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No matter how much one tries to describe Watkins Glen State Park on the southern tip of Seneca Lake in New York state, the beauty, serenity, mystery, and just plain awe, can not be described. When I was hiking the mile and a half trail, it was a Sunday night. There had been quite a bit of rain in the area over the previous few days. In some places, I was in awe from the beauty. In other places, with no other people in sight, it was slightly eerie with a thick mist surrounding me as the sun had set. The darkness began to fall quickly. As I reached this specific waterfall, it was stunning. The power of the water, and being able to walk behind the waterfall, which I had never done before was awesome. There are spiral stairs up to the point I was standing and set up my tripod...and this was just the very beginning of the trail.

Our goal in our photography is to capture, not only a visually appealing image, but also the detail of the scene. Although we can not deliver the smell, touch, taste and feel of each subject, we hope you will be able to look at the subject and let your imagination fill in the senses that can't be captured in a photograph, but can in photography. We specialize in waterfalls, cascades, and landscapes. Our work has been explained as a play on light and dark. We are self taught photographers who have been shooting images only since December of 2009. Pete has the added challenge of being red-green colorblind. Nevertheless; some humbling compliments of our work include 'Stunning,' 'Amazing,' 'Truly a Beautiful Work of Art,' and of an image...