Just returned from a summer holiday in the southwestern United States with visits to the south rim of the Grand Canyon, the stunning red-rock formations of Sedona (Arizona), and the deep, colorful, sandstone canyons of Zion National Park in southwestern Utah.  Over the next several weeks will be adding the best of the images I captured.

Today am updating the previously posted Image Cataloging article with several select screenshots of a custom developed Image Database application assembled earlier this year with Microsoft's Access product.  Perhaps this might help you with ideas on how to classify and catalog your own images.

Added several new images to the Michigan gallery page today.  They are from an April sojourn to South Haven, Michigan to photograph the lighthouse at sunset and from a visit this past May to Holland, Michigan for the annual Holland Tulip Festival.

This past weekend began a personal effort to capture on film the look and feel of my hometown.  Will add the best images as soon as they're made, processed, and edited.

A little over a month ago completed development of the Access "Image Database" application.  Have begun adding image information to the database and can clearly state the results are worth the effort, but it does take dedication and time.  Will post an article (with screen shots) briefly describing this application soon.

During the last couple weeks have completed phase one development of an Image Database application using Microsoft Access for cataloging my vast collection of images.  Progress on this project involved overcoming a couple significant hurdles.  One was diving beneath the surface and learning more about the deep functionality of Access.  The other obstacle was deciding what information to capture and what methodology to use for classifying images.  You may wish to read the new Image Cataloging article posted in Technique to learn about the best practices.