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I really wish I was a better naturalist. I try though. My bookshelf is filled with identification guides of all sorts - bugs to birds, lichen to leaves. But the ol’ hard drive in my head can’t seem to pack in much more information these days. So quite often when I am in the field, […]
Milkweed is quite an interesting plant. From its budding and flowering, to attracting monarch caterpillars, to its eruption of its seedpods in fall - it offers quite a bit to explore. This plant is critical to the life-cycle and defenses of the monarch butterfly. By consuming the toxins in this plant, […]
The negative is comparable to the composer’s score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways. - Ansel Adams
This quote has certainly been repeated many, many times over the years. It is usually brought up in the context of how a photograph truly isn’t complete until it is […]
It seems like it has been a longer wait than usual this year, but fall has finally arrived. Probably because of a greater lull than usual in my summertime shooting. I plan on spending a bit more time with my multiple exposure techniques this fall. This is the image that really got […]
As much as I like exploring new places, there is a certain risk you have to take that it is going to turn up a bust as far as image making. It is not an easy thing to swallow at times. Wandering about, trying to get a feel for a place - […]
