I began my passion for photography as a spiritual practice, in order to be more present to the beauty and grace visible to me each day. Now in retirement, I seek to expand my ability to share the everyday wonders I experience.

Since I live in the southwest of the Denver metro area, many of my photos are taken in Colorado, and partcularly at nearby Harriman Lake. It's amazing how many new things one can see in the same place! Other common venues for my photos include western Washington State and northern Maryland, where two of our three children reside. In 2024, I have had the opportunity to take photos in many regions of the West, including Utah, New Mexico, Arizona and California.

The name ...

Whenever we tell people how to pronounce Gonia we invariable say, "it's like Patagonia without the pata." Thus was born the idea for Photogonia, a domain name already owned by someone in South America (which is only fair!) I decided to add my initials, JW, to create JWPhotoGonia.