Art is the quintessence of emotion, civilization, and thought!
D L Ennis is a freelance writer born in Yorktown, Virginia in 1952. Since then he has lived and worked in many places and done many things to make a living. D L worked as a musician until the age of 30 at which time he met his lovely wife, Dawn; they now live with their five dogs in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
Music took him all over the United States, parts of Canada, and Mexico. Throughout his years as a musician, he was doing some freelance writing and photography. Since his marriage to Dawn, he has settled down making writing/photography a full time endeavor. D L is published both in print and on-line.
D L’s photography has been shown all over the world and his work is now in countless private and public galleries and collections. Many of D L’s images have been used in educational materials…software, books, PowerPoint presentations, magazines, etc.
58 responses so far ↓
trufocus // June 3, 2007 at 11:46 am |
D L your photography speaks for itself…. puts one at ease and makes us appreciate life and nature.
Stephen Azzato
Marsha J. O'Brien // June 19, 2007 at 6:21 pm |
I happened by your site and your photography is stunning. I am an author too and love nature photography. I have just a lovely little digital camera but it does seem to work well for me.
If you don’t mind sharing – are your photos touched up in any way – the colors are so astounding! Whether they are or not, it matters little, as they are comforting, warm and full of love for our still beautiful earth.
You are bookmarked. Thank you.
Marsha J. O'Brien // June 19, 2007 at 6:22 pm |
I forgot.
Love “visual thoughts”. Perfect.
dlennis // June 20, 2007 at 11:27 am |
Thank you both so much!
Marsha, yes, I use photoshop and a few other programs on most of my images. Love your blog and you too are bookmarked!
agarithia // June 25, 2007 at 6:40 pm |
love your photography, keep up the good work!
~LLO
dlennis // June 26, 2007 at 8:12 am |
Hi agarithia…thank you so much!!!
manicblu // July 1, 2007 at 1:14 pm |
When I saw the title listing I new it had to be photography and had to take a look.
Beautiful work!
dlennis // July 1, 2007 at 1:46 pm |
Thank you so much manicblu!!!
bernadette // August 2, 2007 at 10:31 pm |
By accident stumbled on your ethereal photos! I too am an artist and completely mesmerized with your nature shots! I live near a tropical rainforest and am glad that I can see some more magical sights other than my part of the world—your world
! Thank you!
Dru // August 17, 2007 at 6:03 pm |
Pardon me – a little soul collision! Nice bumping into you…
dlennis // August 17, 2007 at 6:35 pm |
Thank you Bernadette and Dru!
Dru, do I know you?
cindy // August 19, 2007 at 9:25 am |
Beautiful Work…Thank you for sharing
dlennis // August 19, 2007 at 9:31 am |
Thank you for visiting and your kind words, Cindy!
theelectronicexperiment // August 28, 2007 at 9:43 pm |
Absolutely stunning photography. I’m so happy you came up in my tag surfer!
-Dav
dlennis // August 28, 2007 at 9:50 pm |
Hi Dav, very kind of you…thank you!
narziss // September 5, 2007 at 12:29 pm |
Wow. It’s truly amazing – we seem to be so very similar. My primary passion in life is music too. I play the violin (classical). I really hope to get a breakthrough in that.
AND I love writing and photography too. Though, of course, I cannot compare my photographs with yours any day. I have been dying to get a D-SLR camera but just can’t afford it
dlennis // September 5, 2007 at 3:16 pm |
narziss-I hope you get all that you want from music and I am betting you will!
I also know that you are an excellent writer and photographer…I’ve seen your work!
arroway // September 24, 2007 at 3:15 pm |
Thank-you for sharing your work through this blog space. It really moves me.
dlennis // September 24, 2007 at 6:44 pm |
Thank you very much arroway…I hope you will continue to visit!
D L
Chrisy // September 25, 2007 at 9:46 am |
It is great and I love your photography. Captured so many nice photographs of nature which I admire.
You must be a very dedicated, patient and of course also a photographic eye.
Thanks for sharing
dlennis // September 25, 2007 at 9:58 am |
Very kind of you Chrisy…thank you!
