Rob'd Arts
@robdartsphotos.bsky.social
Photographer located in SE Wisconsin. Retired Firefighter/Paramedic and US Navy Vet. Husband, father & grandfather.
December 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
“Children and dogs are as necessary to the welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads.”
~ Harry S. Truman
~ Harry S. Truman
December 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
“Children and dogs are as necessary to the welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads.”
~ Harry S. Truman
~ Harry S. Truman
It was my pleasure to take these family photos for a friend of mine I've known since my early days in the fire service. I hope they had as much fun as I did!
November 9, 2025 at 1:10 AM
It was my pleasure to take these family photos for a friend of mine I've known since my early days in the fire service. I hope they had as much fun as I did!
"The Navy has both a tradition and a future--and we look with pride and confidence in both directions."
~ Admiral George Anderson
#usnavy #blueangels #photography
~ Admiral George Anderson
#usnavy #blueangels #photography
October 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"The Navy has both a tradition and a future--and we look with pride and confidence in both directions."
~ Admiral George Anderson
#usnavy #blueangels #photography
~ Admiral George Anderson
#usnavy #blueangels #photography
It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.
~ B. C. Forbes
#autumn #photography #outdoors #harvest #pumpkin
~ B. C. Forbes
#autumn #photography #outdoors #harvest #pumpkin
October 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.
~ B. C. Forbes
#autumn #photography #outdoors #harvest #pumpkin
~ B. C. Forbes
#autumn #photography #outdoors #harvest #pumpkin
Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation, and almost as good for the soul as prayer.
~ Dean Koontz
#dog#photography#petphotography#outdoors#wisconsin#kenosha
~ Dean Koontz
#dog#photography#petphotography#outdoors#wisconsin#kenosha
October 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation, and almost as good for the soul as prayer.
~ Dean Koontz
#dog#photography#petphotography#outdoors#wisconsin#kenosha
~ Dean Koontz
#dog#photography#petphotography#outdoors#wisconsin#kenosha
A few projects I've had the opportunity to work on lately.
#photography#outdoors#weddingphotos#pets
#photography#outdoors#weddingphotos#pets
October 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
A few projects I've had the opportunity to work on lately.
#photography#outdoors#weddingphotos#pets
#photography#outdoors#weddingphotos#pets
"But he who dares not grasp the thorn should never crave the rose."
~ Anne Brontë
~ Anne Brontë
October 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
"But he who dares not grasp the thorn should never crave the rose."
~ Anne Brontë
~ Anne Brontë
“War would end if the dead could return.”
~ Stanley Baldwin
(Former UK Prime Minister, 1867–1947, England)
~ Stanley Baldwin
(Former UK Prime Minister, 1867–1947, England)
October 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“War would end if the dead could return.”
~ Stanley Baldwin
(Former UK Prime Minister, 1867–1947, England)
~ Stanley Baldwin
(Former UK Prime Minister, 1867–1947, England)
“There is no competition of sounds between a nightingale and a violin.”
~ Dejan Stojanovic
#music #violin #nightingale #photography
~ Dejan Stojanovic
#music #violin #nightingale #photography
September 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
“There is no competition of sounds between a nightingale and a violin.”
~ Dejan Stojanovic
#music #violin #nightingale #photography
~ Dejan Stojanovic
#music #violin #nightingale #photography
"Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure."
~ Aldous Huxley
#dragracing #speed #greatlakesdragaway #photography
~ Aldous Huxley
#dragracing #speed #greatlakesdragaway #photography
September 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure."
~ Aldous Huxley
#dragracing #speed #greatlakesdragaway #photography
~ Aldous Huxley
#dragracing #speed #greatlakesdragaway #photography
“I had this rare privilege of being able to pursue in my adult life, what had been my childhood dream.”
~ Andrew Wiles
While cleaning the garage, the neighbor kids were running around and found some of my old firefighting gear. So I put it on her!
#firefighter #children #photography
~ Andrew Wiles
While cleaning the garage, the neighbor kids were running around and found some of my old firefighting gear. So I put it on her!
#firefighter #children #photography
August 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“I had this rare privilege of being able to pursue in my adult life, what had been my childhood dream.”
~ Andrew Wiles
While cleaning the garage, the neighbor kids were running around and found some of my old firefighting gear. So I put it on her!
#firefighter #children #photography
~ Andrew Wiles
While cleaning the garage, the neighbor kids were running around and found some of my old firefighting gear. So I put it on her!
#firefighter #children #photography
"The idea of seeing the sea - of being near it - watching its changes by sunrise, sunset, moonlight, and noonday - in calm, perhaps in storm - fills and satisfies my mind."
~Charlotte Bronte
#photography #ocean #aruba #carribean #water #sunrise #dawn
~Charlotte Bronte
#photography #ocean #aruba #carribean #water #sunrise #dawn
August 26, 2025 at 11:06 AM
"The idea of seeing the sea - of being near it - watching its changes by sunrise, sunset, moonlight, and noonday - in calm, perhaps in storm - fills and satisfies my mind."
~Charlotte Bronte
#photography #ocean #aruba #carribean #water #sunrise #dawn
~Charlotte Bronte
#photography #ocean #aruba #carribean #water #sunrise #dawn
“None of it mattered, because there was music.”
~ Erin Entrada Kelly, Blackbird Fly
#photography #music #guitar
~ Erin Entrada Kelly, Blackbird Fly
#photography #music #guitar
August 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
“None of it mattered, because there was music.”
