exploring nature’s infinite connections
As mentioned in my previous post, one of the main sites we wanted to visit during our visit were the popular California Coast Redwoods. Of course, the Redwoods are not in one area, they are spread out along the northern California coastline where the climate is...
My wife and I just returned from a trip to Northern California, a trip to celebrate our 15th anniversary and to get away. We have both been wanting to go to see the giant Redwoods, first time for me, and a second for her as well as spend time with the ocean. So this...
I spent the morning at this location yesterday where there is an abundance of wildflowers growing along a roadside. I have photographed here before for the past several years. It is always a question that comes up I open my pack - "what lens am I going to use?"...
Well, I started to write this post to try to tie in something about photography into the US holiday today, Independence Day. I thought there were some parallels in the paths we take as photographers and those that founded this country took. The writing started to...
There is one thing about photography that I can count on, always an abundance of things to do and play with. If I am in a slow time for actually being in the field, I certainly have plenty of images and tools to play with on my Mac. Ideas on the back burner that...
There is a park not too far away from me where Sandhill Cranes nest every year and white-tail deer are rarely skittish of people walking by. Both offer great opportunities to photograph wildlife without too much difficulty or hiding in blinds for days. They both...
I am tackling a couple of subjects with this post. One is just sharing an article I recently licensed some images for in Cincinnati Magazine's May 2011 issue. The other is how much I am enjoying getting magazines electronically now. These two things came together...
These images are from a couple months ago from a visit to a pond in the woods behind my home. The water was particularly calm this day, a light cool temperature. I became not only enamored with the wider scene in front of me, but the smaller details as well. So I...
For me, much of the power of using a piece of software like Adobe Lightroom is that it utilizes a central database as reference to your images. This is one of the biggest differences between using Lightroom to access and organize your work versus some other form...