Well, it's that time of year and it seems everyone is reflecting back on the year and doing their "top ten." So I decided to take a look back at all the photos I took in 2014 and do my own top ten list. It was more difficult than I thought it would be to narrow it...
Over the past nine years or so, I've learned a lot about myself and life in general. Or at least, I thought I had. When my marriage unraveled, my life started on a different trajectory than it had been on for the first forty-plus years of my life. Over the years, the...
It occurs to me that each time I go out, in search of the perfect photograph, I receive something precious, although it's not always the perfect photograph. While my intentions and ideas can be pretty specific, the things I am presented with are much more general....
Once in a while, you hit a jackpot, and that's what keeps you hooked. I had one of those jackpot days at the Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge recently. It all started when I pulled into the parking lot and got out of my car. Before I even reached the...
Okay, maybe just after. Because of the recent spate of oppressively hot weather, and numerous projects in the works to transform a motor home into a home, I haven't been getting out with my camera as much as I would like. So, in my relentless quest to improve my...
For the last few years, I've been planning and preparing to downsize and go on the road. Well, finally, the countdown has begun! Sometime in September, I will forego my 2500 square foot house for a 230 square foot motorhome. The next couple of months will be spent...
I realized recently that it's been almost exactly five years since I decided to go down the photography road. In the spring of 2009, I was surfing the internet trying to decide how to spend my income tax refund. I had always wanted a good camera, and vowed to get one...
I cannot count how many times this has happened to me. Sometimes, it's my fault. I'll shoot something only to find out that the camera settings were all wrong, and the opportunity has passed. Or sometimes, it's because my thinking is messed up. Like the time I drove...
"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs"--Ansel Adams When I became obsessed with photography, sometime in the spring of 2009, I wanted my photographs to be better. I wanted to learn how to make magic with my camera, but I didn't know...