exploring nature’s infinite connections
Michigan Light Pollution map, from Blue Marble It is 1:30 a.m, and the alarm goes off on my phone. I told my wife I might want to drive to see if I could see any of what's left of the Camelopardalid meteor shower. I said, "I'll set my alarm, and I'll either wake up...
With so much bitter cold, snow and ice this past winter, we didn't go for many walks in the woods with our malamute Willow this year, even though she would have loved it. This past week was a time to revisit the woods behind our house to see what was what. And...
I find it interesting the things that come to mind when I am editing my work. In this sand dune image, I was cleaning some dust spots off and noticing how the horizon line was slightly blurred. I remember it was quite windy this day, the persistent wind off of Lake...
Recently I came across this quote from conservationist and author John Burroughs (1837-1921) that quite astutely described the uniqueness of the winter landscape. "What a severe yet master artist old Winter is.... No longer the canvas and the pigments, but the marble...
My first time out photographing for 2014 was about 2 weeks ago, revisiting my favorite spot for photographing ice on Lake St. Clair. As many times as I have been out here, and as much as I TRY to research weather conditions, cloud cover, etc, it is a complete crap...
One aspect I have always enjoyed about black and white photography is the sense of escapism that comes with these types of photographs. As many fine art photographers of the past have demonstrated, the removal of color tends to remove many of the confines of...
Lake Huron Winter shoreline | Nikon D800, 14-24mm #WI-9816 Today marked the first time I have been outside photographing since the official start of winter this season. Only 8 days into it, so I suppose that isn't too bad. I checked the graphical forecast for this...
Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous. - Leonardo da Vinci About 4 years ago, I became interested in Scotch Whisky, after...
As I mentioned in my last post, instead of traveling far from home for fall colors this year, I wanted to concentrate more on places that I haven't been to in awhile, or a spot completely new. When you speak to a lot of people in Michigan about "going fall color"...