand gave every thing a clean, white look. Altogether it was as fantastically beautiful a place as I have ever seen: it seemed impossible that the hand of man should not have had something to do with its formation. " -Theodore Roosevelt, Hunting Trips of a Ranchman. http://fwp.mt.gov/mtoutdoors/HTML/articles/2005/medicinerocks.htm

Medicine Rocks, State Park, Montana

Black and White : "When you photograph people in colour you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in B&W, you photograph their souls!" ~Ted Grant

Black and White

Sepia : "Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity." - Charles Mingus

Sepia

North Dakota Heritage : Scenic views of rural North Dakota. "We loved a great many things- birds and trees and books and all things beautiful; and horses and rifles and children, and hard work, and the joy of life." - Theodore Roosevelt

North Dakota Heritage

Barns : "Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius

Barns

Signs : Sometimes we miss the things in plain sight.

Signs

Spirituality : "Two paths converged in a wood and I, I took the one less traveled by. And that has made all the difference." -Robert Frost "Then they asked him, "What must we do to do the works God requires? Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent." John 6:28 & 29

Spirituality

Patriotism : "The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself." -Benjamin Franklin "Where liberty is, there is my country." -Benjamin Franklin

Patriotism

"The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You ...

Updated: Nov 22, 2009 4:45pm PST

American Dog Derby 2009, Ashton, Idaho :

American Dog Derby 2009, Ashton, Idaho

Letters : Searching for letters began as a project my friend, K., introduced me to. I found that it offers me the opportunity to practice my photography skills and encourages me to "see" things from a different perspective. Once you start looking for letters, you can't help but to continue to see them, even in the most ordinary places.

Letters

Tetons : Magestic mountain views "There can be nothing in the world more beautiful than the Yosemite, the groves of the giant sequoias and redwoods, the Canyon of the Colorado, the Canyon of the Yellowstone, the Three Tetons; and our people should see to it that they are preserved for their children and their children's children forever, with their majestic beauty all unmarred." -Theodore Roosevelt

Tetons

Yellowstone : There's nothing else that compares to the unique beauty found in Yellowstone National Park. "There can be nothing in the world more beautiful than the Yosemite, the groves of the giant sequoias and redwoods, the Canyon of the Colorado, the Canyon of the Yellowstone, the Three Tetons; and our people should see to it that they are preserved for their children and their children's children forever, with their majestic beauty all unmarred." -Theodore Roosevelt

Yellowstone

Flowers : Gentle beauty.

Flowers

Nature; Trees, plants, and other vegetation : “We need to find God, and He cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.” - Mother Teresa

Nature; Trees, plants, and other vegetation

Western Heritage : "But if they ever saw a sunrise on a mountain mornin’, Watched those cotton candy clouds roll by, they'd know why I live beneath these Western Skies." - Chris Ledoux

Western Heritage

Western Wildlife : All creatures, great and small.

Western Wildlife

Long Term Parking : "Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius

Long Term Parking

Shane's gallery : The photos in this gallery were taken by Shane whom has quite the eye for a good photo opportunity. "We loved a great many things- birds and trees and books and all things beautiful; and horses and rifles and children, and hard work, and the joy of life." - Theodore Roosevelt

Shane's gallery

Trails End Ranch 30year Reunion, Ekalaka, Montana : MISSION: "To present a year-round quality Christian camping center as an evangelistic force for Jesus Christ; developing and training well-balanced Christians as an arm of local Gospel preaching churches." Trail’s End Ranch is located on 720 acres of beautiful hill country, 5 miles S.E. of Ekalaka, in the extreme Southeastern corner of Montana. It is in the middle of the Custer National Forest and surrounded by plains. Our Goals: To bring each camper to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. To disciple each camper and help him/her grow into a mature Christian. To deal with each one as an individual and help him/her develop physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, and spiritually into a well balanced individual. To encourage each camper to return home to serve the Lord, be a witness for Him, and become active in a local gospel preaching church. This year-round Christian camping ministry is a quality ranch style Sports and Adventure camp for all ages. TER is an independent, fundamental, home missionary ministry that emphasizes evangelism, discipleship and witnessing. It is a balanced ministry to the whole person. www.ter.org

Trails End Ranch 30year Reunion, Ekalaka, Montana

Windows : "Of all the memorable views, the best have been framed by Montana windows." -- The View from My Window, William Hjortsberg

Windows

Advancement Pictures for EIPS :

Advancement Pictures for EIPS

Updated: Nov 18, 2010 10:56pm PST

EIPS Fieldtrip Favorites :

EIPS Fieldtrip Favorites

Updated: Feb 28, 2009 7:36am PST

Our Akitas : "Let me be the person my dog thinks I am." "With exception of the Akita, there is no other dog that understands the feelings of its master" --Helen Keller

Our Akitas

Watertowers : Watertowers are the lifeforce of a community but often go unnoticed. I find them beautiful.

