Scott's NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY INFO My true passion for the outdoors came to be, when I spent much of my childhood traveling among the National Parks of the west coast, USA. This gave me ample opportunities to be enthralled by all of the intricacies I saw in nature around me. As I got older, I developed an interest in nature photography which became a cherished hobby during my years living in Colorado. I believe that being engulfed in nature is both a physical and emotional healing experience. I use my photos as a way to give the outside world a glimpse into its outstanding beauty. I recently have learned about a practice called 'Forest Bathing', which simply refers to spending time in the forest or nature being used as a form of 'medicine'. Taking in the forest atmosphere. Here is a website that explains more details: Forest Bathing (Time magazine) , and t here is a book listed there which I have and feel that it is very good at explaining how/why nature heals in so many ways we are not aware of. I feel that it has been very helpful in my life of challenging medical history and rehab. ...with my knee surgery in April of '23 and then the second because the first didn't work in July '23. So far its going good but not totally healed yet. We'll see, cross my fingers and do what PT and Dr say. Its not going to be perfect as the professional athletes show us by having reoccurring knee problems later in their careers. Will post something later as an update. More likely to post something on Facebook sooner. So check that out too. Link to Facebook is below. Subscribe Now Give Us Your Feedback We’d love to hear what you thought about us. First name Last name Email What did you like best? How can we improve? Rate Us Poor Fair Good Very good Excellent Send Feedback Thanks for sharing your feedback with us! © 2020 by Scott Ludgin. Proudly created with Wix.com

Colorado Photography Colorado Photography Boulder Falls IMG_4544_HDR IMG_1092-Edit Wildflowers Tenmile Range wildflowers Rawah Wilderness Lots of reeds and grass mixed within the valley. Quandary Peak My strong and courageous doggy Shasta Columbine Flower Close up view of the stamen pointing outwards right in the middle Elephant Head Wildflower Wildflowers near Crested Butte. Also scattered around Colorado in other valleys. Holy Cross Wilderness I was hiking around the wilderness and just happen to see a rainbow with a good view. Magnificent. Calypso Orchid Hard to find very unique flowers. Paradise Divide Hallet Peak from Dream Lake snowshoe trip up to Dream Lake with a gorgeous view of the surrounding mountains in the morning.

Salisbury beach Nice sunrise with the sun up high enough to show the grass in the foreground with the small fence. Portland Head Light Portland Head Light at sunrise in the distance in Maine. Park in Haverhill, MA A trail through a park inside the town with a good size lake and trail several miles all the way around. Portland Head Light Different Colors at Head Light in Maine Acadia National Park, MA Rocky Coast in Acadia National Park IMG_0330.jpg IMG_0477.jpg IMG_0467.jpg

Seagulls Seagulls along the coast IMG_7069.jpg Moose-IMG_2599.jpg IMG_1548.jpg IMG_3026.jpg IMG_9824.jpg IMG_1249.jpg IMG_0908.jpg

