exploring nature’s infinite connections
For anyone that uses Lightroom frequently, occasionally you find yourself in the middle of some old photographs in your catalog. This happened to me today and I found this photograph that I had taken just outside my backyard. My backyard backs to the Clinton River...
This is my 10th collection highlighting some images from the past year. For as fast as time seems to pass, looking back on 10 years of favorites seems to bring up a lot of moments that seem so, so long ago. This 10th set carries some simple themes that I visit...
I wanted to wish everyone a very Happy New Year for 2017! I missed going out last year on New Year's Day and decided at the last minute this morning to go check out one of my favorite spots. Michigan weather is quite erratic this time of year before we get into the...
"We adore chaos because we love to produce order." ~ M.C.Escher Crimson Maple leaves in my backyard, Michigan I always loved M.C.Escher's pieces when I was a kid, and not quite sure why I thought of him when photographing these leaves. Perhaps it is related to...
I don't write too often about gear here despite its intrical part to photography. Anytime somebody finds out about my dabbling in photography and asks what type of camera they should get, I typically respond "they're all good." Because quite frankly, that is...
I just watched this discussion panel this evening with President Obama, Climate Scientist Katherine Hayhoe, and Leonardo DiCaprio that was a very thoughtful and intelligent discussion on the challenges we are facing with our planet. I follow a lot of different...
So how does the saying go? Something about idle minds becomming the devil's playground? The urge to create something different has been tumbling around in my head for quite awhile. My Lightroom catalog is filled with a lot of dead ends and half-baked ideas. ...
As I finished sending off images to a lab for a Blood Donor center in San Antonio, Texas, the picks the art consultant made had me thinking about the universal aspects of some nature photographs. It makes someone from California, Nebraska, or Texas pick a photograph...
After some momentum I seemed to take on with my April posting challenge, it seemed to have the reverse effect. I ended up just taking a break from it. The fact is, it was during the last half of that April challenge that my site became the target of a lot of...