Jim and Barb married in 2003 and found a mutual love of photography, especially nature. Barb comes with an artist's background of oil painting and amateur photography. They love to travel and plan many more nature trips to capture God's beauty. They specialize in  Nature, Jim's interest in photography became a reality with the creation in 1975 of Creative Images Gallery. His pictures have been published in various mediums and displayed in many galleries, public buildings, and art shows in Washington. He also attended several photography courses and workshops. These include Clark College, NY Institute of Photography, Darrell Gulin, Jack Riznicki, Lepp Institute, Charles Lewis and Ed Pierce.

Jim has gone on many exciting photo trips, a few being Panama, Costa Rica, Ponderosa Ranch in Oregon, and Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. He and Barb traveled to the Philippines on a mission trip in 2006. They have also photographed the California and Oregon coast, and all of the beauty that the state of Washington possesses.

We spent 6 months from October 2007 until April 2008 touring and photographing the beauty throughout the following States: Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Oregon. We visited most of the National Parks and Monuments and, of course, we always take time to photograph the beauty GOD created in our great state of Washington!