exploring nature’s infinite connections
I recently had an image of mine selected for the Spring-Summer 2011 cover of a local college's art journal, called the MacGuffin. It is a journal that features short stories, poems and a few photographs from 32 other contributors. It is quite an old image, the...
I spent some time photographing this morning pretty close to home, about as close as I can get actually - our front yard. My wife Lisa has done an amazing job with flowers around our house, and I often take advantage of having a lot of great subjects around. Today...
The woods behind my house are quite chaotic. There are all sorts of vines, twigs, fallen limbs, and probably the center of the world's collection on thorny plants. I have often wondered why I don't see the deer with a thousand scratches on their sides. They...
"Art is never finished, only abandoned." - Leonardo da Vinci (or Paul Valéry ?) Perhaps you have read this quote before, I certainly have. It is one of those quotes that state so much more than the simple words that it is composed of. I don't think about the...
Finally spring wildflowers are kicking into gear around here. Yesterday I ventured out with an idea in my head of doing something a bit different this year. It seems as if I go through this every year, wanting to create something a bit different than last season on...
Certainly every day needs to be Earth Day, but if there is one thing to rally around and show your appreciation for, it is certainly our planet. I am off today to do a little cleanup around my neighborhood as soon as the rain passes. Every spring after the snow is...
As a follow-on to my previous post, I thought of a situation that I encounter quite frequently, and imagine other photographers do also. (At least I hope they do!). If it all comes naturally, then keep it to yourself ok? It will be your little secret. 🙂 On my...
Looking for subjects in the woods can be a bit like a treasure hunt sometimes. I suppose you could photograph any ordinary ol' leaf, or any log, any flower -but then what you might end up with is an ordinary photograph. Finding subjects with visual character...
There is an interesting dichotomy between the shoreline and the life existing not too far away underneath the water's surface. The shoreline... a rough, textured crusty surface that is for the most part, dead rock. Remnants of animal life that used to exist around...