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“I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.” - Henry David Thoreau

Photography by Ralph Curtis

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I am a creative artist, passionate about photographing Wisconsin's wildlife, landscape, and nature. My photography journey began 20 years ago, focusing on documentary stories of animals and birds. It has been both my passion and my release. Every free moment, I could be found in the woods, swamps, and prairies, blending my love for the outdoors with my passion for photography. My photographic journey has led me to new subjects, such as woodland landscapes, and "Mystical Lanterns", , where I transform mushrooms and wild flowers into glowing works of art.

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Mushroom Lights Gallery

Laying on the forest floor, camera secured firmly to the ground, I feel at ease and my senses cleansed with all the smells, sights, and sounds of nature. I use multiple exposures and different lighting techniques to create these artistic images of mushrooms that appear to be the light source themselves, glowing in the dark.
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Wildflower Lights Gallery

Spending time in the prairie, before the sun comes up, I think about the vast prairies of history. Camera and tripod in hand, I create wildflower lights that show my way thru the prairie.
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Minimalism

Clean, simplistic, one on one photography
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Woodland Gallery

Deep in the shadows of the forest, it can be a challenge to seperate individual character trees from the chaos. of the woods.
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Wildlife Portfolio

Blending in with nature, when even the sight of the camera or tripod can scare off a creature on their home turf, I always try to get more than a shot, more than just a portrait. It is so important to have some type of habitat or unique lighting to separate a wildlife image from the "meh" zoo-like photo.
Wildlife Portfolio
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Exhibits

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Madison, Wisconsin

Spring 2024

University of Wisconsin - Madison

McPhearson Eye Institute Art Exhibit

Some of my latest imagery...
Please check in once in awhile and view and/or purchase one of my latest images.
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Creating "Mystical Lanterns"

I am a photographer who spends all of my photography time in nature.

Photographing woodland scenes, prairies, wildlife, wildflowers and mushrooms. To feed my passion for creating, I often create "Mystical Lanterns" while photographing flowers and mushrooms in the wild.

My process of creation consists of multiple underexposed shots, snot with a very shallow depth-of-fielld, which are focused stacked in Photoshop to create an image where the subject is the focal point caused by limited sharpness of just the subject in focus in a "night time" appearance. More exposures are made using flashlights, and other light sources, which create a subject that "glows". All captures are then composited in Photoshop, merging together to create a Mystical Lantern photograph.

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