Window Treatment

Winter's Color

Follow the Leader

The flowers stretch around one after the other from the foreground to the background.

So often we are asked to critique. What do you like about this painting, that book, the movie? What specifically did you enjoy? What didn't work for you? What would you have rather seen happen? Then you may have the arttists, writers, filmmakers ask you those or other questions. What did you come away from the film thinking? What did you take from the story? What did you see? I've been on both sides of this equation, but more often as a writer I ask, "Did you enjoy the story [I wrote]?" As a photographer, "Do you like this photo?" This doesn't mean that I don't appreciate the more in depth analyses, should people offer them, but for me the questions are much more simple. I write because I have stories to tell, I photograph because I see things I find beautiful. Not everyone has a grand sophisticated artist statement. I share my stories because I like to make people laugh, and I share my photographs because I like to share what I have seen.

Time to Reflect

When you lose someone there are no words to ease the pain.

One remembers...and then takes stock in one's own life.

Figurehead

Pause For Thought

Pink Poinsettia

From my visit two weeks ago.

Stairway to Cones

Christmas Bulbs

Just one of nature’s such offerings. Another being fireflies; of course, that speaks more to Christmas in July. Sometimes the review of a day’s photographs can surprise you. A shot or shots you thought would be quite good turn out to be lacking in some way, but then a long shot -- a shot on a whim -- turns out to be the one you like.

Pods Galore

Whether it resembles something from a sci-fi film or appears an organic sheet of sorts draped atop a crop of boulder shaped objects, it is the pattern and unity that captivates me. Yellow speckles fuse together rolling green mounds. Rather than being the product of deconstruction, this image is all about construction.

A Pattern Full Circle

Regardless of how hard we may try to change, we are likely to repeat ourselves in one way or another. With regard to mistakes, I try my best not repeat them. Unfortunately, I do not always realize I am heading down the same path again until I’ve reached the same place. Other times I recognize the signs earlier on, but still find myself in an uncomfortable situation I must withdraw from. The question is how. There are often many paths leading to the same location, but for those things we want most from life it appears there is but one. Thus, it is much easier to take a wrong turn and end up right back where you started. Be vigilant.

Beneath the Surface

Don’t just get closer to an object -- explore, examine, and discover. In this case it was moving about until the natural light source was behind it. There is an otherworldly feel about this to me.

Triple 10 Water Lily

Longwood Gardens. My parents have encouraged me to visit for years. I made my first trek just last month. Among the wondrous sights, the water lilies. The delicate pink petals look painted to me -- the shading immaculate.