So I work at a church. That means I’m gonna be in this building a lot, preparing for one of our biggest church services of the year. It’s a good time! The Christmas season is a fun change of pace compared to the rest of the year, but blink and you’ll miss it. Don’t blink!…
These are two of my favorite things right now: cereal and my bed. I’m in a brief phase where I’m craving these two things most of the time. Some of it is just how I respond to gloomy weather – who doesn’t want to stay in bed when it’s cold and rainy? – but I’m…
Happy late Thanksgiving! I hope everyone got their fill of delicious food and quality time with family and friends. This weekend for me was the perfect blend of excitement and relaxation.Anyway, I snapped this image while at my brother’s house. He has a pond where geese hang out, and of course I wanted to get…
It snowed this week! Granted, it was only for a day and none of it stuck. But it happened! That wasn’t exactly on my bingo list for fall 2024, considering all the strangely warm days we’ve had. But that snow seemed to herald a new wave of cold weather, with temperatures more reminiscent of past…
I don’t know how I missed this, but now I have a collection of nature photos! Easily one of my favorite genres, nature photography is so relaxing. For the majority of it, I can work as slow as I like; there’s no rush to be anywhere unless I’m capturing wildlife or racing to see the…
I was catching up with a friend this weekend and snapped this photo of him while we walked through a park (at 6pm!!). And to me, it captures the feeling of the onset of winter. A lone subject is surrounded by darkness in an empty space, and it evokes a longing for summer when this…
This weekend was full of surprises. My plans were all sorted out, I thought: I’d walk the trail that follows the lake shore and capture images of the auburn trees and other flora. Perhaps I would set up my camera and take a few environmental self-portraits. I expected to be out there for a few…
This is a throwback to the first autumn I experienced while owning a camera, four years ago. It’s one of the first nature images I took that I was quite proud of: the singular red leaf sitting atop its like against a fallen tree trunk. It feels like it saw me coming and posed for…
I visited another state park this weekend – once for work, and once for pleasure. I got to explore the place from the perspective of a portrait photographer, and I didn’t realize how drastically that would influence how my eyes see the water, the trails, and the historic sites.Ultimately, it was just fun to explore…
I visited Spring Mill State Park last weekend with my brother and his family! For such a dense park, I’m surprised I had only heard of it earlier this year. Every time I asked someone about it, they mentioned a new feature of the place. “There are beautiful trails there!” One said. Another mentioned that…