On my way back to my car after a photo trip to Magee Marsh I snapped some random photos of trees as I walked by them. This one in particular, for some reason, seemed to want to be in black and white. There’s something old and disturbing about it that catches me. I feel like […]
Black & White
I’ve never been a big fan of black and white photography… I mean nobody intentionally buys a black and white TV to watch shows without color. But, while I do still think it’s often overdone, it sometimes has a place in creating a particular feeling or mood in a photo. This category covers the few times I attempt to use it.
Time to Go
I’m not sure what the artist was looking to capture with this, but the girl looks terrified to me. And mom looks ticked off. Maybe she was out playing too late? I’ll have to look for a description next time I’m there, maybe there’s a label somewhere. Most statues I’ve photographed have been in cemeteries, […]
Full Moon
There’s nothing really artistic about this shot, but it’s the first time I’ve had a zoom lens big enough to actually get a decently close up image of the moon. And given all the years since childhood that I’ve dreamed of going there, being able to personally make this image of a place I’ve dreamed […]
Treezing
While I tend to only shoot images with an obvious subject or subjects these days, I’m still sometimes fascinated with images that focus on patterns or textures. This was taken back in my early days with my first camera, through a window of my car idling on the side of US2 in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. […]
Swinging Silhouette
When I lived in Saline, Michigan, I used to visit a nearby park all the time to take pictures along the river. After a storm, there was a playground that had a set of swings that got flooded out. The swings are no longer there. I really liked the lines and perspective in this shot. […]
Love
I try to stay from overly cliche or cheesy shots, but sometimes you just gotta go with it. In this case, the cheesy part is having part of the image stand out in color while the rest is black and white. Like a wah-wah pedal for guitar, it’s an effect that is really cool when […]
Hidden Falls
When you go to a place every other day for over a year to take pictures, you start to have to really try hard to find different pictures to take, or risk getting really bored. This photo was taken while crouched down in the brush along the shore of the Saline River in Curtiss Park. […]