exploring nature’s infinite connections
We are all made of star dust indeed. The rock before me, formed from many of the same elements that I am. We both originated in the cosmos somewhere. I tend to spend a lot of time looking at the sky amazed at what I can see, and thoroughly depressed about what I...
Well, it seems like February went by in a blink of an eye, and yet old man winter keeps poking us with a stick around here. I have really meant to try to post a bit more this year, seems I haven't started off very well with that. Quite frankly, this tough winter has...
I guess I never imagined going to this place until I saw what it was like. Rich red desert sands border a lush coastline bordered with inviting blue water - what is not to like. Despite being a developers dream land deal, the Opal Coast has remained largely...
It seems like it takes awhile each year before I am prepared to go out photographing in the bitter cold. These past couple of weeks in Michigan have been just that. So instead I am following up on another of my year goals to start catching up on the rocks I have...
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...
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...
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....
Probably the one thing that has drawn me into making abstract photographs of rocks is pure mesmerization at the details and patterns created by ancient geological activity. I wouldn't think this is the first thing that comes to mind when people think of the subject...