We were driving away from the lodge at Shawnee State Forest. Time to go home. We were off, for us, to an early start. Obviously not early enough. As we came down the hill towards Turkey Creek Lake, we saw this fabulous mist sitting on the lake. »
Archive of journal entries re "Photographing"
A couple of weeks back, I decided to take a hike through town, and beyond, with the goal of enjoying a nice winter’s day, and maybe getting to make some photographs. I was thinking I would go to the Broadway Bridge and head East along the Huron River, past »
I have started reading Landscape Beyond: A Journey into Photography by David Ward. I’ve had it a few years now, but seemingly never read it when it arrived – I guess this is the problem with buying books online; by the time they’ve arrived, the original impetus might be »
This is my first picture of the year. For the second time in less than a week, we were a getting a major snow storm. I was out at about 8pm doing my last shovel of the day, before leaving the snow to its own devices overnight
I frequently feel that I lack the words to talk about a photograph, even to describe my photography in general. What am I taking a photo of? Well, that’s maybe the problem, I don’t really look to make photographs with an obvious subject. But something inside must be happening while I take the picture. »
I was out for a walk this afternoon. Recently, going down by the Huron River in town has been a favorite. Cross the river on the Broadway Bridge and reach the path towards the University Hospital at the city canoe put-in. Mostly I’ve been on the bike, and yesterday followed the Washtenaw Border-to-Border trail all the way to Ypsilanti. »
I was out cycling last weekend, and I’d come down the track along the Huron River, through Gallup Park and was on the bridge on E Huron River Dr when I saw these 3 geese sitting on a log. I had my camera with me. I started photographing from a number of positions along the bridge. Finally I looked at the LCD to check how things are going. »
The last few years we have enjoyed a number of long-distance train rides, curtesy of Amtrak. I’ve managed to get quite a few photographs I like despite the challenges (previously described). So many in fact, that now I am looking forward to my 2015 calendar and using them »