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WELCOME TO MY BLOG!

I have been a professional photographer for 22 years.

For the past 10 years Idaho Falls, Idaho has been my home.

Action motorsports photography is my specialty, but I am also strong at editorial, commercial and industrial photography.

In 2007 I started Cockeyed Art, which offers original acrylic paintings, reproductions and nik-naks for retail sale.

Besides this business venture I am a photographer for ComDesigns, which contracts for the Department of Energy at the Idaho National Laboratory and the Idaho Cleanup Project.

I am also the chief photographer for American Snowmobiler magazine and contract with Yamaha Snowmobiles and KLIM U.S.A. to provide photography for new model products.

I spend part of my time raising my family. My schedule is fairly flexible, so if one plans I can meet almost any deadline.


ARTIST STATEMENT

Travel the world and you’re bound to notice chicken or eggs on a menu, a rooster crowing or walking alongside a road.

Few people realize the prominence of the mere chicken.

Chickens are the most prevalent species of bird in the world and play a role in nearly every major culture, be it cockfighting or dining. There are actually more chickens on earth than there are people.

I didn’t realize that until I started traveling outside the continental United States where chickens are housed on farms and most people see them in the poultry section of a grocery store.

In 2004 while on a photo shoot on Grand Cayman, my wife and I watched in fascination as chickens roamed freely around houses, roads and fields of the brightly colored tropic island. We purchased a brilliantly colored chicken carved from Jamaican cedar. It still reminds us of that shoot.

I painted a rooster piece inspired by that trip and the bright, happy colors my wife and I surround ourselves with in our home.

We later traveled to Hawaii and witnessed the same phenomena – chickens and roosters everywhere. It inspired a painting of rooster on a beach, patterned by what I saw in Kauai.

A trip to my wife’s aunt’s ranch in eastern Montana prompted even more.

A whimsical, cockeyed style was hatched – roosters and chickens painted in bright colors designed to make people happy or like us, remind them of a place they have visited or a time they cherished.

Yearly Archives: 2009

MACKAY’S MINE HILL TOUR.

The Mackay mines are up in the mountains west of Mackay, Idaho. My friend Tony Huegel and I went dual sport riding in Mackay, Idaho, on Sunday, October 25, 2009. Mackay is about an hour and a half west of Idaho Falls. We towed the bike on a trailer because I was riding my little...

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MONTHS TO GET PICTURES CLEARED FROM DOE

I had a meeting with the communication’s director at CWI (the contractor that runs the Idaho Cleanup Project for the Idaho National Laboratory, or INL) earlier this week. We are trying to setup an external website for the pictures I take of the construction of the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU). IWTU is a multi-million dollar...

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MOTORFIST SNOWMOBILE CLOTHING!

My friend Josh Skinner started a new snowmobile clothing company; check out their website here. Yesterday I took more pictures of their pre-production clothing. Looks like great gear! Can’t wait to wear mine this winter.

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KORT DUCE FEATURED IN SHUTTERBUG!

In the October 2009 issue of Shutterbug magazine writer Joe Farace reviewed my Web Site for his column titled Web Profiles. Today they posted that review on www.shutterbug.com It is very flattering to have such a glowing review about oneself. A little nauseating to read myself, but it is free publicity. Check it out.

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MORE TRAINING THIS WEEK…

To enable me to take pictures at the Idaho National Laboratory I am enrolled in a 30-hour Hazwoper course in Idaho Falls this week. After completion of this course I need to have 10 hours of practical experience before I am certified. Here is a brief explanation of Hazwoper provided by wikipedia: Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response. It...

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SNOW TONIGHT…

The forecast is for 6 inches of snow tonight in the mountains and possibly a skiff of snow in town. Winter is here! And snowmobiling is right around the corner. Can’t wait. This year I’ll be photographing the 2011 Yamaha Snowmobiles again and freelancing for AMSnow. Both great companies to work for.

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WAITING TO UPDATE WITH IMAGES.

In April 2009 I was hired by Communication Designs as a contract photographer with the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Work has steadily increased since then due to stimulus money ($500M) from President Obama. Part of the stipulation in receiving this stimulus money is that whoever receives it has to send weekly documentary  reports to Washington,...

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KORT DUCE STARTS PHOTOBLOG!

Not sure how often I will update or how this photoblog will evolve. I really just want to jump in and start learning how all this works. Eventually I’d like to start a photoblog for the Idaho National Laboratory (Either one or multiple ones for the 3 contractors that run the INL). Posting pictures I...

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