Susan Stone Photography

I consider it an honor to be first to comment on your portfolio. While you have only posted three photographs so far, they are all "winners" and I'm looking forward to seeing more from you.

Welcome to PN and please keep posting more great stuff!

I am very impressed with your eye for framing and composition. Keep it up, give us more!

Hi, Susan. I'm glad to see that you have begun to rediscover photography and that you are not allowing the transition into digital intimidate you. You have an excellent eye and are quite creative. I hope to see more from you. Keep up the great work.

Susan:

Many thanks for your comments on my La Ventana photo. I am very fortunate to live in an area so full of photo opps. Your pics are great! I think you have transferred all you photog savey into digital. The computer is gravy compared to digital photog. I really like the "papalote" pic (windmill). I have an old #4 somewhwere.

Neto

Susan Wolfe here. Another middle aged woman on a farm. I've been noticing your photos. Very nice. I love the hay rake. It looks like an amusement ride. I live on a dairy farm and sometimes wish I lived near waterfalls, mountains and the ocean. But beauty is where you find it, right? You're finding it. No wonder we liked the corn crib! Keep up the good work.

Susan, you do not have anything to envy. Although small, your portfolio does have a strong artistic expression. I love the abstract shots. Keep posting please!

A very nice start to what I hope is soon to be a full portfolio of more great photos. Keep on shooting and you will acheive what you want. Best wishes - James

That photo "raking the sky" really grabs me; beautiful image. Can't wait to see more of your work, keep 'em coming. Best regards, Rob.

Very artistic collection of photographs, you have a very good eye, I look forward to seeing you post many more.Welcome to the middle age, one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel club.Its the best time of your life when you finally can do what you want to do.I am in the same boat, have had the computor since I started photographing,thats two years ago but still trying to work the darn thing out.Thank you for the comment on one of my photos.

Wonderful portfolio - full of very creative images - very artistic - well done ! My best regards ! Waiting new photos!

A very small but very creative portofolio!

Your photos will make a very necessary contribution and the rugged beauty won't be ignored! Regards ~Sky

I like your photos. I love your style. Great portfolio!!! Ciao Aldo

tanks for comment! like a color in your picture! very nice!

Susan, its rare when someone presents subject matter as interesting as yours in so skilled a way on this site. A pleasure to visit, look foward to more.

Susan, You have done yourself proud!! How many years have I been telling you to go back to this? You are so good! These are wonderful!

Dear Susan, You have so many beautiful images and your portfolio is filling by them per day. ! It is incredible, you started a few weeks ago and yet, you have done so well. Look how many comments you have, how many fellow photographers have found the way to you. I wish you to continue like that, as you are so talented. It also shows, that no matter when one is, if one has open eyes and talent, the beauty can be found everywhere.

Your dutch friend Jana

Hey Susan LOVE YOUR WORK!

Don't be afraid of the digits and specially the computer. In safe hands both are capable of realization of what you see.

You have a very nice collection of photos and your selection of subjects is interesting. Happy shooting and will look forward to your pictures. Nice knowing you on PN.

Kind regards.

Zafar

I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed your portfolio. I like your composition and your use of color. Excellent work.

Your portfolio is wonederful and very artistic,bravo! Thank you for comment to my photo.Regards from Croatia.

very nice portfolio of western images. well done.

great photos every one of them well done on realy good landscapes

What a beautiful portfolio you have Susan. I just love the way you see things. Your abstracts are fantastic. Thanks and keep up the great work!

Thank you Susan for your nice critique of my ceiling fan! Your portfolio is lovely and I ecspecially like the "old homestead"..

Laurie

You have a wonderful portfolio.Susan..!I like your abstracts the best..!Actually all of your photos with a great technique & beautiful color..! Thanks for sharing.!

Very nice porfolio, I like in particular your Abstract folder.

thank for commenting and keep going shooting and sharing. -Fabio-

You live in an amazing environment and your pictures show how much you love it. Your shots are very high spirited, kind of make you go ahhhh. Thanks for sharing, and keep shooting. Oh yes, and you are anything but lost. Best regards!

Happy New Year everybody! Joining PN and sharing this wonderful hobby with all of you has been one of the highlights of 2005 for me. Thanks everyone for sharing with me.