~ Erin Entrada Kelly, Blackbird Fly
#photography #music #guitar
~ Erin Entrada Kelly, Blackbird Fly
#photography #music #guitar
“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”
~ Sun Tzu, The Art of War
#photography #war #peace #suntzu #theartofwar #gettysburg
~ Sun Tzu, The Art of War
#photography #war #peace #suntzu #theartofwar #gettysburg
August 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”
~ Sun Tzu, The Art of War
#photography #war #peace #suntzu #theartofwar #gettysburg
~ Sun Tzu, The Art of War
#photography #war #peace #suntzu #theartofwar #gettysburg
"I came like Water, and like Wind I go."
~ Edward Fitzgerald
#water #wind #lakemichigan #kenosha #surfing #photography
~ Edward Fitzgerald
#water #wind #lakemichigan #kenosha #surfing #photography
August 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
"I came like Water, and like Wind I go."
~ Edward Fitzgerald
#water #wind #lakemichigan #kenosha #surfing #photography
~ Edward Fitzgerald
#water #wind #lakemichigan #kenosha #surfing #photography
“To acquire knowledge, one must study;
but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.”
~ Marilyn vos Savant
#photography #portrait
but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.”
~ Marilyn vos Savant
#photography #portrait
June 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
“To acquire knowledge, one must study;
but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.”
~ Marilyn vos Savant
#photography #portrait
but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.”
~ Marilyn vos Savant
#photography #portrait
“I am a hearth of spiders these days: a nest of trying.”
~ Ada Limon, The Carrying
#photography #spiders #nest #wildlife
~ Ada Limon, The Carrying
#photography #spiders #nest #wildlife
June 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
“I am a hearth of spiders these days: a nest of trying.”
~ Ada Limon, The Carrying
#photography #spiders #nest #wildlife
~ Ada Limon, The Carrying
#photography #spiders #nest #wildlife
"Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play."
~ Mike Singletary
#photography #basketball #sports #kenoshawi
~ Mike Singletary
#photography #basketball #sports #kenoshawi
May 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play."
~ Mike Singletary
#photography #basketball #sports #kenoshawi
~ Mike Singletary
#photography #basketball #sports #kenoshawi
"We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock."
~ Queen Elizabeth II
#photography #saltwater #water #reflections #westvirginia
~ Queen Elizabeth II
#photography #saltwater #water #reflections #westvirginia
May 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock."
~ Queen Elizabeth II
#photography #saltwater #water #reflections #westvirginia
~ Queen Elizabeth II
#photography #saltwater #water #reflections #westvirginia
“As I woke up this morning, and I opened my eyes,
I am very grateful to see another sunrise”
~ Charmaine J Forde
#photography #landscapephotography #sunrise #lakemichigan #kenoshawi #morning
I am very grateful to see another sunrise”
~ Charmaine J Forde
#photography #landscapephotography #sunrise #lakemichigan #kenoshawi #morning
May 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
“As I woke up this morning, and I opened my eyes,
I am very grateful to see another sunrise”
~ Charmaine J Forde
#photography #landscapephotography #sunrise #lakemichigan #kenoshawi #morning
I am very grateful to see another sunrise”
~ Charmaine J Forde
#photography #landscapephotography #sunrise #lakemichigan #kenoshawi #morning
"To escape and sit quietly on the beach – that’s my idea of paradise."
~ Emilia Wickstead
#photography #ocean #beach #greatblueheron #peace #alabama #gulfshores #wildlife #outdoors #bythsea
~ Emilia Wickstead
#photography #ocean #beach #greatblueheron #peace #alabama #gulfshores #wildlife #outdoors #bythsea
May 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
"To escape and sit quietly on the beach – that’s my idea of paradise."
~ Emilia Wickstead
#photography #ocean #beach #greatblueheron #peace #alabama #gulfshores #wildlife #outdoors #bythsea
~ Emilia Wickstead
#photography #ocean #beach #greatblueheron #peace #alabama #gulfshores #wildlife #outdoors #bythsea
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile (alligator), hoping it will eat him last."
~ Winston Churchill
#photography #alligator #alabama #zoo
~ Winston Churchill
#photography #alligator #alabama #zoo
May 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile (alligator), hoping it will eat him last."
~ Winston Churchill
#photography #alligator #alabama #zoo
~ Winston Churchill
#photography #alligator #alabama #zoo
“If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.”
~ Coco Chanel
Commander Thomas Zimmerman (USN), traveling at nearly 700mph during practice. Speed of sound is 767mph in air.
Camera settings: 1/12,800 sec @ ƒ8.0 ISO-2500
#photography #blueangels #usnavy
~ Coco Chanel
Commander Thomas Zimmerman (USN), traveling at nearly 700mph during practice. Speed of sound is 767mph in air.
Camera settings: 1/12,800 sec @ ƒ8.0 ISO-2500
#photography #blueangels #usnavy
May 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
“If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.”
~ Coco Chanel
Commander Thomas Zimmerman (USN), traveling at nearly 700mph during practice. Speed of sound is 767mph in air.
Camera settings: 1/12,800 sec @ ƒ8.0 ISO-2500
#photography #blueangels #usnavy
~ Coco Chanel
Commander Thomas Zimmerman (USN), traveling at nearly 700mph during practice. Speed of sound is 767mph in air.
Camera settings: 1/12,800 sec @ ƒ8.0 ISO-2500
#photography #blueangels #usnavy