I can feel overwhelmed when I come back from being out with my camera and download a couple hundred images (or more!). All had seemed worthwhile when seen through the…
If light is essential to a good photograph, I find the absence of light, or shadow, to be equally powerful. When I’m photographing in diffuse light, shadows are less a…
While the subjects of my photographs are important to me, the lighting is what often causes me to find satisfaction with a particular photograph. As I was walking the long,…
I love the way water can act as both a lens and a mirror simultaneously. With high, bright sun and clear water, the lens effect is more predominent. On the beach…
Monarch butterflies have been part of my summers since I was a child. The same is true in most parts of North America. When we lived along the eastern coast of…
On a walk last week I could not resist making a slow exposure of the leaves of a Cottonwood being blown in the wind. Like Aspen leaves, these flutter in…
In looking back over photographs made in the month of September in earlier years, I’m stunned to think what things may look like in just three weeks. Fall foliage is often at…
On August 21 I wrote about a very simple and cool macro lens that can easily be put on my phone camera. I’ve continued to have great fun with it and…
It is easy for me to be nostalgic about railroads. Like many my age, I grew up in a time and place where they were part of everyday life. while I…
Liz and I recently had a wonderful afternoon at Shelburne Museum seeing the Impressionist exhibition as well as a stunning exhibit of star-pattern quilts. There is always much to see…
Still Learning To See 