My heart and prayers go out to the people of Moore, Oklahoma as they struggle to overcome and find their lives after the tornado tore through their town and life on May 20, 2013. The stories that are pouring out on the news are unbelievably heartbreaking.
You can find links on the side bar for more information about my work and products along with the music of Leannan Sidhe. Thank you for viewing, and for adding your prayers for those who struggle.
I had the opportunity to drive over Satus Pass and see some herds of Wild Horses, with nearly as many colts as adults. They are so beautiful to watch, and the herds were made up of all colors. What a great treat! My one zoom lens, an EF 55-250 IS just was not up to the challenge and the detail is not great on the shots… I had to crop them hard to show the horses big enough, but they are still worth seeing!
This next two shots brought back happy memories of childhood… my favorite book was The Black Stallion! This might be a mare, I could not tell for sure at that distance.. but it really made me smile!
And a zoom in on a colt with a mop top bristle of a mane, they were so adorable!
WOW, HUH???
On the same day I also saw a Black Bear sniffing along after a Cinnamon Bear… I can guess what he wanted! She was PURTY! lol
Then he noticed us watching from the road
But his chosen Lady was calling his name and leaving scent for him
So on down the hill he went after her
After one more glance to be sure we were not coming any closer they both disappeared down into the draw
We waited around for a few moments, and sure enough they came back up closer to us, but the Bitterbrush and Sage was so tall along the slope all we could see was the tops of their backs moving, until the big Black came to a Ponderosa Tree and stood up in the shelter of its branches to better see what we were up to. When he threw himself back down I think the ground shook… his fur rippled heavily. Needless to say we were staying right in by the truck ready to jump back in if necessary.
It was also a lovely wildflower day, but I will save that for another post! Thanks for looking, and PLEASE DO FEEL FREE TO SHARE MY POST AND MY PAGE ON YOUR FACEBOOK AND GOOGLE PLUS, DROP ME A COMMENT AND LET ME KNOW SO I CAN COME VISIT. I LOVE COMPANY!
Also check out the links in the sidebar for prints and calendars and books, and there is even a donation button for those who just enjoy seeing my work online and wish to help me be able to continue sharing. I would not EVEN be able to take all these photos or have sharing sites without the support of those who believed in me and helped me out to this point.My heart is full of gratitude!
Thanks so much for your visit!
After much learning I finally am opening
my SmugMug store.
Magical Kingdom of Aurora
I am still not happy with their pricing system, so I am going to set up a discount code to use on the Thin Wraps, Canvas Wraps, and Metal Prints. Meanwhile you can still go directly through me on those items via email at starlisa.black@gmail.com The discount code will be about 35% off the listed prices.
Feel free to give me suggestions or feedback if you see something not working well, or you can help me make it better.
I also still have books and calendars, you can find information in the sidebar menu under Calendars and Books..
Final hours to help this amazing elder of our country who has a dream of returning before he dies to the beached of Normandy where so long ago he and many others helped win a major war. This man is an Oregon legend, fishing like no one else and bringing his big grin to the hearts of many.
With all the friends and contacts I have if each of us even put in $1 or $5 or even $25 to help, we could make a real difference in his life with the help of Uncage the Soul Productions and Ben Canales
who has brought us the timelapse videos “Finding Oregon” and “Finding Portland”
this new project of these folks is a heartwarming one that can change the lives of others.
http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=50fd65d12c8ad3e5bc0c1e2ce&id=684bd68858&e=3c96b3bd13
I have been neglecting my Blog! Spring has sprung along with many things that need to be done or photographed, so forgive me for my slowness in this regard. I will offer you up many newer images for your enjoyment as a thank you and appreciation!
PLEASE CHECK OUT THE LINKS ON THE SIDE BAR. I DO HAVE CALENDARS AND BOOKS AVAILABLE, AND I DO SPECIAL ORDERS OF PRINTS, METAL PRINTS, THIN WRAPS, OF MOST ANY IMAGE YOU SEE ON MY PAGES ONLINE. FLICKR HAS THE LARGEST COLLECTION CURRENTLY. FACEBOOK IS ALWAYS THE MOST CURRENT POSTINGS. I NOW HAVE A SMUG MUG SITE SETTING UP BUT NOT YET READY FOR STOREFRONT USE.