Happy New Year! Thank you for all your support and comments on my photos in 2005. May 2006 be a very good year for you and your family, Best wishes from Dallas Texas

I can't believe I haven't commented on your outstanding collection of images. You have a wonderful sense of color and form. You find beauty whereveer you look. You are an inspiration in your art, and in the way you have chosen to live your life. I'm happy to know you....

A very nice portfolio, please keep adding to it, will visit again. Best wishes, Derek

Hi Susan :) You mentioned in your bio that after switching to digital you felt lost? Well, having looked at your portfolio, all I can say is that you definitely look like you are very much found :)

Best regards from Kenya,

Mark Anthony Kathurima

Your work makes me want to move out west. Great textures and colors. Your composition is excellent. Bravo! John

Your abstract work makes it hard for me to even sit here and type. I have lots of great subjects all around. Your work is really good. I am still in the toddler stage of photography, and I am enjoying every minute of it! I read something that you wrote about a Photoshop Workshop, how was it? My husband just bought me Photoshop CS2 and I am overwhelmed. Hope they have a workshop one day here in the woods of east Texas! Again, I really enjoyed your portfolio. Thanks

NICE PORTFOLIO

Hello Susan, I found your portfolio and enjoyed witnessing the true flavor of the American West so richly captured in your work. Presented with authenticiy and real heart. Thanks.

beautiful eye you have Susan, what a pleasure to see what you see.

I'm sure, you are an artist...

very good job, your portfolio is genial, you are very sensible.

I like your horse photos, but I love the sky and the trees, very impresionant your eye.

tanks for show all your sensibility

jacobo

Excellent portfolio!

Susan: What an amazing portfolio. Your images are full of life. Your eye, creativity, perspective, detail and photography skills are all amazing. Wow!

You certainly capture the essence of ranching and the open spaces of the West. Nice work.

Susan, congratulations for so many beautiful photos shared with us. Excellent portifolio.

Thanks Susan for your comments on one of my photos. I like very much your portifolio. Beautiful photos on there.

I was so hoping you'd post more of you ranch imagery. Looks fabulous! I wondered if your walkabout went well in the canyons? Drop me a line and let me know how you're doing?

I seldom check my portfolio for comments and my "Thankyou Everyone" is long overdue. My time spent on PN is limited with my job as a ranchhand, but this is my R&R when I do get some extra time and sharing this fun hobby with all of you great PNer's has been a wonderful experience. Soooooo Mucho Gracias everyone!

Creative and perfect portfolio.Congrats.Best regards.BoraBenic.

Hello Susan, I came to your site after following the discussion about 3/3s on your site feedback post. For what it's worth, I think your three other sunset/sunrise shots are far superior to the one in question. I have enjoyed looking through your portfolio. One thing that struck me immediately is that you photograph interesting subject matter; at least it is to me . And that's half the battle in getting attention. I also think you compose well and produce well exposed, colourful photos. Look forward to seeing more. The ranch work seems to offer plenty of scope for your photography. All the best, Neil

ni susan... i just wanted to drop by some words on the "abstract" section of your portfolio... i found it very nice and intresting... nice shots, nice framing of close-up objects, nice level of details and composition, not too much saturation (when not needed)... and i also loved to see that you keep your eye for details even when shooting cows... i love the picture where it only shows the cow number... keep it this way.. regards

Thanks Susan for your comments on Jaqueline and Ace photo. Jaqueline is my younger daughter and Ace is our greatest friend, a lovely dog. I am always visiting your portifolio to see so many beautiful photos. Thanks for sharing with us this wonderful portifolio.

Well it is quite obvious that you don't need one more voice in the wilderness singing your praises, yet I would be remiss if I did not tell you (as have many before me) that there are some wonderful, evocative, and bracing photos in your portfolio. I enjoyed the tour. Good work.

Not having a link to my portfolio comments I forget to check here and am often lax in professing my gratitude to the people that have taken the time to come "tour" through my portfolio and leave a kind word. Your comments motivate me to go exploring and discover new photographers whose work I enjoy.......you fellow PNer's.

