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Being in sync

My last post wrote a little bit about how I find it difficult to photograph larger landscapes in the woods near my home.   It is a complex environment that is hard to get in sync with.   By "being in sync" I mean you are in a place where ideas and creativity seem to...

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First day Spring 2009

Happy First Day of Spring folks - at least for those of you in the Northern Hemisphere. This is one of the wildflower prints that is hanging at Henry Ford West Bloomfield hospital. I originally had this as a horizontal in my gallery (rotated clockwise from here), but...

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Trying Scary things

Rock pillars As Paul Burwell writes about in a recent post on things annoying to a wildlife photographer - weddings can be much scarier to photograph than some of the largest predators around.   I happen to agree with him.  🙂  But wedding and portrait photographers...

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Looking forward and back 2008 Favorites

Looking forward and back 2008 Favorites

So, what about 2008?  I wrote previously about some of my favorite images of 2007 here if you want to check that out.  The fact is, 2008 was actually a pretty slow image production year for me, yet I embarked on quite a few new pursuits of subject...

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End of an era

Happy Leap Day everyone   Unfortunately, something that will not be returning in 4 years is Polaroid film   It has only been a couple of weeks since the company announced they would no longer be making it   I listened to another story about it today on NPR   Not only...

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The most commonly taken bird photo

Yes, perhaps you have seen it here first, and the mystery is now revealed. The question that has lingered in your mind, the answer always elusive. I am here to spill the answer. Below is one of the most commonly taken bird photographs (or something very similar),...

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Pietersite macro art

Pietersite macro art

Pietersite is one of the gem rocks I have become fascinated with lately, and have been photographing some samples as part of my 'Inspired by Stone' project. It is named after its discoverer, Sid Pieters, a farmer who discovered it in Namibia, Africa in 1962. Since...

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