exploring nature’s infinite connections
There is something to be said for abstract photography... you are not confined by your own preconceptions about reality and known subjects. But to the contrary, you leave yourself open to the possibility that someone just may not "get it" as is often stated about...
A bad flu I have been struggling with for the past 3 weeks seems to be finally dissipating and allow me to work on more fun things than trying to cough up a lung. Since I haven't been out shooting much this winter, I felt well enough to browse through some older...
You would wonder why anyone would crave saltwater! Well, it isn't a taste craving, but an experience craving. I believe there is a no more relaxing place in the world than sitting on a sandy bottom beneath warm, tropical blue water. There are no sounds or...
For the longest time, I have resisted engaging with Twitter. I really didn't think I had the time to keep up with yet another social media outlet in addition to my blog, my website, and Facebook site - and keep up with all the sites that I follow. From a business...
I have this bluetooth gizmo for my car that allows me to use my iPhone hands-free. It acts as an FM transmitter so audio broadcasts through my car's speakers. It also allows me to play any music I have on my iPhone, use Pandora, or any other audio service through...
This image is a survivor from a recent culling of my brown bear photos from my Alaska trip so long ago ago now. I have developed sufficient detachment from many of these images that I can edit rather ruthlessly. Yeah, I still have a lot to delete. Many still...
This is the first morning I have been able to get out this year. The skies were going to be clear at dawn, so I thought I would check out the frozen lake I often visit (Lake St. Clair.) Ice conditions were a little sketchy, so I didn't venture out more than 10...
"My triumph as a counterfeiter was my defeat as a creative artist." - Han van Meergeren, artist and forger Han van Meergeren was a Dutch painter who became a famous forger during the early 1900s and especially during World War II. He refined his technical painting...
Eastern Redbud leaves (Cercis canadensis), photo ID # LE9372 from Leaves & Leaf Pattern Gallery My approach to searching for patterns in nature is fairly simple. I look for the defining repeating elements, but then I need something to break it up, to create...