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This week's solar eclipse summoned me to return to Michigan's Silver Lake dunes, where I was for the eclipse in 2017, to witness the emergence of ancient dune dragons. The 2024 eclipse would be extraordinary, as I noted back then, as it was happening in the Year of...
Dune Dragon Bi An Light. It's a fantastic conduit of energy. It transfers life into so many things. Light allows plants to grow, produce sugars, and ultimately share energy with consumers. It impacts how our minds work, how we interpret the world around us,...
Nine is a symbolic number rooted deep in Chinese culture, particularly for dragons. Nine is the number for the Emperor. The Dragon King had nine sons. Chinese dragons are described with nine unique character traits. The number is deeply associated in many ways with...
On August 21, 2017, “Eclipse Mania” hit the United States as one of the year's most anxiously awaited astronomical events. Thousands flocked to the path of totality to witness what could be a once-in-a-lifetime solar event. ...
I find it interesting the things that come to mind when I am editing my work. In this sand dune image, I was cleaning some dust spots off and noticing how the horizon line was slightly blurred. I remember it was quite windy this day, the persistent wind off of Lake...
Wow, December already... where did November go?? I am still editing through some dune shots and decided to process this one this morning. I photographed this scene probably 10 minutes or so after the beautiful sunrise I posted about. It seems like quite long...
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...
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...