I am able to take debit cards, cash, check and money orders.
Thank you for coming to see!
I just got back from a week in Utah. I will do a longer post soon with more photos but will give you the brief highlights here. I was able with the help of others to go to my aunts funeral and visit with family. I also made a three-day trip To Arches National Park which was wonderful. Coming home we had a Vehicle malfunction in Pendleton, Oregon, however we made it on home by midnight with the help of AAA and friends and family.
Good morning To all my friends
I have been pretty quiet lately haven’t I? It has been a sad and sweet week and I thought I would just share a little of it with you.
As you might realize I struggle along in life financially and in other ways and yet I still find beauty to share with others. My little 96 Nissan pick up is getting worn out and it is only because of the generosity of others that I have a good camera. People who believe in me have gifted me the cameras I use and the laptop on which I process my photos and order big pictures for selling and sharing. I believe in the goodness of people. That is what my mother taught me and it has true in my life.
This week has been full of evidence of that goodness. I got word that my last living Auntie is very near death in Utah. Family is very important to me and I really wanted to be there with her and her family. When my own parents each died family from Utah came here for their funerals and to support us. That is what family does. My older brothers and sisters are all unable to travel down there due to infirmity or distance. I am really really want to be a representation for our family and could not imagine how I could pull together the money to get down there.
To top it all off in the middle of this my little old laptop, which was a gift, crashed and burned. My ability to keep working on more pictures and orders was gone.
I told my story on Facebook and to people I saw in town and also Advertised a 40% off sale on all my images hanging at the White Salmon Community Library this month. All the money I had went into creating this show and before it a smaller show at our hospital.
By the way the hospital was the most wonderful place to have my pictures. My stated goal of bringing light and the healing of nature into people’s hearts to help them when times are hard was very successful. I got to witness people on their way in for appointments or visiting people who were sick or working there as doctors and nurses and custodians, as they stopped in their tracks, took a deep breath and relaxed while looking at the Images of nature.
Back to the story, I have been in Awe at the outpouring of encouragement and generosity of people both far and near. There have been people drive up from Portland to buy a book or picture, people in town have come to buy pictures for their office or home, and others far away have simply donated money. I now have enough to make the trip to Utah to see family. That alone means the world to me. I had planned on making a trip to see my daughter in Seattle and go to her concert, and she told me that one of us needed to go to Utah and I should take that money I was going to use to see her and go show our support for family. The last time I was on a plane must’ve been 20 or 30 years ago But I know my truck won’t be good for the trip so I’m getting brave.
Another miracle… People have been stepping up to offer their used computers to me, or their services in building a new computer when I get the money for parts.
Meanwhile my 40% off sale at the White Salmon Library will continue through the end of the week. If any of you are in the area and take a trip up the Gorge you should stop by!
I would like very much like to give a huge thank you To the community of White Salmon and beyond to people around the world for their support and help in times of need
If you would like to order something or help donate towards a computer there is a help bucket donation button in the sidebar of this page
Thank you all
Darlisa Black
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Have you had moments in life when the sun suddenly pops out from behind the clouds and grabs you attention, telling you “GO THIS WAY NOW!!!”? I had one of those Monday morning.
I headed out early in hopes of a good sunrise, and although sunrise fizzled I still got to spend a couple hours in a magical green kingdom far above the busy world below. Rolling on moss beds taking photos of Grass Widows and moss, and River far below, in a world apart. Yes it was a bit cold, but I was well prepared.. Sure the wind was a lot to take while shooting flowers, but there were calmer moments. A perfect morning simply discovering the details in a place not far from home that i had never seen before.
Grass Widows along the bluff above the Columbia River
THere were bits of history laying about too, parts of life from long ago.
and across the river I can almost see my home among the many homes in White Salmon, Washington.
and there was even a hint of a rainbow in the distance on Underwood Mountain!
ALSO a reminder before I go… I have my gallery show at the White Salmon Community Library until the last Saturday in March.. not much time left to go check it out if you are in the area! Turnout has been amazing, and feedback has totally surprised and recharging to my spirit, thank you to all who have given me such lavish feedback!
You can also check out my side bar links, under Calendars and Books tab, to find galleries detailing my available photo books.
Thank you!
