exploring nature’s infinite connections
These are a few pieces I recently added to my gallery - related to my Stonescapes series. These look at the aspects of animals that once lived millions of years ago, now turned into stone. Looking at these remnants of these animals brings to mind so many...
We are all made of star dust indeed. The rock before me, formed from many of the same elements that I am. We both originated in the cosmos somewhere. I tend to spend a lot of time looking at the sky amazed at what I can see, and thoroughly depressed about what I...
I find it interesting the things that come to mind when I am editing my work. In this sand dune image, I was cleaning some dust spots off and noticing how the horizon line was slightly blurred. I remember it was quite windy this day, the persistent wind off of Lake...
Raise your hand if you have heard one of these statements before: "The photos on my website aren't large enough for print quality." "I am not concerned about web theft, only if someone steals for print." "I don't like watermarks, web images aren't good for printing...
Well, it seems like February went by in a blink of an eye, and yet old man winter keeps poking us with a stick around here. I have really meant to try to post a bit more this year, seems I haven't started off very well with that. Quite frankly, this tough winter has...
Recently I came across this quote from conservationist and author John Burroughs (1837-1921) that quite astutely described the uniqueness of the winter landscape. "What a severe yet master artist old Winter is.... No longer the canvas and the pigments, but the marble...
My first time out photographing for 2014 was about 2 weeks ago, revisiting my favorite spot for photographing ice on Lake St. Clair. As many times as I have been out here, and as much as I TRY to research weather conditions, cloud cover, etc, it is a complete crap...
One aspect I have always enjoyed about black and white photography is the sense of escapism that comes with these types of photographs. As many fine art photographers of the past have demonstrated, the removal of color tends to remove many of the confines of...
First of all, for my first post for 2014, Happy New Year! And appropriately for my first post, I am continuing a 7 year tradition in following Pantone's Color of the Year. The 2014 Color of the Year is Radiant Orchid. An interesting, energetic color to say the...