exploring nature’s infinite connections
Ideas for photos don't always align with my abilities to execute them. I feel like I should have that made into a t-shirt, given how many times I've thought it to myself. I may have an idea that I have a general concept of how I will develop it, but as they say, the...
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....
Blue ice is in the headlines of various news stories about Great Lakes winters over the past 5 years or so. While it is often referred to as "rare," I haven't found any substantiating studies explaining why that is other than articles trying to gain attention in...
While going through some older work to edit, I found this image from a walk in the woods behind my house. The exposure was made on November 10, 2010, I only have vague memories of it. The fog in the image probably gives a clue as to why I was out wandering, just to...
It's hard to believe I am still finding photos from my old photo gallery that I haven't moved over to my new one. Heck, I started this effort more than 2 years ago. The fact is, the old gallery has become somewhat of a "to-do" list on photographs I want to update and...
May can be just as colorful month as October when it comes to trees. They have a softer, more subtle palette than the more dramatic hues of autumn, but no less enjoyable. Like autumn, It is also short-lived, as the colors eventually transition to more homogeneous...
As this year comes to a close, I found myself once again engaged in a self-imposed tradition of sorts. I am looking back through my photo archives picking out favorites or memorable moments from the year, my 11th year in doing so. It is a year I found...
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...