On August 21, 2017, “Eclipse Mania” hit the United States as one of the year's most anxiously awaited astronomical events. Thousands flocked to the path of totality to witness what could be a once-in-a-lifetime solar event. ...
Notes from the Woods
seeing · environment · exploration · photographyClinton River Restoration
Yes, I am still here. It seems my hiatus from making updates to my notes here went on much longer than intended. Some of it due to writer's block, some due to photographer's block, some due to everyday life and its changes and...
Signing photographs
The array of answers is interesting whenever I see the questions regarding signing photographs. In an older podcast by Brooks Jensen on signing prints (LW0025), he asks some probing questions and acknowledges no resolving answers. Even the 'traditional' art...
Decennary Thoughts #1 | Shaking the Trees
An Idea... As my archive of photography grows, I often find myself wandering among older images I've made and questioning if I would have the same approach to a similar subject today. Recently, I found myself looking at photos from 2007 thinking to myself how...
Spring Awakening
Everytime I take a walk in our woods, I feel like it is a conversation catching up with what is going on lately. In these transition times of the year, quite a bit is happening! Bird songs are in the air, and it won't be long now before the frogs join them in chorus....
Getting the Bugs out
This is an apology post for anyone that may have visited here in the past, oh I don't know, 6 months, maybe more - and experienced a slow loading website or some other strange behavior. Basically I have been struggling with site issues since last May to the...
Illusions of Lake St. Clair
One of the characteristics I like about photographing here on Lake St. Clair is that the location lends itself to simplicity of the winter landscape. Many people who see these photographs comment that it looks like some far away place, like in the Arctic. ...
Carpe Glacies!
It is hard to believe we are already approaching March. The forecasts in the Detroit area are calling for 60° F (16°C) in this second to last weekend in February. But the weather over this past week had me wondering if there was any buildup of ice at my favorite...
Luminous Leaves
Luminous Leaves | LE-10061 ~ Clinton River Park, Sterling Heights, Macomb County, Michigan Winter in Southeast Michigan has been quite crazy so far. Either it is freezing temps and blowing wind, or extremely mild in the 40-50 F range. We have received sporadic...








