exploring nature’s infinite connections
Cleaning up old images and deciding if I want to keep them around on my site seems to be a never-ending chore. This may have been one of the very first sunrise photos I was ever happy with back then. From my database notes, it was originally exposed on Oct 1, 1997,...
Well, I really meant to not let so much time lapse from my last post - but you know the saying it goes on the best-laid plans. I've been busy integrating a newly adopted dog into our household, working some of my volunteer activities, and a host of other things....
Of course, in a broad sense, I know I've been to Joshua Tree National Park in California. However, in reviewing some more of my archives, I found photographs that I have zero recollection of making. I know I visited this national park in California back in 2004. But...
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...
The organization of my photo archive has certainly evolved over the years. The most notable change of course was in a move from analog to digital photography many, many years ago. My file cabinet full of 35mm slides sits basically untouched these days. It isn't...
Maybe it is a little too cliche to see such symbolism in this image, but it was what was on my mind when making the exposure and also in developing it. The forest floor was certainly in a state of change at the time. Plants pulling back, new forest feeding materials...
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...
The title of this post, for those not familiar, is from the Talking Head's 1981 song "Once in a Lifetime." A song NPR listed as one of the 100 most important musical works of the 20th Century. A song some interpret as a commentary upon the excesses and absurdity of...
I am going through a lot of my photo archive during this crazy pandemic AND finally getting around to spending some time with some tools I previously invested in. I have had Topaz Labs plugins for a long time. In general, they have always seemed like a pretty good...