exploring nature’s infinite connections
Normally when I am showing photos from various places around the state, and I come to images from a unique spot, say like Pictured Rocks, I often get statements of "This is Michigan?" from people who have lived here their entire lives. For some place like Pictured...
"Hmm, this image reminds me of a forest fire." is what I was thinking when processing one of my few fall color images from this year. I photographed this scene while driving around one morning during our brief getaway to northwest Michigan. I was really looking for...
I have written a couple times in the past few months about feeling stuck in a rut. Even though I had been out photographing quite a few times, I was returning with work that really didn't excite me very much. I was even going to some new places for inspiration....
I just returned from a short 4 day trip out to Michigan's west coast with a couple of primary goals in mind. The first was to visit the Silver Lake sand dunes, which after 44 years in Michigan, you would think I had been there already. As a matter of...
I had some more time to spend in the field this past weekend getting to know my D800. I ventured into a new section of woods along the Clinton River, about 20 minutes drive from my house. I immediately saw some high densities of color in the distance which...
With some recent print orders, I stumbled upon this image in my archives. When I saw what camera I made it with, it made me think of an interesting contrast of the times in DSLRs and the complete flip in what people chose to complain about. It was made close to 8...
It is that time of year when I start thinking about photographing on the ice. However, with the extremely mild temperatures this year, I am doubtful I will be able to walk out on the ice like I did in this shot a couple of years ago. This lake, Lake St. Clair, is...
An interesting thought popped into my head during this day walking in the woods and approaching this area. The woods around my home are pretty much a jumbled mess. Vines, scrubby bushes and snags, thorny plants everywhere. Long time readers may recall me mentioning...
I recently had an image of mine selected for the Spring-Summer 2011 cover of a local college's art journal, called the MacGuffin. It is a journal that features short stories, poems and a few photographs from 32 other contributors. It is quite an old image, the...