Well, we have another storm front headed our way, should hit us later today I think. There was a glimmer of hope we were on the tail end. Everywhere I go it seems people are complaining about the long, hard winter this year - yearning for it to be...
Notes from the Woods
seeing · environment · exploration · photographyEmerald waterfall: Winter distraction
When I start working on particular print orders, I take the image ID numbers from the order and search by them in Lightroom to create a special collection for that particular order. . Well, every once in awhile I come across images not related to the order, but...
Pictured Rocks photos
While processing some images for a print job of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Northern Michigan, I found quite a few raw files that I never processed from a great shoot a couple years ago I find this happens to me quite often - I try to edit as much as I can...
Winter go away
I. am so very ready for winter to be over with Even though I have accumulated some unique images during the winter months, this year in particular I just haven't much of the motivation to get out Michigan has been through a roller-coaster ride this season - with...
Winter twilight
Ok, so technically it isn't Winter yet. Only 20 more days to go. But hey, the leaves have fallen, the temperatures have plummeted, the hoses I left outside have frozen solid, and I'll bet if I stuck my tongue to a pole - it would stick real good. I am calling it...
Rain, rivers, and unexpected finds
Here is another image from the exact same location as my previous post, just about 50 feet downriver from the waterfall. This wasn't even a spot I was planning on visiting - it was just a small picnic area that I happened to pull into in trying to a feel for the...
Dreaming of fall
It seems like it has been a longer wait than usual this year, but fall has finally arrived. Probably because of a greater lull than usual in my summertime shooting. I plan on spending a bit more time with my multiple exposure techniques this fall. This is the image...
Creative currency
As much as I like exploring new places, there is a certain risk you have to take that it is going to turn up a bust as far as image-making. It is not an easy thing to swallow at times. Wandering about, trying to get a feel for a place - and poof, the time is gone and...
Sunny days? No thanks…
I am sure quite a few photographers can relate to this type of conversation on a bright, sunny summer day; Random person: "Nice day, eh?" Photographer: "So, so I guess.." Random person: "What do you mean?! There isn't a cloud in the sky" Photographer: "Yeah, that's...