Hi Susan! Thanks for your kind comments on my Death Valley work up with the indian and my sunset photo. I was honored to be able to stomp through your portfolio and view your wonderful and much varied photos! You have a high degree of quality in all of them! I also read of your misfortune on trying to trade in your old equipment. I have decided to keep my Medium Format equipment just because of what you faced. Film cameras have really lost their value because of the digital take over, and although I am all "digital" nowadays, I am going to break out the film stuff from time to time.

Keep taking those wonderful photos! And, thanks for sharing!

Bill

Hi Susan!! What a lovely and beautiful portfolio. You have really expressed the mood , and feeling of your work and enviornment. It is not only interesting , it is true life and so wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing! I am looking forward to seeing more..... Kind Regards Andrea

Beautiful and colorful portfolio and yes mother nature knows how to use color. Thank you for rating my photo.

Great folio, i love the vastness and sense of space in the world you create, well done :-)

Hi Susan. Thanks for checking out my portfolio. I really enjoyed taking a look at your photos. I especially like your abstract section--you found a lot of fascinating subjects that most of us would walk by without even noticing and presented them in beautiful and interesting ways.

Lotsa good work here - I like the way you see what you see.

you should find more time to follow this calling! you have a special eye, creative artistry, interesting things to shoot, great compositions... I am especially stunned with your recent single photos of the trees, door, and butte. beautiful, beautiful!

You have constructed a lovely portfolio. Congratulations! I particularly admire your eye for patterns. You find interesting patterns in the sky, in plants, in torn roofing, mailboxes, garden hoses on and on. I could comment and compliment many of your photographs but I'll just mention that I especially like "Stockyard at 20 below" and "burrs and fur." The guy in "well worn hat" reminds me of Festus, the character from the old "Gunsmoke" TV show. I'll look forward to your future posts.

Thanks for commenting on my "Sharing the Scraps" photo of the horses. These were part of a band of about 12 horses that we sort of bumped into while riding dirt bikes that day. We were about 20 miles south of St George UT in AZ when we stopped to munch on a sandwich. These horses came out of nowhere, unafraid and just walked up to us! What they were after on the table was bread crumbs. I offered one of them a vienna sausage and made a great friend out of him!

Love your porfolio. I hope you can get some publishing assistance- I think you have some wonderful photos and a great eye for the life you are living and how to tell it with your photos.

Bill

Susan, try this link- www.photo.net/photos/Wojtek Kwiatkowski This guy is fantastic! OK, he photos Arabs, but don't hold that against him!!

What beauty and range of photography! You are good.

I love your stuff, it truly is inspirational!

I wanted to let you know that I have used two of your images for a Holiday card for Mr. Meyer...hope that it was ok...I believe it was one of your sunsets that he said he actually liked...

I also hope that your quest to do more art this next year happens....and that it brings you the great joy your art does me...Juan

Fantastic portfolio!! Wonderful colors!! Keep up the good work.

Hello friend

I would like to wish you and your family Happy Holidays and a Good New Year! And say thank you for your support with your ratings and comments on my work over the last year. We are hoping to post some good weather photos this year. We start shooting sky photos in April thanks again for supporting my work.

Best wishes Ken Fugate Stormphoto.net

Thanks for your visit! Boy you sure do have a way of taking a simple everyday rusty old piece of "----" and making it look amazing!! I like your "KISS" theory - it makes for simple and elegant images - and you've got that down pat!!. Very nice stuff here!

Please see my comments on Horse of Course.

Thanks for your nice comments on my Castle Geyser Photo! You have some wonderful pictures yourself, I especially love the sunset pictures. To answer your question, no I'm not from Montana. My wife and I first visited Yellowstone in the summer of 2005 after my return from an extended Middle Eastern vacation (he, he). We fell in love with the place and will be making our third consecutive trip this summer. Maybe someday we'll give up the heat but for now Florida is home. All the best to you in 2007 and I look forward to seeing more of your pictures.

Thanks for stopping by, your comments are appreciated. You do beautiful work! I love the cow dogs!! I grew up with a bunch of old cowboys, working on cattle ranches. You pictures bring back great memories. I'm looking forward to the next one...

