This week my small photography challenge group word was Fruit. Simple beauty simple play As I pondered what I might create around this theme I envisioned a beautiful still life like the ones the old masters painted. I thought about playing with chiaroscuro lighting with simple elegant fruits like pears. Read more…
The other day as I was stepping outside the house I looked up to see a group of trumpeter swans flying over my head. With their raucous honking it was impossible to miss hearing and seeing them. They were flying low enough that their tremendous size and wingspan was easy Read more…
Trumpeter Swans Redux On New Year’s Eve day 3 photographer friends and I headed over to the St. Croix River in Hudson, WI to photograph the trumpeter swans that spend the winter there. It was a perfect way to end 2016. This spot has been known as a wintering ground Read more…
I believe the most important thing any of us can do is to follow our joy. “First, feel joy. Second, deepen joy. Third, use the source of that joy as the source of your service.” — Liv Lane and Lori Portka, Infinite Purpose You would think that it’s a simple thing Read more…
In photographs as in life,what IS NOT present is as important as what IS present… Negative Space—Breathing Room for the Soul In photography the “what is NOT present” is called Negative Space or White Space (even though it’s often not white space). In life the “what is NOT present” doesn’t Read more…