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Visions of the Past and Future

Color photo. Branches sticking up out of still water. On one of the branches a Great Blue Heron is perched. The shore behind the branches is covered in green vegetation.
August 12th, 2024: Experiments
2024-08-12

Yesterday was a day of experiments. Experiment one was testing out how I liked walking for an extended period with a 150-600mm mounted, and the camera slung on my SpiderPro holster. I got t...

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Color photo. A flat rock is at the bottom of the frame, next to a kind of fence made of short wooden posts with a thin rope railing. Beside the rock are mossy trees, and below and beyond the rock is a small pond, with small leafy plants on its surface.
July 15th, 2024: Ponds Rock
2024-07-15

It's been hot (for Seattle) for a while, and I have been mostly hiding from the heat, but I did get out to a favorite place last Friday: The Bellevue Botanical Garden. One of my favorite pl...

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Color photograph. A paved pathway runs along the bottom of the frame. On the far side is a sward of grass and a line of low bushes. The blue-green waters of Puget Sound dominate the middle of the frame, and the Olympic Mountains, capped by fluffy white clouds, are visible on the far side. The branches of a tree extend from off the frame to the left, their shade covering part of the pathway.
June 20th, 2024: Sound Solstice
2024-06-20

Today, being the solstice, marks the first day of summer for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere. We're having a very nice day here in the Seattle area, where the joke is this month should ...

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Color photograph. A lone black glove with red trim hangs from a chain link fence. It is in the foreground, on the left of the frame. The fence recedes into the distance to the right of the frame. Behind the fence is a field of green grass, and beyond that a line of trees. The sky is filled with grey clouds, no blue visible.
June 14th, 2024: Incongruous
2024-06-14

I love symmetry, harmony, and repetition a lot: as compositional elements they make my brain very happy.  During the editing process I'm not above removing small incongruous elements, if I thi...

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Color photo. A portrait of a woman in a black dress. She is wearing a silver neckalce with black stones. She has bright red lipstick and piercing blue eyes. She has dark hair, short on the right, with a long lock on the left almost covering her eye.
June 7th, 2024: Catching Up
2024-06-07

It hardly seems possible that it's already been a year since I was hired by author Victoria Weyland to do a portrait session, but here we are. I guess it's a testament to the kind of year it w...

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