Tiffany

Susan: Your Portfolio is neat. Your "Bliss" shows in your photography. Thank you. John Math

We both seem to be somewhat country life people... I love the down home feel to your images especially your pets.... beautiful portfolio... and thank you for taking a look at my image.

Hi Susan, I went through your portfolio and I enjoyed it very much. Last fall I had the chance of seeing a bit of that kind of land you seem to live in. (we traveled through California, Arizona, Utah and a bit of Nevada. It was a wonderful experience and completely different to Germany (where I'm living). I'm looking forward to sometimes go to Montana and Wyoming. A wonderful country you're living in and a wonderful way to show some characteristic spots from it through your photos. My compliments. Regards Rolf

The time you all took to look at some of my portfolio images and leave your gracious comments is very much appreciated. I forget to check my portfolio comments until someone kindly reminds me. I've enjoyed my time spent on PN and I truly think it has been with the help of so many people on this site that my photography has improved, I can see it changing with the passing of time, my photographic vision is still one of simplicity but I think I'm developing a better eye and technique for conveying that vision......thanks everyone.

Outstanding group of photographs you have here! I find all of them excellent in thier own way, great work!

Best to you, Tom

Great work!!! all natural!!!! excellent!!!!

Susan, it's been great pleasure for me visiting your portfolio. Your sense of composition is truly impressive. I like your photographs a lot.

Again I want to thank everyone for sharing their time and thoughts with me here on PN, after today I won't be posting for a while, I'm about to depart on yet another adventure and will have limited online access. I will try to check in periodically and see how all my many friends are doing. Adios for now.....with deep appreciation Susan.

Thanks for the rating. You have a wonderful portfolio, with a great sense of composition. I find all your images interesting.

Your philosophy and style are certainly apparent in your images. Good, simple, powerful compositions. KISS obviously works well for you. Best Regards, Jerry

Wonderful portfolio, full of very creative and beautiful images. Congratulation :)

I just simple love your portfolio especially the abstract becouse I think that is the style what I follow or maybe what's follow me.. my best wishes: Daniel

Thanks for sharing.

Its a Story Teller Portfolio. Congrats!

FF

Susan, I like a lot the way you play with colors, like painting on a canvas. All your portfolio is excellent, but your macros are outstanding beyond description. Really inspiring.

wonderful,wonderful portfolio. so much feeling and artistry.

Am not even sure of how I got here, but am so pleased that I have. Really enjoyed your portfolio, I also love working with color. Sounds like a great job you have. . Shall leave you with a video clip of something that happens quite regularly here where I live people always smile when they see them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsuDDJ91VfA

Not bad. Not bad at all.

I enjoy stopping buy your portfolio from time to time to see the great shots you have added. You have some of the most beautiful skies around, the range of the shapes and colors are truly amazing. Your photos always touch my heart with the love of ranching and the range country. Thank you for sharing them with us.

Best to you always,

Carol

I am inspired by where your bliss has lead you. Wonderful portfolio. The abstracts lay particularly close to my heart. I will most certainly be back many times.

Cheers Gord

Hello Susan,

I just stumbled onto your portfolio and enjoyed browsing through it. I think my favorites are your landscapes and abstracts but they are all beautiful. Thanks for sharing them with us....

Old Blue led me here, and I'm glad it did. You have a fine and varied portfolio. I enjoyed wandering through it.

You mention Joseph Campbell most famous saying in your bio. This touches me for he spent quite some time as my personal hero at the time he emerged on PBS. That's why you are on my favorite list now. I want to see what following your bliss does to others than me (I did not do that too well but probably a lot better than most). I am looking forward to see the results of your philosophy (for I have pretty much the same)

Susan - You have some really good, strong images in your portfolio. Great Job!

A set of wonderful images, my sort of photography - there are great. Regards from Scotland. Terry

You have an excellent portfolio. There is humor and a keen eye with some of the animal shots. Some of the scenics are absolutely stunning. Congratulations.

I read your comment on Terry Gilroy's "Thresher" photo about your photo editing skills (or lack thereof) and I'm here to say that A. I'm glad you haven't perfected any because B. you don't need to. You're one of those rare individuals who captures perfectly. Great portfolio.

