exploring nature’s infinite connections
As I finished sending off images to a lab for a Blood Donor center in San Antonio, Texas, the picks the art consultant made had me thinking about the universal aspects of some nature photographs. It makes someone from California, Nebraska, or Texas pick a photograph...
The heading of this post is really no surprise to those that already enjoy being outdoors, hiking, and exploring. Most recently I experienced it being quite under the weather with a bad cold during my trip to Michigan's Upper Peninsula. And while the symptoms were...
In reviewing this image in post, I thought the composition might lend itself well with a texture blend. By itself I suppose it was fine, but I felt the need to do something a little different instead of a plain, out of focus background. This is the result. I...
Health care centers are increasingly looking to nature photography to help add some color, warmth, and serenity to normally visually cold, sterile, bland environments. This is one of the latest installations of my work at a hospital in Detroit in one of those...
Mainstreet at Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital in Southeast Michigan sets new benchmarks for hospital design This weekend marks the first public open house of a new hospital in the Detroit area, Henry Ford West Bloomfield. I must say this is no ordinary...
Recently I converted my Epson 4800 from using Matte Black ink to Photo Black ink for the sole purpose of being able to try some of the new Baryta papers on the market. OK, not so new by now - they have been emerging the past couple of years. But I was sitting on...
Quite often when you read about new inkjet papers, most of the discussion is centered around characteristics such as DMax, gamut, archivalness, optical brighteners, feel, weight, durability, etc, etc. . It is disappointing that you don't read a lot about...
Mounting methods for artwork are usually an interesting topic because people always seem to be asking what is the best way, or best method, etc, etc. While I don't claim to know the best way, I can tell you that I have experimented with quite a few and ultimately...
As much as I agree with much of Brooks Jensen's commentary (Podcast # LW0415) on print size, I can't deny there is some unmatched excitement when seeing some of your images printed very large. By large, I am referring to 20x30, 24x36, 30x45 (inches), and up. Now and...