exploring nature’s infinite connections
As much as I like exploring new places, there is a certain risk you have to take that it is going to turn up a bust as far as image-making. It is not an easy thing to swallow at times. Wandering about, trying to get a feel for a place - and poof, the time is gone and...
During my recent trip to Michigan's U.P. (Upper Penninsula for you out of state folk) - I spent most of my mornings taking advantage of the low water levels in Lake Superior. In several bays, there were quite a few sandbars (or sandbanks if you prefer) and 'tidepools'...
I am back from 5 days up in Michigan's Upper Penninsula for a little R&R (and of course a little photography mixed in). Since I have not had internet access since last Friday, I came back to see quite a few spams posted in my blog. Sorry about that folks, they...
I am sure quite a few photographers can relate to this type of conversation on a bright, sunny summer day; Random person: "Nice day, eh?" Photographer: "So, so I guess.." Random person: "What do you mean?! There isn't a cloud in the sky" Photographer: "Yeah, that's...
Just out is a special Governor's edition of the Great Lakes region nature journal Whisper in the Woods. It was published in cooperation with the Governor's office to celebrate the diversity of life and seasons in Michigan and features many Michigan nature...
a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.. Swamps were generally seen as useless and even dangerous.. These are a couple of definitions I pulled off the web regarding the word 'swamp.'...
For the longest time now I have made these types of images that appear as part painting, part sketch, part photograph. Really it is a bit of whimsical camera play just by making exposures while doing anything BUT holding the camera steady. The objects (usual trees)...
I find myself wanting to push the limits of maximizing contrast for many of my spring images lately. I think it adds, for lack of a better term, perhaps a bit more drama to a photograph. It takes a bit of a detour from presenting spring as I normally have, time to get...
Quite a few nature photographers carry around a black velvet cloth with them when they photograph wildflowers. The purpose is to completely get rid of distracting background elements and it can create quite a dramatic effect complimenting the subject. I don't use this...