exploring nature’s infinite connections
Well, it seems like February went by in a blink of an eye, and yet old man winter keeps poking us with a stick around here. I have really meant to try to post a bit more this year, seems I haven't started off very well with that. Quite frankly, this tough winter has...
It seems like it takes awhile each year before I am prepared to go out photographing in the bitter cold. These past couple of weeks in Michigan have been just that. So instead I am following up on another of my year goals to start catching up on the rocks I have...
"To see, we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at" - Monet With spring in full gear around here, blooming flowers and trees everywhere, you would think I would be posting about some exciting new flower I just photographed. Turns out, I became...
I have been diving into the archives again as I have not been out shooting in a couple of weeks (with my DSLR at least). I have been doing a lot of behind the scenes maintenance and subtle updates on my website, and finally updated my Wordpress install to the latest...
I was able to do a little exploring this morning to some areas I had never been to before. It was simply a matter of parking my car and deciding to head off to the east instead of the west. The major river near here is called the Clinton River - which is pretty...
"Fracked" Image # RO-9576 Often when working with my rock abstracts, I will rotate, zoom in and zoom out of these intricate patterns looking for something to make a connection to something other than the literal subject I am photographing. After all, I see this...
With a bark so thick (30 cm!), and being largely impervious to disease, it should be no wonder why Redwood trees achieve their enormous heights and size. However, what they rely upon most is their environment, which is why they are limited to a few regions in...
These images are from a couple months ago from a visit to a pond in the woods behind my home. The water was particularly calm this day, a light cool temperature. I became not only enamored with the wider scene in front of me, but the smaller details as well. So I...
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...