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...
"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...
Things have been busy around the "corporate offices" (ahem!) of Graf Photography, with the unfortunate casualty of keeping the blog going. I had to lay off my writing staff to replace them with printing and imaging technicians to keep up with the recent order rush....
Probably the one thing that has drawn me into making abstract photographs of rocks is pure mesmerization at the details and patterns created by ancient geological activity. I wouldn't think this is the first thing that comes to mind when people think of the subject...
I have finally spent some time catching up on some of my rock abstracts. This time I have added some Morrisonite photos to my gallery. Morrisonite is a particular type of jasper found in Oregon's Owyhee desert. The story has it that it was...
I processed this image recently, although I actually made the exposure back in August 2008. I worked with it quite a bit to give it some depth and dimension. I wanted it to look like you could pick one of the rocks up off the page and put it in your...
As fascinating as I find the colors of the rocks I have been photographing, sometimes it helps to take the color away to just be amazed by the patterns. This is a macro abstract of Amethyst Sage, evoking thoughts of some fantasy world. I move from seeing a mountain...
These macro abstracts of the rare stone Pietersite reminded me of the primordial fires that helped form this planet. I can't help but imagine that fire being frozen in time in these rocks. Given it is found only two places in the world - Namibia, Africa - where...
I have added a couple images of Montana agate to my rock abstracts gallery. This agate is found near the Yellowstone river and believed to be from the Pleistocene age. (1.8 Million to 10,000 years before present). For me, dendrite inclusions really give character...