https://jaredknowles.com/galleries/2026-06-11T18:58:22ZData analysis, photography, and the occasional thought.Jared E. Knowlesjared@fastmail.ushttps://jaredknowles.com/galleries/2025-arizona/2025-03-14T15:04:16Z2025-03-14T15:04:16Z { "attach_link": true, "format_string": "{{title}}\n\n{{summary}}", "media": [ { "alt": "A copper-domed building with a statue on top sits against a cloudy sky.", "type": "image", "url": "https://media.jaredknowles.com/photos/2025-arizona/e5a5b4c4ed76/1600w.jpg" } ], "og_description": "", "og_image": "https://media.jaredknowles.com/photos/2025-arizona/e5a5b4c4ed76/1600w.jpg", "og_title": "Arizona 2025 Highlights" } https://jaredknowles.com/galleries/flowers/2016-12-28T15:01:08Z2016-12-28T15:01:08Z

My best pictures of flowers in all their variety, color, and splendor.

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Getting in close has been helpful for me to challenge and extend my skills at composition and depth of field. These are my best attempts so far.

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My best photos of plants that are not flowers!

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I don't go looking for wildlife very often, but when I see them I do try to get a good picture. My favorites are when I can capture a little personality.

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As a political scientist, the places where the decisions about our public life get made are endlessly fascinating to me as monuments to our aspirations.

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Machines, tools, the things we use to do things great and small.

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If you see me on Zoom, you've probably seen these.

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Absolute best night cityscape photos.

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Growing up in landlocked Montana, I didn't see the ocean until I was 13. Even now it still brings me awe at its beauty and size, and I am always chasing that perfect beach sunrise or sunset photo.

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I love adventuring in city landscapes and capturing the built environment - often from above. These are some of my best from cities around the world.

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I am trying to expand my photography beyond landscapes and architecture. These are my experiments in more abstract image making.

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I'm fascinated by buildings and the built environment. Probably because I grew up out west and the sheer scale and diversity of buildings still strikes me with awe.

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Transit, energy, the built environment. I am fascinated by it all. These are my best photos capturing the variety of ways we build things we rely on into the landscape.

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I'm trying to capture more or the feeling of being in a place and these photos are my best trying to convey the feeling of a place beyond how it looks in great light.

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The beauty and wonder of the Earth.

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