The Shadow Of Ourselves

Stained Glass Window, Columbus, OH, 2014

I have been repurposing old windows as picture frames for my work.  It's been a sucessful enterprise as they all sold so far. 
Earlier this summer one of my neighbors had a somewhat large eight panel window, that wasn't too heavy to hang as 'art' on a wall, set out for the trash.  I, of course, brought that treasure home to live with me, and after cleaning it up, I've been looking at it for the last several weeks trying to figure out what to put in those eight panels.  I placed this print in it and Caty made up my mind for me.  This is it!  A series on stained glass windows that I've shot over the last 12 years or so.  It's quite striking, and I hope that it's a hit at the gallery!

Trestle Over Allegheny River

Trestle Over the Allegheny River at Natrona Heights, PA, 2014

We floated so lazily beneath the expanse that it seemed to move more than we did.

Down A Creek With A Paddle

Kayakers on a swollen Slippery Rock Creek at the covered bridge, McConnells Mill State Park, PA, August 2014

Despite the lush green foliage and colorful wetland wildflowers, this photograph makes the strongest statement in the washed out black and white tones of an infrared film effect.  It is a scenic shot in only the strictest of definitions, and is primarily meant to serve as a fleeting moment captured, one soon to pass as the kayakers paddle out of view, on a creek that is itself ever changing.

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron, Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge. Delaware, 2014

The way that the Great Blue Heron holds position, motionless, waiting for a fish, crab, turtle, rat, etc. to swim by, is the essence of patience.  I possess no such quality, and after taking this picture resumed my hike.

Preening

Snowy Egret preening, Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware, July 2014

As much as I'd like to say that in my absence from this blog I've been very busy, the truth is I've been no more busy than usual.  I slipped into a kind of creative avoidance where I was taking a lot of pictures, but writing very little, and pondering meaning even less.  I am attempting to jar myself out of this particular malaise by revisiting this space in the ether.

Don't Sit Under That Apple Tree

Yes, more tent caterpillar pics! This was taken at my mom's, the tent caterpillar's having set up a nest in an apple tree. Typically the tree produces a bumper crop of apples every year, but not this year.

Eastern Tent Caterpillar, B&W

About a year ago I got obsessed with photographing two very different things: Mushrooms and Eastern Tent Caterpillars. Above you see a sample of the latter, in glorious techno black and white.