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Crisp Morning Air

The best light of the day occurs at Dawn but it is hard to pull yourself out of bed, bundle up and go outside to take pictures. There are times in the past that this early morning pursuit results in little to no rewards (not that I expect to get rewarded for falling out of bed at O’dark-thirty).

Every once in a while something magically happens. You find just the right tree at the edge of the right lake, just as the sun peaks over the water. As the shutter clicks you can relax and remember that it is all worth it.

Bridge less traveled

I knew as soon as I saw it that there was an image waiting for me but I did not know how to get to it. So I crossed once and then again. Crossing half way, I watched from the middle of the bridge as water passed beneath me. The trickling sound of the water just seemed to be taunting me.

After crossing for the last time and I realized that I was limited to the path which lay before me. Once I left the path, the image appeared more clearly defined but still not quite what I had in mind. Looks like a place that I will have to go back to until I get it right.

Fall is coming

Living in the south, we have very long summers that lead into the fall. When the weather is just right; not to hot and not to dry the leaves start to drop from the trees and we enjoy the colors for a little while. I am afraid that this year things are just going to fall off the trees without much color, so I decided to grap what I could.

Enjoy.

Good Evening, America

It’s amazing to me that sunsets are so undervalued. They just materialize everyday all over the world. Some are exquisite and some are just very plain, however, all are special.

My perception is that very few people stop to look at what is developing over our heads at the end of any particular day. We are so involved in the “daily grind” that we can’t or don’t look up.

Either I am changing or the sunsets are been so eye catching that I have noticed more and more lately. The bad news is that I have not had my camera with me, so I thought that I would share a sunset that I saw in Denver, CO several years ago.

Not as dramatic as those of late, but very memorable none the less. I am glad that I clicked the shutter and saved it for posterity. It brings me back to a place when things were hectic in my life but that I did remember to stop and appreciate my surroundings.

We should all do this a little more.

Framing

Photography, to me, is about seeing details that most people simple walk by or overlook. I find myself looking, more often then not, looking at small and insignificant things. Details don't always tell a whole story. This sometimes leads to a myopic view of what I photograph.

On those few occasions that I do look around to see the grandeur of scene, I just stop and watch the space fill my mind. This courtyard in Savannah, GA is one of those spaces.

Reflections

As a photographer, I see things a little differently when I am behind the camera. A simple wall becomes something more to me and when you add a reflection into the mix; a thing of beauty.

Been a little lax lately on the posts. Seems like life speeds along, preventing time to photograph or even process images that are sitting in the files. This image was taken on a recent trip to New York.

Although I have been there several times, I have never been satisfied with any images of the Chrysler Building until now. Word of advice, keep plugging a way at that idea in your head until you finally see it in print.