Monthly Archives: November 2012

Point of Light + Winter Ice & Winter Birds

This gallery contains 13 photos.

I write a lot about using shadows in naturescapes and macros.  They not only make images pop, but they separate areas of a photograph and often provide visual tension and even a sense of mystery.   The images that I normally … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

San Xavier Mission

This gallery contains 6 photos.

I first visited the beautiful San Xavier Mission Historic Site somewhere around 1984.  My mother had passed away and I was looking for a place where my father and I could travel and enjoy both nature and human history.  He … Continue reading

More Galleries | 2 Comments

Birds

This gallery contains 6 photos.

Sometimes I just just feel like sharing photos of a subject that I care deeply about.  Birds certainly fit that criteria. I hope you enjoy the images. A study in elegance….the male Northern Pintail I think the male Red-winged Blackbird is … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

Another Hand of Man

This gallery contains 9 photos.

No award winners today, but they all help illustrate certain photographic philosophies. When I write articles about using software to control, alter, or enhance images, much of it will be 101 to many who read this blog.  In fact much of the … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

Three Ways To Tell A Story + Is It Spring Yet?

This gallery contains 7 photos.

I love frame filling images of fall color.  Give me the soft light of overcast and an early autumn day filled with multiple colors, and I think I can make a strong statement about one of photography’s greatest seasons.Wisconsin’s Chequamegan … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

This, That & The Other Thing

This gallery contains 6 photos.

When I write about photographing old buildings, I rarely mention photography of the interiors of those buildings.  They all have an inside and I would suggest if you have the opportunity to make pictures there, take it. When your interior has … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

Wind Point Light

This gallery contains 11 photos.

I couldn’t begin to estimate just how many pictures I have made of Wind Point Lighthouse.  The first Wind Point Light was built along the shores Lake Michigan north of Racine, Wisconsin in 1840.  That lighthouse, then called North Point … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

Fall & Winter Mix…Up Close

This gallery contains 9 photos.

None of the images below have been shown before. They were made with my Pentax 645.  I used my Pentax 135mm macro for all of the close-ups, and for one picture, I used that lens in tandem with 200mm worth of … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

It’s All Downhill

This gallery contains 8 photos.

Today’s  images have never been seen before (except by me) and were made in the early 2000s with my Pentax 645 medium format camera.  These pictures record close-up action of a waterfall/cascade/river rapids.  I remember this day and it is … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

Little Places

This gallery contains 6 photos.

It is time for all of you photographers out there to put autumn to bed, leaving it gently tucked away, waiting for next year. You are getting closer to awakening winter…hopefully gently.  Typical of me, I thought I would celebrate … Continue reading

More Galleries | 2 Comments