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Morning Walk in DC :

Morning Walk in DC

Updated: Jan 22, 2009 7:48pm PST

Your Bio

Hello. I'm Dave Aupperlee and welcome to PhotoAup Photography.

Photography is my lifelong passion. I have had some sort of camera in my hands for a good portion of my waking hours since the age of 10. My dad and uncle ,avid photographers, passed on a good bit of photographic know-how to me. My grandfather and his father created images as well, albeit with brush, oil paints, and canvas. My kids all have cameras and have contributed gigabytes of photos to apartment walls, social networking pages, blogs, and even newspapers. It's a family thing.

I have always approached my personal photography and professional assignments as a story teller: Capturing the moments before, during, and after the main event. My environmental and wildlife work is always an attempt to lead the viewer outside of the frame of the viewfinder, leaving them with a sense of wonder and perhaps a motivation to do some exploring of our natural world on their own.

I hope you enjoy the images presented here. Check back often as this will be a work in process.

-Dave Aupperlee

daupp@comcast.net

Galleries

Easter @ Tubergen's

Updated: Apr 13, 2009 10:16pm PST

MH final

Updated: Mar 31, 2009 7:30pm PST

MH

Updated: Mar 28, 2009 6:09pm PST

Iowa@MSU :

Iowa@MSU

Updated: Feb 04, 2009 9:33pm PST

Little Bird and Red Bug :

Little Bird and Red Bug

Updated: Oct 28, 2008 7:29pm PST

Jr. Audubon at Spaulding :

Jr. Audubon at Spaulding

Updated: Oct 22, 2008 7:51pm PST

Volunteer Day :

Volunteer Day

Updated: Oct 09, 2008 5:22pm PST

Alticor Wildlife Calendar '09-Nest box and banding :

Alticor Wildlife Calendar '09-Nest box and banding

Updated: Sep 18, 2008 6:32am PST

Alticor Wildlife Calendar '09-BioBlitz :

Alticor Wildlife Calendar '09-BioBlitz

Updated: Sep 18, 2008 5:41am PST

Alticor '09 Wildlife Calendar-KEEPERS :

Alticor '09 Wildlife Calendar-KEEPERS

Updated: Sep 21, 2008 7:54am PST

Alticor Spaulding BIOBLITZ : Alticor employees and their families team up with professional biologists to explore and catalog biodiversity at the Spaulding campus. See Wikipedia for more history on the BioBlitz concept: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioBlitz

Alticor Spaulding BIOBLITZ

Alticor employees and their families team up with professional biologi ...

Updated: Jun 22, 2008 1:42pm PST

Alticor '09 Wildlife Calendar : Shots taken at both Amway World Headquarters and Spaulding Plaza

Alticor '09 Wildlife Calendar

Shots taken at both Amway World Headquarters and Spaulding Plaza

Updated: Sep 15, 2008 6:26am PST

Spaulding BIOBLITZ Photowalk : Photo Rules: 1. Adhere to "The Rule of Thirds" 2.Subject matter will be everything below knee level. 3.Try unique/odd camera angles. 4.Break the rules!

Spaulding BIOBLITZ Photowalk

Photo Rules: 1. Adhere to "The Rule of Thirds" 2.Subject matter will b ...

Updated: Jun 24, 2008 8:28pm PST

Cedarville/Les Cheneaux Islands :

Cedarville/Les Cheneaux Islands

Updated: Jul 27, 2008 5:20pm PST

Holy Week 08

These photos were taken in preparation for the "Holy Week 2008" photob ...

Updated: May 30, 2008 8:05am PST

HTGOC Groundbreaking

Updated: Jun 20, 2008 7:28pm PST

MACD Summer Conference Photowalk : After a brief indoor session, participants went outdoors to capture images along the shore of Center Lake. The photos in this gallery have been submitted by the photowalk participants. Nice job!

MACD Summer Conference Photowalk

After a brief indoor session, participants went outdoors to capture im ...

Updated: Jun 25, 2008 6:22am PST

Picnic at Gary and Shari's : Wishing Grandpa Hoort well before his heart surgery.

Picnic at Gary and Shari's

Wishing Grandpa Hoort well before his heart surgery.

Updated: Jun 10, 2008 4:59am PST

Muskegon State Park :

Muskegon State Park

Updated: Jun 11, 2008 11:25am PST

Bahamas

Updated: Apr 16, 2008 11:36am PST

Portraits : Posed or informal. Lights or not. Getting a glimpse of who people are, not just what they look like.

Portraits

Posed or informal. Lights or not. Getting a glimpse of who people are, ...

Updated: Apr 14, 2008 2:53pm PST

Dad's Old Slides

Kodachrome transparencies, taken by my father, Andrew J. Aupperlee. Pr ...

Updated: Apr 03, 2008 12:10pm PST

people : Doing things and being themselves (or not)

people

Doing things and being themselves (or not)

Updated: Jun 05, 2008 5:13am PST

Michigan : All things Michigan

Michigan

All things Michigan

Updated: Jun 11, 2008 11:23am PST

snow and ice : Michigan winters provide ample opportunity to study frozen precipitation...

snow and ice

Michigan winters provide ample opportunity to study frozen precipitati ...

