exploring nature’s infinite connections
In May, I spent some time in an expansive dunescape on Michigan's western shore. Silver Lake Dunes is an exciting place near the small town of Mears, Michigan. "Expansive" is quite a relative term, though. If you look for it on a map of Michigan, it is just this tiny...
Mycologist Paul Stamets often refers to the mycorrhizal network within the Earth's soil as "nature's internet." Through these mycelial pathways, author/scientist Dr. Suzanne Simard explains how trees communicate with each other. Director James Cameron portrays...
For year sixteen of posting yearly favorites, I can say I spent more time in my head (and the office) than out in the field. In fact, 2022 can also be designated as the year (perhaps the very first in a long time) when I didn't go out to photograph a single sunrise or...
A quote I stumbled upon recently had me thinking about the concept of atmosphere when it comes to photographs. The quote is from Alfred Stieglitz, a photographer perhaps most well-known for activism in promoting photographs as pieces of art in the early 1900s. And...
With our first snow arriving yesterday, I am sensing my subjects for this project will soon be retreating into the soil for the season (with or without the help of our electric mulching mower.) 🙂 I have basically completed them over 4 different sessions outside,...
As I have been accumulating photographs of these strange little beings in my yard, I have been thinking about a good way to group them together. So here is a brief slideshow of some of my work to date. I hope you enjoy it. (Best viewed in HD - you can even turn your...
Before starting this post, I thought it wise just to go back and take a look at my Twenty Nineteen post of yearly favorites just to get a sense of where I was then versus now. I complained like I usually do about not getting out enough or not writing enough as I had...
The wait is over... amongst all the turmoil and uncertainty this year, I know you all have been anxiously waiting for Pantone to reveal their pick for 2021. What could it be? Vaccine Violet? Facts Fuchsia? Maybe Parisian Night to symbolize our rejoining of the Paris...
My mind is and has been, toying with a concept for quite a long time now. It is difficult to put in words, let alone imagery. It is the concept of the dynamic dichotomy that exists around us with destruction vs. protection, life vs. death, forest vs. trees, assembly...