Yesterday I was writing about "mud season" and today I've been enjoying sudden spring. Well, enjoying might be stretching things a little, though I am happy to have been able spend the day doing some necessary yard work. That meant that as I was just about down to my last drop of energy, my tractors was back in the shed. Leaves, weeds and other debris that had accumulated over the winter, hidden in the woods behind my house where they'll compost nicely and I was limping back to the house, ready for a shower and a couple of hours on the deck, for the first time this year
As it happened though,...
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When you visit the Adirondacks this time of year, you shouldn't be surprised it you hear the locals refer to the season (that time between really winter a really spring) as "mud season." It's a pretty descriptive couple of words. Typically, what you see is brown, making the challenge of capturing an interesting image that much more challenging. Still, if you're in the Adirondacks you have to try. Mud season or not, it was time to take some photos.
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On our way up to Old Forge, NY, in the Adirondack Mountains, this past Sunday, my wife and I were enjoying the first really spring-like day in quite a while . . . but from inside our car, with the windows rolled up. So we were missing a lot.
Tooling along the South Shore Road, along the side of First, Second, Third and Fourth Lakes, heading north of Old Forge, I was enjoying the thickets of forest along each side of the road, and I couldn't take it any longer when I announced to my wife that I had to stop and take a picture.
I love the Adirondack forest and I wanted to try to capture some...
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As I left my brother's home near Gramercy Park in Manhattan, I fully intended to take a cab to Penn Station. But, comfortably cool and remarkably fresh air met me as I exited his building at 18th Street at Irving Place. So, I decided that walking to Penn Station was a good idea, despite feet that still ached from yesterday's pounding of the pavement.
As I walked past the only privately owned park in Manhattan, Gramercy Park, I was already reaching for my iPhone camera. Fresh tulips and daffodils smiled at me from behind the cast iron fence surrounding the park while trees further west...
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This week I've traveled to the Big Apple to be with my friend Tim and his family as he underwent a rare and critical heart procedure. It was not as successful as we had hoped. Fortunately, he hasn't lost ground but neither has he gained the ground he had prayed for. But that's another story.
As I prepared for this trip I pack a camera and couple lenses in a shoulder camera bag. Then, just as I was about to leave for the train station, grabbing my briefcase with computer, my duffel bag and my camera bag, I thought about trudging around the city carrying all this stuff. Suddenly, I wanted...
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I'm happy to announce that I will be the featured artist at Gallery 54 for the inaugural "First Friday Art Night" of 2013 in Skaneateles, NY. That's the first Friday in May, May 3, from 6 to 9 pm. I'm particularly enthused because I've only recently (April 1st - no fooling) become one of the owners of Gallery 54.
Gallery 54 artists will be on hand for this celebration of art. Individual artist will discuss their art and help serve light refreshments to our guests.
All of my work at Gallery 54 will be specially priced for First Friday customers, including scheduled Nature Photography...
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That's a big part of the challenge of photography . . . in my case, maybe in our cases, nature photography . . . or landscape photography. For some of my friends it might be wildlife photography or bird photography or flower photography. I don't think it makes much difference what our subjects are. We all try to discover how to come home with images that satisfy us. The funny thing is what satisfies one day might not on another. Is that because our tastes change, our knowledge of what we're doing changes, or understanding of what we like changes? I'd guess probably a bit of all three.
Of...
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I'm probably one of the few people who has actually been cheering April showers. Just so you don't think I'm completely nuts, these April showers help make the Central New York waterfalls fill up and with my CNY Waterfalls tour coming up on April 27th, that's good news. A quick visit to a couple of the falls has us looking good. Lots of water.
We still have openings for the tour, so if anyone would like to join us, take a quick look at the info on our website, at CNY Waterfalls and click the Register Now button.
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It's easy to take time to learn from others. Often we find ourselves learning from the stars at conferences like the recent NANPA (North American Nature Photography Association) Summit in Jacksonville, FL. It's among the reasons that many of us, perhaps even most, attend them. As a matter of fact, we are likely to learn a lot from our peers as well, but that's another subject for another post. Today, let's focus on learning from the stars at conferences as well as learning from ourselves. To start, let's visit one of the stars from the NANPA Summit – Tony Sweet, (TonySweet.com).
Already...
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What can we learn at a conference. Well, if it's a conference as well put together as this year's North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) Summit was, quite a lot. I had intended to begin writing about my days at the summit, late last month and earlier this month, even while I was still there. Even though I had been to a previous summit two years go, I wasn't prepared for the intensity and pace of this one. It was truly an all day and then some experience. And what an opportunity to learn, with so many of the top nature photographers in the world on hand.
People like Clyde Butcher,...
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