exploring nature’s infinite connections
I have been diving into the archives again as I have not been out shooting in a couple of weeks (with my DSLR at least). I have been doing a lot of behind the scenes maintenance and subtle updates on my website, and finally updated my Wordpress install to the latest...
"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...
NOAA sky cover forecast - socked in gray! I was anxious last night because I wanted to get up early today and head up to Lake Huron to hopefully do some long shutter speed blurs at the shoreline during twilight. However, the weather forecast didn't look like it...
I am quite backlogged on my Inspired by Stone project. I have been collecting various pieces of stone over the years such that my office is beginning to resemble a small rock quarry. The problem is, I have been collecting them faster than I have been able to...
There is something to be said for abstract photography... you are not confined by your own preconceptions about reality and known subjects. But to the contrary, you leave yourself open to the possibility that someone just may not "get it" as is often stated about...
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....
I was exploring some new areas near my house this past weekend where they have created a new hiking / mountain bike trail through my woods. I don't know where my mind was, but I was seeing shapes that were everything but what the real object was. And yet, I wasn't...
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...
You folks probably already know I am a sucker for cool-looking rocks, and if you don't - well - I have revealed my kryptonite. They are pretty cooperative subjects, they don't ask for much, work for free, and not demanding at all actually. They can look good in a...