Susan, I keep returning to browse through your portfolio, so I thought I should leave another word or two. My mother was born and raised in Wyoming's Wind River Valley, so I know more than a bit about the land and people you photograph. I love your motto, and you do keep it wonderfully simple -- meaning you cut to the bone -- and that's what it's really about. You have one helluva an eye, and I think your work is great. Regards, Joe

These are such wonderful images! WOW!

UPDATE, 2/7/08: Wow!

Hello Friend!

Well here it is another year is passing away and we are coming into the holidays. I think time starts to go faster as we get older, it was just yesterday I wished my friends Happy Holidays and here it is again the end of a year. The holiday lights are starting to be put on some of the trees here in Dallas, we were out last night and some were lighting the trees. I wish for you all a holiday season with family and friends, after all is said and done all we have is each other.

I want all of you to know just what your comments and ratings on my work means to me, your words are my motivation, my drive to discover, to learn this art that we all love, thank you for taking time and thank you for caring about my works. At the same time thank you for letting us see your world, our lives are so much the same, we all care about our families and friends and we all share the same things, maybe someday our photos will help make for a lasting world peace. May you and your family be blessed this season.

Happy Holidays and Happy Shooting

Ken

Thank you very much for your comment in one of my shots some days ago. It helps me and I appreciate it a lot, much more coming from a great photographer like you.

What can I say about your work ??. ... It's really wonderful and I have been contemplating your portfolios one by one (specially "abstracts" one) for long minutes. Delicious !!. You have a great eye, my friend !!. Congratulations and be sure I`ll come back here time to time.

Best regards from Argentina.

I'm over whelmed by all the generous comments you folks have posted on my portfolio, I don't check this part of my PN site often 'cause my slow dial up takes forever to download all the images and comments. I must say that viewing all the wonderful photos here on PN has been a definite inspiration and great help to me, so if you sincerely think I have a "good eye" you all need to give yourself a pat on the back 'cause it was with your help and encouragement that my photograpic progress has been made. The Christmas holidays are upon us and my wish for all of you would be that you spend a wonderful time with family and friends and my prayer for the new year would certainly be for Peace throughout the world.

... no photo comments today !!

I only wish you a Merry Christmas and a very, very good incoming New Year for you, and for all your family & friends. Sincerely.

Your Christmas greeting on the Critique forum led me here......wow, your photographs are filled with color, movement, and emotion! I'll be back to take a more leisurely stroll!

I do truly enjoy all of your works in your portfolio. I especially enjoy your keen eye for details that you glean from life's humbler elements. Some of my favorites in your many presentations are "Abstracts" specifically the "Iron Horse", "Landscape" not the least of which is "Solitude", and "Vehicles" with the hands down favorite being "The Chartreuse Mini-Bus". Here's wishing you all the best in the upcoming year, 2008.

Have a great 2008. Best regards, Derek.

Are very impressive, some of the best that I have seen.

Susan...really a great group of photos. Some of our work reminds me of Tim Keller who is also out west (New Mexico) and takes really great photos. I think he has been in the digital revolution for a few years just like you. Take a look at his portfolio and you two should swap ideas. It's so nice to see these photos of wide open spaces and solitude. I am sitting here with my laptop and looking at your photos and out my window is a view of the clutter of East Harlem, a far cry from the beauty of your more rural setting. Have a happy and healthy new year! Jay Mueller

Thank you for being you! The next time I see you, if I don't hug you just as much as I do your dog then just give me a good kick. 8~)#

Susan,

Very impressive portfolio! I agree with Jay Mueller above that you and Tim Keller seem to have an eye for the subjects that you have in common. Beautiful photos...artistically done with such original ideas. I look forward to viewing more.

regards,

Dick

Hi Susan .. just checking out your pics .. i see you have deleted all your old ones and replaced them,, thers far to many good ones on ther for me to discuse them all so i'll pic out my favert "My Name Is Spur" WOW what can i say.. as a animal lover this shot hits me right ther,, its gorgous .. i realy feel like the dog is almost humen .. its exprestions and the fact it seems so happy to be running around all day chassing cows realy apeals to me .. congrades and keep it up i love looking at your pics,,, cheers Chris

Hi Susan, I really enjoyed going threw your Portfolio your work is just amazing I my self is a country girl and love the beauty of it...Thank you for sharing :)

Thanks for your comment and suggestion...and yes I am blessed to have two beautiful daughters for models...although sometimes they get tired of me snapping their pictures. You have a wonderful portfolio, I was attract to it first by the picture of the elk. I love the tones and textures in many of your photos and the feel that your images evoke. Everytime I see old farm/ranch stuff I wonder what stories they could tell. Nice job.

as a wanna be country girl, your wonderful pictures make me long for the beauty!!

