There is nothing I’d rather do than live on the edge. I know what your thinking…you may have lived on the edge once, but you sure ain’t living there now.  That’s true, but my life in photography, and my current life as a lover of photography, was and does exist at the edge of light.

I love it when someone doesn’t show everything they have got.  Leave a little to the imagination. No I didn’t mean that, but it applies there too. The most important part of pictures on the edge is that you see enough to generate an interest.  Light waves from dawn and dusk dance across “select” portions of the land or water.  Just enough. The edge of light is the ultimate tease.

I have spent a lot of time on the nearby shores of Lake Michigan when the edge of light was in charge.

All of my trips to White Sands New Mexico ended on the edge.

The edge of light doesn’t always mean a lot of color. When you are in the mountains, and the sun dips below near-by peaks, it may not reach the area of your photograph.  Still the edge of light imparts a special mood.

Wildlife live on edge as well.  The rising sun caught this Snowy Egret perfectly to light the bird and separate it from the dark background.   

Do we really need to show every bit of information our cameras can hold?  Not if you want to live on the edge.

As a nature photographer, the edge of everything is important.  Where sand meets water, where land meets sky.  The edges of habitats are where we find flora and fauna coexisting when they normally would not.  The edge of light is beautiful but it is also where the nocturnal meets the diurnal.

Keep your eyes on the edge.  Life is special there.