Well the easy answer is that he takes pictures. The truth is a bit more complicated. Without deadlines and demands from clients the world slows down. Time can become a luxury rather than a pressure. I can wait for a cloud to move, or for the wind to recede, I can interact with the landscape and breath with it. I can immerse my craft into the world and let beauty fill the viewfinder. Purchase a print
Nikon D800E Sigma Art 135mm 1.8 @ 1/30 sec ISO 100
With Summer winding down and the beautiful colors of Autumn approaching this month's picture I pulled from some season changing photos last year. The morning fog drifted over the treeline gently and softly giving way lower on the hillside to shades of color the trees hadn't displayed since the year before. The hues of purple and dark reds are what caught my eye. It's time again to be on the lookout for these fleeting moments of golds and oranges glowing on branches weary from the Summer Sun. You can download a high resolution copy here: September 2016
As the year draws closer to an end and the leaves fall the spiralling journey to the ground, November carries the promise of warm homes and loving families. Hopefully memories of good times are plentiful to share at your holiday gathering. Enjoy the cool mornings and lingering mild days before the hustle and bustle of December arrives. High res download: November 2015
No time for words today, just an image of Fall
Remembering Autumn
Nikon D800 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8@ 24mm F/9 ISO 100 5 image HDR
For years I had referred to the geese in my area as Canadian Geese, which I discovered today is just plain wrong. They are Canada Geese. From my reading, their name means from Canada, but I suppose since geese don’t technically have nationalities and freely migrate without passports or birth certificates between the United States and Canada they are not “Canadian”. What has always been a bit of a mystery to me was there propensity to fly in a particular formation, often labeled the “V” formation. I knew it was supposed to make it easier for them to fly greater distances at reduced exertion, but I had no idea how effective it was. When a skein (not a gaggle, that’s when they are not flying) of 25 geese is in the “V” formation each bird reduces its drag by up to 65 percent and increase its range by 71 percent. Pretty impressive, especially thinking how we humans have difficulty forming a queue entering a movie theater.
A Skein of Canada Geese
Nikon D800 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24mm f/9 ISO100 1/160 second