My curiosity brought me here. Frequent visitor to David Mayers web site, I had seen you comments and, thanks God, I ended up here. You have a very interesting and colorful portfolio. First, I just wanted to comment some of you images, then ended up, seeing and enjoying many of your images. "Red door", "This one's for Brian" , "A crown of thorns", Barn shadows" , "Fall magic (IR)" and so on and so on,, Your landscape, people, cars, all, all, a nice photographs. I going to spend more time at you portfolio in the future.

Best regard, from Toronto; Bela

Again I enjoyed your work. Thanks for visiting and the comments. The Ascension... is one of my FOTOUNIFICATIONS - not computermade - pure DSLR view. See you soon. Go ahead. BR Joerg

I got here through a comment you made on another PN'rs photo. Nice work and style. I have a few rodeo shots in my port if your interested take a look. Regards Ken

Susan, so I'm doing my evening stroll thru PN and came across the outhouse shot. which led me to your folio. Outstanding is the word the best describes it. Will be back as time permits to check out your latest additions and check out Tim Keller's " They once roamed the Earth " folio. I think you and he have alot in common as far as old trucks and cars go. Also left you a comment on" waiting for the horse"...RAY

Most enjoyable collection of images.Amusing,moving and just simply beautiful.You obviously live in an inspiring area and certainly make the most of it. Your shots of decaying buildings and vehicles are excellent,stories told with each image Your grandchildren will love the way you have captured their childhood when they are older.I am still building up courage to post some of my work but it's a frightening thought that thousands of people will see it. I live between the Highlands of Scotland and the Island of Colonsay so plenty scope to follow a similar path to yourself as you would see if I could get round to it!Keep up the good work,I look forward to seeing more. All the best Dave.

I'm so glad to see a person who shot same me, thanks about your discovery of pretty scene

Susan, appreciate seeing your beautiful work, Take Care. Pete

Well, I see that you are off on a new adventure in your life; and good on you friend! I am proud of you. It won't be easy, but it never is, as you well know. Have fun and please do and try and stay in touch with your PN friends. We all think of you, and wish you the very, very best as you move forward. Take care Susan! Cheers! Chris

Well, whatever THAT adventure might be, we still want to see some pictures appear once in a while...

I see your work in the November 2009 edition of Color. Congratulations on receiving the Excellence Award for your portfolio. Your work is most inspiring. Deidre

Hello Susan! First thank you for your rating!! You have a wonderful collection here! I see many images with great treatemnt and work with textures! I too love working with images and to bring out their textures and colors;)

It's so nice to see a portrait of you -- a self-portrait, I assume? -- and what a great one it is. I look forward to finally meeting up face to face, lens to lens, hopefully this year. Good road, Tim

I'm not a frequent visitor to Photo.Net anymore, I do occassionally post an image and try to take a peek at others work, but I always forget to check comments on my portfolio. I so much appreciate the time that everyone took to view some of the photos and leave the thoughtful comments. No Tim, it's not a "self-portrait, the College did a two page spread on my experience at the College as an "older" student and the College photographer took the shot....I think the portrait is way too "cheesey" and of course Photoshop helped with the wrinkles.

Susan..thank you for your rating on my weeping willow;) I am new to this site and just saw your rating on image.

Love the new profile pic. It's a lovely portrait. Cheers, Jerry

Susan, viewing your abstract folder is like looking thru my own computer. We have many images in common. You must live on an old farm/ranch, or enjoy visiting one. Our eye is drawn to the same details in this world. Good luck with the school thing (I'm also back at study) and being a similar age I appreciate the energy required to break loose the mental rust.    michael

Hey Susan,

I wanted to wish you a Happy Birthday and have some how lost your phone number!!

Love Ya, Barb