Texture Saves the Day!

I shot this late autumn scene just over a year ago. The tree was beautiful enough and the detail in the field helped add some interest to the shot but the sky was just too plain and the overall picture just didn't work. The solution I came up with was to overlay a texture in Photoshop. This added some grit and additional texture to the scene and helped accent some of the blue hues already present throughout the scene. I was pleased with the result and have made several successful prints which have proven to be quite popular. Overlaying textures can be easy to overdo and doesn't always work but sometimes it's just the ticket to help save the day!

Cana Island Light

This winter has been record-setting in terms of both cold temps and snowfall. In winters such as this I become somewhat braver in the field. Heights and speed have never bothered me much. But one thing I'm deathly afraid of is falling through thin ice. When it's been this cold for this long I'm much more willing to venture out on the ice and explore with my camera. I shot this scene a few winters ago at Cana Island Lighthouse in Wisconsin.

Lakefront Ice

Every winter is different and ice along the shoreline is never the same twice. It varies not only year to year, but even day to day. It's always interesting to carefully explore the frozen shoreline. As always, the key is light and as in all landscape photography, things seem to be most interesting when the sun is low in the sky helping to make longer shadows and interesting textures.

Keewenaw Dawn

Dawn breaks at the tip of the Keewenaw Penninsula in Michigan. The Keewenaw juts out into Lake Superior. Early one morning a group of friends from Michigan Photo Adventures hiked up through the dark to witness and photograph the dawn…It was a beautiful morning and highlight of the early autumn trip up north!

Beautiful Bryce

I visited Bryce Canyon early this past November with a group of intrepid photographers and friends from Michigan Photo Adventures. We had a great time and were even lucky enough to get a little snow. Back home here in Michigan, we're now getting deluged with snow and cold! I'm currently working my schedule over trying to fit in a quick trip out west next month to shoot Bryce and Zion. I've visited and photographed both Zion and Bryce many, many times but I just can't get enough. No two visits are ever the same. The way the light sculps the landscape in these parks is different every time!

Words of Wisdom

Really…What else matters?

Warm Reflections

Early one spring morning in Charleston, South Carolina I was captivated by this lamp reflection in the window of an antebellum home near White Point. There's just something about reflections that seem to always grab my attention! The warm hues of sunrise and the pink exterior really captured the mood that morning. I struggled with choosing a composition until I settled on a square format.