James Hart Isley // September 25, 2007 at 5:49 pm |
Thank You for adding The Bear Hunter to your website.
dlennis // September 25, 2007 at 6:04 pm |
You’re welcome, James!
jonb49 // October 2, 2007 at 3:12 am |
I’ve just discovered your blog. Your photographs are exellent and inspiring.
dlennis // October 2, 2007 at 8:20 am |
Hey jonb49, glad you stopped by…Thank you very much!
thecaretaker // October 31, 2007 at 12:49 pm |
just couldn’t stop from commenting on such beautiful work, dlennis
esp.ly your takes on the mist,the never ending roads, and also the trees always seem to hide something
and yea wanted to give a special mention about the Autumn Dawn and Autumn Smile………
another fan added and still counting……..
dlennis // November 1, 2007 at 6:10 am |
Ho kind of you Caretaker! Thank you so much!
davidlind // November 16, 2007 at 11:01 pm |
I just installed a plugin that put all my commenters on the sidebar. And I saw D L Ennis and thought “Who is that?” So I went to comments and searched and found a comment you made in September. One word “beautiful”. It was the best comment I ever got coming from someone like you and I totally missed it. Til now. So Thank You DLEnnis. And thank you also for giving me a nice place to visit and watch my favorite river go along its beautiful way.
dlennis // November 17, 2007 at 8:20 am |
How very kind of you David…thank you so much my friend!!!
Sue // December 19, 2007 at 12:50 pm |
Dennis – would you be so kind to change the link to my blog in your blog roll to marshall-yard.com
Sue // December 19, 2007 at 12:51 pm |
It can read The Trade Show Blog
spasmicallyperfect // December 24, 2007 at 10:58 am |
I definitely have to come by here more often, your pictures are absolutely amazing.
The way I judge photos is by motivation to write about them or the mood they are set in. I can see many stories and images being born from your pictures. Love the one with the tractor on the fresh cut field. Love, love, love it.
MiySpirit // January 8, 2008 at 3:41 pm |
Stunning and mesmersizing work DL…I truly enjoy the mood of your creations, the light and tones are always so exquisite!
Suzanne // January 31, 2008 at 10:14 pm |
I have been a fan of yours for so long, and loved every one of your photographs, through your eyes I have learn to see, and love Virginia, what a blessing you’ve been given to have the sight to see it the way you do…and what a blessing we’ve received to have you share them with us..I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers, and with your permission will send out the healing rays of Reiki to you in this time of need..thank you, thank you..
Amy Schuster // February 15, 2008 at 3:15 pm |
I found your photos on JPG and as I went through all of them I realized how at peace they make me feel and felt that I needed to share that with you. I always thought I wanted to shoot landscapes and not people and it seems I’ve done the opposite…maybe that’s due to my 2 small boys.
I am glad that I have found and seen your work. I am truly sorry that you are not doing well and will send good thoughts your way. Never underestimate the power of good thoughts – I’ve witnessed what they can do.
I will be back to visit often, to see your work and to hear how you are doing. Best wishes to you.
pam // June 6, 2008 at 8:28 am |
So happy to have stumbled across your work and thoughts. Thank you. Such talent.Stunning and beautiful.
Rosella // August 25, 2008 at 1:13 pm |
I am editor of a retirement facility newsletter and a week ago, we lost our fabulous photographer (age 77) to a massive heart attack while he was doing what he loved most (besides photography), hiking with his wife on Marin’s beautiful Mt. Tamalpais.
Our next issue of the Newsletter will be dedicated to Ed and his photos, and while searching the Web for quotes to accompany them, I came across your poetry. Would you allow me to use one or two of your poems, with credit to you and your website, of course.
Thank you so much for your beautiful thoughts and lovely photos.
D L Ennis // August 25, 2008 at 1:17 pm |
Hi Rosella, I’m so sorry for your loss!
Indeed you may…I would be honored!
enreal // September 6, 2008 at 11:12 pm |
Love the energy here. Your thoughts and photography are both wonderful. An inspirational visit. Thank you!
p.s. your bio is great… leaves hope for some!
tgaw // October 17, 2008 at 5:11 pm |
Holy cow, you have a blog? How did I miss that?!? Must add to RSS Reader stat.