Watertowers

Good old shots : These are scans of original 35mm photos. Oldies, but still nice to see after all these years. "A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into." ~Ansel Adams

Good old shots

Grand Canyon : "Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter." ~Ansel Adams

Grand Canyon

Utah : "You don't take a photograph. You ask, quietly, to borrow it." ~Author Unknown

Utah

Las Vegas : "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas", except the photos which go onto smugmug.

Las Vegas

ConExpo :

ConExpo

My Favorites : Best, to my eye. "Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter." Ansel Adams "There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs." ~Ansel Adams "Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop." -Ansel Adams

My Favorites

What's New : My newest photos appear here first. Check back regularly as I try to add new photos weekly. “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” - Eleanor Roosevelt "A good snapshot stops a moment from running away." ~Eudora Welty

What's New

My newest photos appear here first. Check back regularly as I try to a ...

Updated: Dec 02, 2012 11:46am PST

My Smug Mug : "It's weird that photographers spend years or even a whole lifetime, trying to capture moments that added together, don't even amount to a couple of hours." ~James Lalropui Keivom

My Smug Mug

the Works of Others that Caught my Eye :

the Works of Others that Caught my Eye

Updated: Feb 03, 2010 8:51pm PST

Crows : Luke 12:24 (NIV) "Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!"

Crows

Family Reunion ND 8.09 :

Family Reunion ND 8.09

Updated: Jan 04, 2010 10:05am PST

Bayhorse, Idaho : "Bayhorse is an 1880's era Ghost Town. The Bayhorse Mines are silent now but a trip to the area will help you understand the trails and tribulations of the is historic site. Managed as a State Park as a unit of Land of the Yankee Fork State Park, Bayhorse demostrates that historic preservation and recrational use can be mutually beneficial. Come vist our unique site and see if you agree!" http://www.visitidaho.org or http://www.legendsofamerica.com/id-bayhorse.html "Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought." Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Nagyrapolt

Bayhorse, Idaho

"Bayhorse is an 1880's era Ghost Town. The Bayhorse Mines are silent n ...

Updated: Sep 20, 2009 10:16pm PST

Ashton Dog Derby 2010 : "This historic dog sled race that runs from Ashton, Idaho to Yellowstone Park, is an exciting experience for mushers and spectators alike. There are 5 different races offered and a start/finish line full of activities including a celebrity race, a snowshoe race, and a weight pull in which spectators and their dogs can compete. " www.americandogderby.org

Ashton Dog Derby 2010

"This historic dog sled race that runs from Ashton, Idaho to Yellowsto ...

Updated: Feb 20, 2010 11:40pm PST

Birch Creek, Idaho : 5.10 I went on a BLM Archaeologist-guided field trip to 2 Pictograph sites, Charcoal Kilns, and Gilmore located in the Birch Creek Valley, Idaho area and took the following pictures. Seeing these locations in person, and with my family, was a priviledged and moving experience for which I am grateful. These sites are fragile remnants of history and are vulnerable not only to the elements but also to modern-day people whom fail to appreciate their worth. If you have the opportunity to observe sites like these, please do so with reverence. (According to BLM literature Pictographs are "designs made on rock surfaces with colors obtained from certain minerals or vegetable materials mixed with grease and/or water." Petroglyphs on the other hand are "designs cut onto a rock surface by hammering, pecking, chiseling, or rubbing with some time of implement." "Common Pictograph pigments: Black: charcoal and sometimes manganese oxide are used. White: any chalky rock is used (chalk, soft limestone, diatomaceous earth or solidified volcanic ash) Red: This pigment is usually derived from red ochre (iron hematite or iron oxide). This is a nearly universal natural pigment found in many soils. Less Common Pictograph Pigments: Yellow: Limonite, a secondary mineral found in iron-rich rocks Green: Malachite, or copper rich rocks Blue: Azurite Limited pictograph dating in the Birch Creek and Little Lost River Valleys indicates that rock art is between 4,000 and 200 years old." (BLM)

Birch Creek, Idaho

5.10 I went on a BLM Archaeologist-guided field trip to 2 Pictograph s ...

Updated: May 17, 2010 8:29am PST

Wildhorse Creek, Idaho : I would argue that these mountains are of the most majestic that Idaho has to offer. Wildhorse Creek CG is located in the Sawtooth Mountains and the Challis National Forest, Idaho. The elevation is 7,400 ft at campsite and the mountain peaks are around 11,000+ feet. Simply Spectacular! “I never knew a man who felt self-important in the morning after spending the night in the open on an Idaho mountainside under a star studded summer sky. Save some time in your lives for the outdoors, where you can be witness to the wonders of God.” Frank Church, former U.S. Senator from Idaho

Wildhorse Creek, Idaho

I would argue that these mountains are of the most majestic that Idaho ...

