exploring nature’s infinite connections
I imagine for most people, a walk through the forest is one that involves mostly observing trees and other plantlife, and an occasional animal. Imagine just the reverse, where your field of vision is surrounded by animal life, and only an occasional plant or two. ...
I have received a number of emails about photo contests lately, and it brought to mind a problem I have with judging and critique of photographs. That problem is one of The Missing Question. Now of course contests aren't meant to be constructive, but many...
This image is from a night dive in Bonaire. Diving at night as you might imagine is quite a different experience than daytime. Not only is your field of vision limited by only the power of your dive light, but many creatures you never see during the day are out...
As much as I cherish photos from Bonaire that did turn out the way I expected, there are some that simply serve as great memories. Recently reading Richard Wong's post on the Pictures you don't take brought to mind this particular experience. except I did take one...
As I mentioned in my previous post, I really only had 1 morning on our diving 'day off' to do some landscape photography around the island. There are a couple difficulties in doing topside plus underwater photography in the same morning. For one, the only SLR I...
In my prior trips to Bonaire, I didn't spend a lot of time at the shorelines doing land photography. I always seemed to be busy diving. I see them as opportunties lost from the past. It was difficult to coordinate being at some of these places during the soft...
Well, I am back now from my trip I mentioned in my previous post of Craving Saltwater. Consider the craving satisfied. While the white in this photo may slightly resemble the snow I came back to in Michigan, I can assure you it is far different in the actual...
Cedar Falls, Hocking Hills, Ohio When you think of deep rocky canyons and gorges, I imagine most would think of the western US. I was one of those people until I began discovering such places much closer to my own home. When I show people FROM Michigan some images...
A few years into selling prints, I began to ask myself this very question when it comes to my photographs. Provenance being basically a historical record of the origins of the image, and if printed, the media and process used to produce the print. If the...