I LOVE your photos and have been following you on Flickr. I think you do an absolutely phenomental job capturing the inspiration and magic I find Southwest Virginia to have. We live in such a beautiful area– Thank you so much for representing it so well.
P.S. If you don’t mind personal use of your photographs, have you thought about changing your Flickr licensing to the Non-Commerical , Attribution Creative Commons?
Tomas // October 23, 2008 at 2:39 pm |
Dear D L Ennis
Your works touch my heart. Thank you for the wonderful photos. You teach us to listen – to look and to hear what nature whispers
Thank you
Thank you in name of all at Modus Vivendi http://trustlight.blogspot.com/
The beauty revives at a moment the light we received becomes shared with other. So while viewing your blog I was greatly awarded.
Thanks again.
Rosemary the Social Worker // October 24, 2008 at 2:34 pm |
Dear DL (if I may call you that)–I work in a psychiatric hospital and sometimes one needs a moment of true inspirational beauty and peace with which to replenish–you truly have captured the essence of special moments in the blue ridge that indeed gave my heart rest….unbelievable artistry…thanks….
D L Ennis // October 24, 2008 at 10:18 pm |
Thank you all so much!!!
allsppjhn // November 2, 2008 at 9:55 am |
Great pictures dennis..why not have them turned into paintings??
John keep up the exquisite photography
Young-Joo Lee // November 21, 2008 at 10:22 pm |
How do I take a beautiful picture like you?
Beautiful Work.. Thank you for sharing.
connie VanMatrre // December 7, 2008 at 8:46 pm |
I’ve been a fan since first finding you on Flickr…love your work . The pictures are perfect, the writing inspiring and inlightening..you truly inspire me to write poetry…
mike // January 2, 2009 at 3:42 pm |
Hello from New York. Great photography you have.
Joyce O'Neil // February 7, 2009 at 12:18 am |
Hi from North Carolina, near the original Cold Mountain. Thank you for your nice comment on my work & for visiting my website. Your work is fabulous! I especially like The Farmhouse image and the one named “August”. Best of luck to you also in AMPC finals. I hope to cross paths with you at some point….
danni // February 7, 2009 at 11:38 am |
I’ve been looking at your photography and it’s amazing. Im interested in photography and i was wondering what camera you have?
Much appreciated, danni.
Shawn // February 10, 2009 at 11:04 pm |
Dennis,
I am interested in buying a print of “The James River in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and a very pretty day…Taken from the Blue Ridge Parkway…”
When I click any of the links to contact you, my computer opens up Outlook (not my email app)
Thanks
Scottie // March 4, 2009 at 5:03 pm |
Hay bro, love the photography! Im studying Graphic Design in New Zealand and I came across your photography and absolutly love it!
Would it be alright if I study your photographs and write a paper on you?
Scottie
arisingphoenix // March 9, 2009 at 7:05 pm |
Just started to look around the site, so much here…I will be adding you to my blog roll and coming back to do some more viewing…
Embarking on my own little blogging path (started last week). I find it to be another wonderful form of expression, and a way to share the creative spirit with others. To which you have already beat me to the punch.
Declan // May 29, 2009 at 5:15 pm |
I am inspired by your work – what you see. God is in the details!
Darryl Gregory // July 4, 2009 at 12:32 am |
Dennis – I love the work and your connection to nature – Nice to see you’re a musician as well. Thanks for allowing the use of your work in small blogs – I used “In The Long Run” for my latest entry to go along with a song I wrote f the same name. – Thanks again – Peace –
Darryl
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severnyproductions // August 3, 2009 at 8:58 pm |
your photography is fantastic, i come here to learn from you
Tammy Hollo // October 30, 2009 at 11:57 pm |
Hello! I stumbled across your website by accident and I am very glad that I did! Your photo’s are amazing and I always look forward to seeing what new things you have to share. Thank you!
ajlaurent // November 7, 2009 at 11:04 pm |
I read your article “Feeding the Rich and Starving the Poor” and would like permission to use it as part of a critical analyst research paper I am doing as part of an essay contest on ethics…