Welcome to what I hope will be an enjoyable project for both yours truly and anyone who finds pleasure in my photographic pursuits — set in the land of clear, crisp air, diverse open nature, clean living, along with the slow internet and unreliable power grid that come with it.
What’s in a name?
Anyone following me on social media will know I’ve chosen the handle and branding of tpeakphotos. I wish I could tell some super-fascinating story behind it. However, it simply came down to knowing how many Mike Lees there are in the world — including several photographers and a long-time senator that roughly half the country doesn’t like. While trying to come up with something unique, I looked out the window, saw Thompson Peak — the majestic mountain I’m lucky to live at the base of — and found my inspiration.
Why this site?
First and foremost, my hat’s off to folks who can make social media algorithms work for them! Alas, that’s a club I’ve never been able to join. I also recently had a close call where I nearly lost access to my Facebook page after several years, due to a technical glitch on their end (I assume). That was the push that finally got me to stop talking about creating a site and actually build one. At least here, as long as I can pay my modest hosting bill, I have ownership and control of the content.
What can you expect here?
Full disclosure: much of this is still in the brainstorming phase. That said, I primarily plan to share my work with anyone who finds it interesting. As anyone following me on the aforementioned social platforms already knows, most of what I do focuses on various aspects of nature — day and night (though the latter’s getting tougher as I age and find myself nodding off on the couch at dusk more often than I’d like). I love to observe and photograph the flora and fauna I’m surrounded by locally and travel when I can to experience even more.
Going forward
If you followed me here from social media, thanks for tagging along. If you stumbled in organically, welcome aboard! Feel free to drop a comment and share this and future posts with anyone you think might enjoy them. If I’ve set things up properly, there should be a subscribe option around here somewhere so you can get an email notification whenever I have a bright idea and post something. (I promise not to blow up your inbox with spam.)
