Notes from the Woods

seeing · environment · exploration · photography

Updates…

Grafphoto.com has been relatively quiet over the past month - but behind the scenes quite busy. I have been working on several print orders. A complete site redesign is in the works and consuming quite a bit of time. Why change anything? Well, over time I have had a...

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Point Mouillee

Many images uploaded from this past weekend's visit to Pt. Mouillee - a state game area a long the shoreline of Lake Erie. This area is known to attract quite a bit of waterfowl and shorebirds - although not the easiest to photograph in. Mosquitoes were absolutely...

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Holland Ponds on 7/18

6:00 am - at Holland Ponds, not much of a sunrise as the sky is overcast, it is a comfortable 65 deg F and dead calm. I decided to visit our local Holland Ponds today, nothing particular in mind to photograph - most likely ducks or herons. This is a fairly large...

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The nature photographers’ conundrum

Typical scenario; 1. Check weather for following morning - looks great - cool and no wind, some clouds 2. Check sunrise time - 6:00 am - thinking - I hate how early sunrise is during the summer! 3. Consider possible locations, drive time, and time I would have to set...

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