Updated: Nov 29, 2010 1:28pm PST

Guest Book : I'd love to know you dropped by for a visit : I'd love to know you dropped by for a visit, so please take a moment to sign my guestbook. I welcome your comments and suggestions. Thanks again, Amy "There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer." Ansel Adams "A photograph is memory in the raw." ~Carrie Latet “You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.” - Eleanor Roosevelt

Guest Book : I'd love to know you dropped by for a visit

Mesa Falls, Cave Falls, Idaho :

Mesa Falls, Cave Falls, Idaho

Updated: Jun 13, 2011 9:32am PST

Custer & Bonanza City, Idaho. NEW! : “I never knew a man who felt self-important in the morning after spending the night in the open on an Idaho mountainside under a star studded summer sky. Save some time in your lives for the outdoors, where you can be witness to the wonders of God.” Frank Church, former U.S. Senator from Idaho. http://parksandrecreation.idaho.gov/parks/yankeefork.aspx

Custer & Bonanza City, Idaho. NEW!

“I never knew a man who felt self-important in the morning after spend ...

Updated: Jun 22, 2011 9:48pm PST

Wildhorse, Idaho : 2nd time around. 7.4.11 :

Wildhorse, Idaho : 2nd time around. 7.4.11

Updated: Sep 06, 2012 9:15am PST

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Gratitude

“God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say ...

Updated: Jul 12, 2011 9:26pm PST

Bannack Ghost Town, Montana : http://www.bannack.org/

Bannack Ghost Town, Montana

http://www.bannack.org/

Updated: Jul 18, 2011 10:58pm PST

Iron Bog, Idaho :

Iron Bog, Idaho

Updated: Sep 08, 2011 11:26pm PST

City of Rocks, SouthCentral Idaho : http://www.nps.gov/ciro/index.htm

City of Rocks, SouthCentral Idaho

http://www.nps.gov/ciro/index.htm

Updated: Dec 21, 2012 11:13pm PST

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SmugShots

Updated: Dec 11, 2011 10:06pm PST

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Artistically Interpreted Photographs

Updated: Feb 12, 2012 10:32pm PST

Camera Awesome Photos :

Camera Awesome Photos

Updated: Feb 17, 2013 10:25pm PST

Daily Pics Project : I've decided to take & post a daily pic in this gallery. Most pics will be via cellphone camera, others via my Nikon D90. Either way with this project I will grab images of things that catch my eye.

Daily Pics Project

I've decided to take & post a daily pic in this gallery. Most pics wil ...

Updated: Jan 20, 2013 7:29pm PST

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Sibbett family photo shoot

Updated: Jul 19, 2012 6:49am PST

Redfish Lake, Stanley Idaho : The Sawtooth Mountains are my favorite mountain range in Idaho. Arguably Redfish Lake and the surrounding area near Stanley, Idaho are the most beautiful locations in Idaho. The mountains are majestic, the water is pristine, the beaches are made of soft orange sand. Take a look around, see if you agree with me. http://www.visitidaho.org/attraction/lakes-rivers/redfish-lake-little-redfish-lake/

Redfish Lake, Stanley Idaho

The Sawtooth Mountains are my favorite mountain range in Idaho. Argua ...

Updated: Sep 25, 2012 10:29pm PST

Cataldo Mission, Idaho : The Idaho Cataldo Mission, Coeur d'Alene's Old Mission State Park. "The oldest standing building in all of Idaho is found in the Coeur d’Alene’s Old Mission State Park. The Mission of the Sacred Heart or Sacred Heart Mission was constructed between 1850 and 1853 by Catholic missionaries and members of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe. In the early part of the 19th century, the Coeur d’Alene Indians heard that a neighboring tribe had "medicine men" with great powers and decided they wanted this power for themselves. They traveled east and invited the "Blackrobes" (or Jesuit priests) to live among their people." http://parksandrecreation.idaho.gov/parks/oldmission.aspx

Cataldo Mission, Idaho

The Idaho Cataldo Mission, Coeur d'Alene's Old Mission State Park. "T ...

Updated: Jun 11, 2012 3:24pm PST

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Mary & Michael's Wedding 3.16.13

Updated: Mar 23, 2013 12:05pm PST

Mackay Idaho Mine Tour : Mackay, Idaho boasts some spectacular views of the Lost River Mountain Range in Central Idaho. This is an atv friendly town and offers an atv tour of historical area mining sites. What a beautiful place to visit. http://www.mackayidaho.com/mackayminehilltour.asp

Mackay Idaho Mine Tour

Mackay, Idaho boasts some spectacular views of the Lost River Mountain ...

Updated: Sep 25, 2012 10:40pm PST

Austria : A week in Austria during 4.13. Linz, Austria Mondsee, Austria Salzburg, Austria Berchtesgaden, Germany I'm certain this is one of the most beautiful areas of the world.

Austria

A week in Austria during 4.13. Linz, Austria Mondsee, Austria Salzbu ...

Updated: May 13, 2013 8:57pm PST

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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place...I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them." Elliot Erwitt