exploring nature’s infinite connections
It is just before dawn, the birds are just beginning to wake up. The overnight chill has yet to dissipate. I find comfort in some morning coffee as I retrace the tracks I followed. I remember when they used to be easy to find. A year has passed before I started on...
Rabbit holes; They take us to some interesting places, cause us to think about some interesting things. With this and perhaps an ongoing series of posts, I'll bring you along down into the rabbit holes of some of my thoughts and explorations. Oh yes! There will be...
"I set up situations that involve abandoning control and finding out what happens."Brian Eno When I plucked this image from my archives, it resonated with my current state of mind. "Adrift" seems fitting to how I feel about my creative work for some time, trying to...
I have such a large body of undeveloped work that it seems inevitable whenever I am searching for something specific, I stumble upon photographs just sitting around for their turn in line. Unfortunately, I tend to not do this in a very orderly way, such as by date. I...
This week I took advantage of a guided hike by Bill Atkinson of the Michigan Nature Association in a new preserve for me. The MNA is one of Michigan's oldest land preservation organizations following a basic philosophy that in order to preserve land, you need to own...
Just before a huge snowstorm hit us yesterday, I was able to spend some time in my yard trying to exercise my seeing. Like any other exercise, 'seeing' photographs requires poking those brain cells to keep them active. I haven't spent much time photographing since the...
Last year, a new organization called "Nature First" was formed. It is a collection of incredibly passionate, caring, and dedicated nature photographers who want to spread the education of field ethics. We create more than 1.2 trillion digital photographs a year, going...
True story, I started this post with some placeholder text of "blah blah blah" so I could go back and look at some of my recent yearly favorites posts to avoid being a repetitive idiot. After reviewing 2016-2018, I have some news for you - I think I can already check...
I've been a doodler for as long as I can remember. I still have some childhood doodles that reflect times where I had a pencil in my hand and my mind went wandering. More than likely - I was supposed to be paying attention to something else. "Droids" - I had a...