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Unless you've been living under a rock for the weekend, it is no surprise to see thousands of images from the extreme G5 geomagnetic storm, which triggered auroras down to Florida—reportedly the largest in 20 years. Many people seeing the aurora for the first time,...
It's been a bit of a rare occurrence lately where I go to let our dogs out in the morning and am instantly struck by how beautiful it is outside. Like - run inside and grab your camera beautiful out. Even though there have been some nice sunrises this time of year, I...
Working on this photograph today brought all sorts of thoughts into my head. First, it was - this was a cool place, I should go back there. Then I think - wait - I made this exposure 9 years ago, and am only getting to it now. Shouldn't I catch up with my backlog...
It is probably safe to say my season of winter photography has come to a conclusion. While March brings some highly unpredictable weather, and freezing temperatures are still in the forecast in the coming week, it is unlikely to create any big shifts now that the...
Yesterday was the first day I made any new exposures since November 20. We had a nice sticky snowfall overnight, so the woods behind us were quite beautiful. The kind of snow where every branch of every tree is coated in white and should make for some nice winter...
A side effect of being a bit distracted lately is that I completely did not register that it was the first day of Autumn (for us Northern Hemispherites) today. It took the mention of the Autumn Equinox in an email for it to spark an "oh yeah..." moment in my head. So...
Solitude, a bit of a cold nip in the air, and a place where I thought a troll might be hiding in an animal's den. Despite my visit here being some time ago, I remember the feelings in coming upon this scene. It looked like some mystical place out of Lord of the Rings...
Everytime I take a walk in our woods, I feel like it is a conversation catching up with what is going on lately. In these transition times of the year, quite a bit is happening! Bird songs are in the air, and it won't be long now before the frogs join them in chorus....
For anyone that uses Lightroom frequently, occasionally you find yourself in the middle of some old photographs in your catalog. This happened to me today and I found this photograph that I had taken just outside my backyard. My backyard backs to the Clinton River...