exploring nature’s infinite connections
These are photos I made in my backyard recently. Most of our trees' leaves have dropped, and our metasequoias are dropping their needles. It makes me think about what various people see when they not only see an image like this but basically how we've culturally...
During this strange time in the world, I find myself wandering my archives a bit more aimless than usual. Coincidentally with the recent religious holiday, I stumbled on this older image I created in 2012 and never developed it further. I just didn't know what to do...
Well time flies and it is that time of year again. You have been waiting in anticipation for the announcement - I can just feel it. Pantone® just announced their color for 2020 as Classic Blue. From their press release: "We are living in a time that requires trust and...
I will admit much of the time I spend in the field is simply looking at things. All sorts of things, even if it is just the ground. Part of it out of a natural curiosity of what there is to see, the other part trying to make some sort of order out of chaos to fit...
I visited a nearby pond this morning to check on how my favorite bacterial film is doing these days. Seems like an odd thing to say eh? For those that may not recall, the colorful film here is created by a natural decaying process of plant materials and...
This is one from the archives - a leaf photographed by the side of river at Bridal Veil falls in Tinker's Creek Gorge in Ohio. This is a pretty cool area to work in because the shale creates all sorts of interesting lines, shapes, and surfaces. The bigger bonus...
Perhaps one of the toughest aspects of nature photography is the struggle to assemble nature's chaotic elements into some type of order that will make a 2-dimensional image effective. It is part of human nature to want to see things in an orderly manner. Therefore,...