Darlisa Black
Starlisa Black Photography
Sunset in the Columbia Gorge on 02/02/2013 from White Salmon, WA
I have been working hard on creating a SmugMug site. At this point i have not paid to upgrade to Pro, and so I do not have a store enabled, but when I am ready to make that change it should be easy. At that point I will tie my website and SmugMug site together better, but meanwhile here is a PREVIEW OF MY SMUGMUG GALLERIES if you would like to come poke around. It is still under construction, and feedback on design and ease of use is VERY WELCOME!
Meanwhile I have happy news, my Artist Reception at the White Salmon Library was an amazing success thanks to my many friends and family and a few random passersby. There were 60-70 in attendance, and several people made print orders. The show is still hanging until the last Saturday of March, and if you contact me I can try to meet you there!
Thanks everyone!
Darlisa Black
STARLISA BLACK PHOTOGRAPHY
Darlisa Black PO Box 190, Husum, WA 98623 http://www.starlisablackphotography.com
EMAIL: starlisa.black@gmail.com
My Mother and Father taught me to love the world around me… and if I can help others to see with new eyes and find joy by showing that beauty through photography. I have accomplished my hearts goal. Husum, WA is my childhood home and I consider home to be anywhere from Mount Adams to the Columbia River. I give thanks to my parents for their love for Nature and God, and for the years we spent immersed in nature as i grew up in this paradise.
I do NOT have a storefront, but you can contact me about special orders . MORE INFORMATION in sidebar links under Calendars and Books
CURRENT EVENTS:
February 2013 is a showing at Skyline Hospital, and
March 2013 will be a showing in the White Salmon Library with an Artist Reception March 9, 6-8 pm.
Photo notecards can be purchased locally at Artisan’s Jewelry and Gallery, in White Salmon; and in Heavenly Grounds in Trout Lake; as well as The Hood River Hotel gift shop. In the summer I can often be found at the Trout Lake Saturday market with my new photo books, calendars, cards and prints. Here is another link for a PDF brochure about Trout Lake, in Klickitat County, WA.
LINKS for my Photos online:
IN THE SIDEBAR ON THIS PAGE are links to all my photo sharing sites such as Facebook, Flickr, and Google+ as well as my other blog “In Search of Life’s Beauty”.
Keeping up with this modern age of social media and such has finally pushed me into the modern age and I can now take debit and credit cards with my iPhone, as well as Paypal, cash and checks… got it covered! I do not yet have an internet storefront however.
Most of my images are available as prints of many sizes, as well as Metal Prints, Thin Wraps, Canvas Gallery Wraps of most sizes.
There have been several gallery showings of my photography in 2011-2013
PREVIOUSLY SHOWN
at Grounds Espresso and North Shore Cafe, and The Inn of the White Salmon, and North Shore Clinic in White Salmon, Washington; Three finalist images in the Chasing the Light Show in the Columbia Art Gallery in Hood River, Oregon in August 2012.
December 2012 and January 2013 was a photo exhibit at Solstice Wood Fired Cafe in Bingen, WA.
Published Works:
Several of my images have now been published in books, magazines and calendars . Here are a few examples
“Weather Guide Calendar” by Accord Publishing has featured some of my rainbows and lenticular Clouds for 4 years running (2011, 2012 both have full page month images and 2013 had a small Lenticular image. 2014 will have a full size Lightning photo)
“Weather of the Pacific Northwest” by Cliff Mass, atmospheric scientist at University of Washington, is an excellent weather book for the Northwest, and includes a lenticular image over Mount Adams. On his weather blog, Cliff posted about my work, calling me a “SKY POET”. I liked that! I am particularly fond of Lenticular clouds and have a large collection of images featuring these unusual formations, and am known on Flickr as the Queen of Lenticulars! That bit makes me chuckle… as I know I am no queen! But I thank my Flickr and Facebook friends for the encouragement.
Cross Country Magazine has printed two of my Lenticular images in an article on Mountain Wave Clouds
The Stranger Magazine, Seattle Magazine, and others have published images of mine, and many have been shown on news stations such as KOIN 6 and KPTV 12 over the last three years.
“The Infinity Loop”, a travel guide published by Clackamus County had a Gorge and Mount Hood image on the cover in
2011
On another note… I have two website addresses, starlisa.net currently points to this blog as the website with that name was hacked and I have yet to fix things!
Thank you for coming to VISIT!!!
