exploring nature’s infinite connections
A quote I stumbled upon recently had me thinking about the concept of atmosphere when it comes to photographs. The quote is from Alfred Stieglitz, a photographer perhaps most well-known for activism in promoting photographs as pieces of art in the early 1900s. And...
We are probably a few weeks away from seeing any trillium spring up in our woods around here. However, I recently developed this image from my archives as I've been thinking a lot about mother trees, also called hub or landmark trees, and their contributions to the...
Michigan has the largest concentration of freshwater coastal sand dunes in the world, spanning 230,423 acres. Approximately 32 percent of them are classified as "Critical Dune Areas" as designated by State legislation efforts. As defined in this legislation, Critical...
My old Mac Pro finally has a replacement. Over the years, people may have noticed my remarks about my system getting up there in years. Apple's recent product announcements happened to fall at a time that felt right for me. As such, I purchased a new Mac Studio (M1max...
The vernal equinox is upon us again and that means it is a great time to pay attention to the often-overlooked flooded areas in our forests and even small woodland areas. What some consider to be "just puddles" - many creatures call these places home and essential to...
One thing that has been on my to-do list for ages has been to photograph more of the Clinton River here in Southeast Michigan during winter. The amount of progress I made in furthering that goal this season: ZERO. I could probably make up a hundred excuses of why, all...
Another planet with orbiting moons and other distant planets is what I see when gazing into this piece of Polka Dot Agate. But this special agate is grounded (or ungrounded?) here on Earth, from a particular mine in Central Oregon. One can only dream of other-worldly...
In honor of 2022-02-22 or 22-02-2022 but certainly not the bizarre order of 02-22-2022 (apparently we Americans don't do metric and we can't get our dates in a logical order like the rest of the world), published at 22:22 ET - here are some photographs celebrating the...
February 19 marks a particular anniversary for me, not exactly a celebratory one. It marks the date in 2019 when I started digging into widespread copyright infringement on Facebook and began logging them in a spreadsheet. I see the date every time I open this file...