View From Arthur's Rock Trail Baby Onesie

Northern Colorado's wide open spaces are inviting in many ways. For example, Lory State Park has plenty of places to hike. The park is just west of Horsetooth Reservoir near the city of Ft. Collins in northern Colorado.

Formerly ranchland, Lory State Park was purchased in 1967 and named in honor of Dr. Charles A. Lory, president of Colorado State University from 1909 thru 1940.

The park contains Arthur's Rock, a jutting granite formation named for an early settler in the area.

Image copyright 2018 Jon Burch Photography

Photography is all about using light to capture the emotion and beauty of a fleeting moment. For me, this adventure began with a single spring image using a small Kodak film camera of a freshly watered central Kansas ditch and has come full circle using modern digital techniques. My first camera was acquired by trading an ancient Royal typewriter to a fellow college student who was desperate to finish a term paper. It was a long time ago and that camera was my passport to an art that has fascinated me ever since. I owned and operated a professional studio in central Kansas for 20 years and moved to Colorado in 1994. Part of the studio's early success came from creating outdoor portraiture using controlled lighting...