exploring nature’s infinite connections
This shot is from this evening where I finally had some time to sit by a pond that is about a 5-minute walk from my backyard. Normally this pond has an assortment of very skittish wood ducks, Canada geese, and mallards. I have never been able to do much wildlife...
I was exploring some new areas near my house this past weekend where they have created a new hiking / mountain bike trail through my woods. I don't know where my mind was, but I was seeing shapes that were everything but what the real object was. And yet, I wasn't...
You may recall me writing about photographing trilliums, and how it can be difficult coming up with a new way to look at them. A few years back now, fellow photographer Howard Grill put forth the trillium challenge as he was also experiencing the same blocks in...
This year Spring seems to be coming through like a freight train. Bloodroot was peaking at this time last year, and now much of it is already gone. White trillium that normally hits a peak around Mother's Day is already up and will likely peak within a few days....
There is one thing that kills an afternoon for me (in a good way?), and that is poking around for new music. My music tastes tend to be fairly diverse, which is probably reflected equally in my preferences for nature subjects. One of the things I tend to do is to...
One key aspect of my approach to my nature subjects usually originates from a question, or series of them. While one may wish to be all knowing, it is quite hard to accomplish in actual practice. Shocking I know. This particularly applies to the interesting...
Just as I did for 2007 and 2008, I suppose it is only fitting for me to take on looking back at the year of images I made in 2009. Most of them can be considered as favorites, but mostly they represent some significant direction I took with my photography...
Musical notes It seems Winter has been with us in Michigan for well over a month now, despite its unofficial start today in this region of the world. I often wondered why can't we have fall colors start a month early?! 🙂 On second thought, that would probably...
As November nears its close of another year, I am reminded again of the change in focus of subject matter that happens this time of year. Color is certainly scarce now in Michigan. Deciduous trees are mostly bare, and many plants show their signs of drying up awaiting...