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Maroon Bells Colorado with mom at Crater Lake, over 10,000+ feet high. 4 miles roundtrip About Me I grew up in Northern California and as a kid I traveled a lot on family vacations to National Parks and other beautiful locations. In high school I got into B&W photography. After College I moved to Denver, CO and fell in love with hiking, getting really into it and did a little bit of backpacking. I went on many several day adventures to seek out more nature in the Colorado area. Since most of it was on my own I didn't do much backpacking. When with friends I didn't bring my heavy film camera from the 70's, since it would just slow me down even more. Now I have a really nice 20 MP Digital SLR camera that is pretty light although bulky but I don't have many people to hike with and a leg that is still healing. 20 years ago I was in a severe snowboarding injury and suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury. Several months after I learned how to walk again but slow to regain hiking. Thats when I got a DSLR camera and got to be creative and not spend the money on film and developing. The second summer afterwards I went on a backpacking trip with some friends that were very accommodating for me helping carry equipment and such. Even missing a ligament I was still able to cross a small creek on a fallen tree. (see pic below). I had my trekking pole but obviously didn't use it crossing on the tree. With a new digital SLR camera I had quality images and the ability to edit in Photoshop which I learned pretty good. I don't really edit very much just mainly bringing out detail in areas that are lacking pop or attention to detail. I went on a Photo workshop led by John Fielder a famous nature photographer in Colorado. I told him about my injury so he knew my limitations of my memory and going slow because of my knee. At the end I told him that I went to visit the ski patrol where I had my injury and brought my homemade pizza to share with them. I make the dough and did it all from scratch, except making the toppings. I went to his gallery a week later and said hi where I asked him if he would like to try some of my homemade pizza. (I had nothing to lose). Many months later he came over and I cooked a couple pizza and then asked near the end if he had any openings at his gallery. Whoa! He talked to the director of the gallery as he was the owner and wasn't running day to day operations. So I went in for an interview and got a job as a gallery assistant. After working there a year or so he invited me on a couple workshops for free to learn more. Later he asked me if I wanted to go backpacking. Hmmmm, let me think. :). I said yes and he brought 2 llamas to carry the load since I couldn't carry much and he was getting older (60's). It was a 3 night adventure and I think 25 miles total. Ten years ago I moved to Massachusetts to be closer to some family. I haven't been able to go on as many hikes recently as I don't know very many nature photography friends so I have been to many local parks that are just around the city I live in Haverhill, MA. I had another knee surgery summer of 2023 and that was complicated but went well. So far I have been doing good with that and doing quite a few short hikes without many problems. Just recently however I am noticing that my balance is still off after my surgery so the unsteadiness is from my brain injury. :( I hope I can find many beautiful places that aren't too far up the trails. In the past I have done some hiking and even backing with an adaptive sports organization. 'Waypoint Adventures'. I did offer them my snowshoes that I own since I don't want to use them now because my knee is doing much better and I don't want to lose that. Here I am crossing a creek with some good friends. I had my good camera and a large day backpack with just the basics in it. I had some nice friends. On a backpacking trip with the llamas my friend John handed me the rope and said he would take a photo. I wasn't leading them on the trip at all but during the trip they acted very calm and just carried on and ate the grass they saw and drank water. No need to bring food for them and we were near creeks and streams. Luckily not too much need for crossing anything major. We were in the Rawah Wilderness in the Northern part of the Front Range of Colorado.

Hiking & Camping Here is my page of my hiking adventures mainly in Colorado and a couple trips to Utah. These are all taken with my DSLR of my trips. If I had a good cell phone back when I used film I could have taken a lot more snapshots of the nearby landscape without taking time to set up the tripod. Now I use my phone for the GPS, camera and taking notes and planning. Of course charging it at night if I get the chance, with my USB charger of course not my car or hotel. Perfect sunrise, Rawah Wilderness in marsh area This was on a backpacking trip with my friend John and we caught a great sunrise with great colors at 6am. Rawah Wilderness backpacking trip with John. I went on a 4 day hike with my friend John Fielder to capture nature pictures. It was awesome but a little bit of rain. We didn't have to haul a heavy load since we had llamas carrying most of the heavy load. Backpacking with Llamas in Rawah Wilderness I was with my friend John Fielder backpacking through the Rawah Wilderness in the northern part of the Front Range of Colorado. These Llamas carried our heavy load of overnight gear. We carried stuff that we needed frequently. Waiting for sunrise People all lined up to take the exact same shot. I stepped to the right and you can see my shot in the Western Gallery Windy Ridge backpacking Near the Bristlecone Pine Scenic Area inside the Pike National Forest Muddy Trail near Lower Cataract Lake This lake is not up a steep hill that will test your hearts limits. Very scenic area with many wildflowers Maroon Bells Scott & Jackie I took my mom on a wonderful moderate hike into the mountains up around 10,000 ft. Weather was perfect which made it possible. We went up to Crater lake right below the Maroon Bells in the Wilderness. View of trail up Mt Lincoln. On a different day I went up to the right of the mountain, then up a slope just to the right of dead center of the pic seems like a 45º angle (but it wan't) and down in the middle of two ridges and down to the lake where hail started to fall. Definitely the hardest mountain I have climbed mainly because of the route we took. Mt Lincoln- route The red is the route I went up. The yellow is the route down which was less steep although still rock hopping quite a bit. Once we got down the steep section right above the lake it started hailing. We got so lucky. I did this when I was about 24 yrs old. Very strong and fairly good coordination. Shrine Pass in the Holy Cross Wilderness This is a 12 minute exposure of the tent and stars spinning around the north star which above the tent and near the top.