Nature posed. I rolled my eyes. How I Accidentally Started a Nature Cult with a Camera that Hates Me They say real artists stare into the abyss until it blinks back. I stared at a blank wall. It didn’t blink. So I photographed it. When that didn’t work, I hunted down every scrap in the house…
A Test That Accidentally Tells The Truth This image isn’t of what you think it is. And it’s not of what I thought it would be either. It started as a technical exercise. Contrast pushed and pulled.Lens distance tested. Texture chased instead of subject. I wasn’t trying to photograph something.I was trying to see how…
Not everything poses Most people photograph flowers from the front. Face on. Open. Cooperative.Proof that beauty showed up and did its job. This one didn’t. When the peace lily bloomed again, it turned slightly away from me. Not dramatically. Not shy in a storybook way. Just enough that the face of it wasn’t the point….
The One Behind the Trees Not planned. Seen, claimed, and kept. Shoot First, Evaluate Later. That’s how I usually plan how to shoot my images. Unplanned. Every. Single. Time. We were still living in the RV.Running errands with a short list and a longer mental spreadsheet. Groceries measured against what insurance wouldn’t cover later. Practical…
