exploring nature’s infinite connections
Late last year I was contacted by a Michigan art gallery owner who wanted to feature some of my work in a new venture they were exploring. It started with some initial phone conversations and a lot of very complimentary language from the gallery owner. He was a great...
Last December, I made a post about how I often use my iPhone as a sketchpad for ideas, often sharing them to Instagram. I usually encounter two main issues when developing something on my phone. The first being many apps on my phone don't have corresponding desktop...
Recently, friend Howard Grill posted in his ongoing YouTube series of "3-minute photo thoughts" a question about doing any "serious photography" while on family vacations. I thought I would launch a post about my own thoughts on this subject because it has a few...
One of my regular keyword research tools is well-known Google Trends. It helps in relative comparisons of one phrase vs. another. While it doesn't give you the actual search volume of a term, it will give you a comparison on a scale over time. It can tell you, for...
I've been a doodler for as long as I can remember. I still have some childhood doodles that reflect times where I had a pencil in my hand and my mind went wandering. More than likely - I was supposed to be paying attention to something else. "Droids" - I had a...
Netflix released an interesting documentary this year called "The Creative Brain" by neuroscientist David Eagleman. It asks some really thought-provoking questions about creativity and dispels some myths. It was filled with so many gems of quotes from a variety of...
The "Rule of Thirds" is a commonly known composition guideline that most photographers and artists are familiar with. Of course, the term "rule" shouldn't be taken literally, I suppose the label just flows better than "guideline of thirds." However, there is another...
Well, at one time I thought I had a self-imposed "tradition" of capturing some thoughts about Pantone's Color Of The Year and seeking photos to match it. I knew I took some time away from it, but it seems I have REALLY took some time away. The last...
I'd like to think that if Eliot Porter was still around, he would be an interesting guy to go photographing within the woods of Michigan because of his renowned ability to see intimate landscape photos. In contrast to the grand scenics of the West, where large...