An Oscar Performance for Sure

I went to the lake this evening.  It had rained frequently over the last several days so the sunshine of late afternoon brought respite and fisherman by the boat load.  Couples and families too enjoyed the warmth and stillness.  On my way to the lake however, I had noticed a line in the sky to [...]

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Dogwoods At Waters Edge

I have always been inspired by a simple photography that renowned landscape photographer William Neill captured of some dogwood blossoms.  It is a simple image of a small group of blossoms taken with the Merced River in Yosemite National Park as the background.  I have always admired his image for its simplicity and have been [...]

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Just Daffodils but Double Good

Spring Beauties and Daffodils are some of my most favorite flowers because they are some of the first signs of spring.  And spring is starting to show its color here in northeastern Ohio.  In anticipation and day dreaming during the winter months, I have seen splendid pictures in books and calendars of large patches of [...]

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A Little Rusty but Great To Be Back

Hello Again Everyone!  I have been out of the photographic loop for too long.  My kid’s activities and Dad’s accident (recovering nicely thank-you) have kept me overwhelmed.  However, I have now been out the last two weekends.  I am a little rusty but it is great to be back.  Heading out in the dark always [...]

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Images In the Mind

In this post, I will not post any images of the visual sense but rely on images from the other senses.  I have spent a lifetime wandering out-of-doors.  I am particularly fond of the Life Is Good slogan “All who wander are not lost”.  Even as a toddler, I can clearly remember breaking the confines [...]

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Technique Tuesday / Day Off

I was lucky enough to have the day off today from my day job and thought that I would post my images I took this morning. Photographically I have been busy with portraits, weddings, and lighting training for the past couple of months. It was wonderful to get back to nature. I have been reading [...]

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Can Flowers Pray?

I had the opportunity to addend a workshop last year lead by professional nature and travel photographer Brenda Tharp. The following image taken during that workship in Cuyahoga Valley National Park is of a New England Aster which caught my eye mostly because the unopened pedals looked like the folded fingers of praying hands. Global [...]

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New Beginnings

Hello and welcome to my blog. I have been deeply involved with both nature and photography for most of my life. This 2006 image of a “Tree In Fog” was the first image taken with my (then new) pro-level DSLR and was not only a decent technical image but a vision of simplicity. I live [...]

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