Updated: Apr 01, 2008 10:25am PST

sky : I am trying my hand at photographing celestial objects. Stay tuned for more.

sky

I am trying my hand at photographing celestial objects. Stay tuned for ...

Updated: Mar 27, 2008 4:32pm PST

maggie : This Old English Sheepdog is our family pet. What more can I say?

maggie

This Old English Sheepdog is our family pet. What more can I say?

Updated: Mar 28, 2008 4:32am PST

color in winter : Cloudy Michigan winter days turn our vistas monochromatic. Very 'artsy', but after a few months it gets a little old. Here is my search for color, natural and man-made, on a cloudy, snowy Saturday morning.

color in winter

Cloudy Michigan winter days turn our vistas monochromatic. Very 'artsy ...

Updated: Mar 27, 2008 4:25pm PST

cats : We have always had "barn cats". Recently, two of them moved indoors.

cats

We have always had "barn cats". Recently, two of them moved indoors.

Updated: Apr 01, 2008 10:44am PST

butterflies : During the heat of the day, these creature come to life. I never realized how quickly butterflies move, until I tried to photograph them. This is a relatively new pursuit, so some of these may be mis-identified.

butterflies

During the heat of the day, these creature come to life. I never reali ...

Updated: Apr 01, 2008 11:39am PST

insects : They were here before us and will be here long after we're gone.

insects

They were here before us and will be here long after we're gone.

Updated: Apr 01, 2008 10:53am PST

birds : I love birds! Their wide range of adaptations make for endless viewing and photographic opportunities.

birds

I love birds! Their wide range of adaptations make for endless viewing ...

Updated: Jun 11, 2008 11:26am PST

the barn : What could more of a photog magnet than an old barn...especially when it is in your own backyard!

the barn

What could more of a photog magnet than an old barn...especially when ...

Updated: Apr 22, 2008 5:43pm PST

flowers : Who can resist?

flowers

Who can resist?

Updated: Apr 01, 2008 11:46am PST

Calvin Rugby :

Calvin Rugby

Updated: Apr 27, 2008 7:00pm PST

Sports :

Sports

Updated: May 05, 2008 12:09pm PST

The World On Time : FedEx Cessna 208 that crash landed in a field near our house

The World On Time

FedEx Cessna 208 that crash landed in a field near our house

Updated: May 11, 2008 8:27am PST

Deercam '08 vol.2 : With the 'buck moon' behind us, this year's crop of visitors are coming into the feeder. So let's get to know them and give them some names. Also, I just got my Cuddeback Excite scouting camera back from the repair shop. It was acting up (after almost 2 years and thousands of pictures), so I sent it back to the manufacturer and they sent me a new updated version. That's what I call great customer service.

Deercam '08 vol.2

With the 'buck moon' behind us, this year's crop of visitors are comin ...

Updated: Nov 17, 2008 3:29am PST

FHN JV Soccer :

FHN JV Soccer

Updated: Sep 10, 2008 2:36pm PST

Kzoo v Hope Soccer :

Kzoo v Hope Soccer

Updated: Sep 21, 2008 10:12am PST

Roomies : Albert Apt. roommates and friend at MSU v Iowa tailgate

Roomies

Albert Apt. roommates and friend at MSU v Iowa tailgate

Updated: Oct 06, 2008 4:50pm PST

Covert County Park-Morning/Evening : Camping Labor Day at Covert County Park provided unique vistas....like the column of water vapor from the cooling tower at the Palisades Nuclear Plant which dominates the morning skyline.

Covert County Park-Morning/Evening

Camping Labor Day at Covert County Park provided unique vistas....like ...

Updated: Oct 06, 2008 5:53pm PST

A Clean Boy : Getting rid of the camping grime...fun, fun, fun.

A Clean Boy

Getting rid of the camping grime...fun, fun, fun.

Updated: Oct 06, 2008 6:30pm PST

Opening Day :

Opening Day

Updated: Oct 11, 2008 10:40pm PST

Gary, Shari, Alan :

Gary, Shari, Alan

Updated: Dec 14, 2008 4:25pm PST

Christmas in Ada :

Christmas in Ada

Updated: Dec 18, 2008 7:14pm PST

Morning Walk in DC :

Morning Walk in DC

Updated: Jan 22, 2009 7:48pm PST

Misc. Holiday Pics :

Misc. Holiday Pics

Updated: Jan 11, 2009 5:47pm PST

Close Encounters of the Gobbler Kind :

Close Encounters of the Gobbler Kind

Updated: Feb 08, 2009 12:11pm PST

Michigan Glaciers :

Michigan Glaciers

Updated: Feb 18, 2009 4:02am PST

peeps :

peeps

Updated: Mar 19, 2009 5:23pm PST

SmartShop

Updated: Apr 15, 2009 5:13pm PST

Muskegon State Park 2009 :

Muskegon State Park 2009

Updated: Jun 14, 2009 8:14pm PST