Fall Falls – part 1
Fall is my favorite season. I love the cool, clean, crisp, air. I love the earthy organic smell of the forest floor. And of course, I love the dazzling colors of dying tree leaves. One of the best places in the world to photograph this fall color experience is Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Interspersed with the deep greens of spruce, fir, and tamarack trees resides the
Enchantment in Newberry
As a long-time resident of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (UP) and expert landscape photographer, Rod Planck has a truly remarkable knowledge of the region’s land and all that lives on it. In August 2018 I joined one of Rod’s workshops in the eastern part of the UP. This time of year, the cooling temperatures reveal dripping dew and a foggy atmosphere in the tamarack wetlands of
West Virginia Barn
I recently journeyed to the West Virginia highlands to photograph its beautiful and varied scenery. This picturesque part of Appalachia is loaded with great photo opportunities and has been on my bucket list for a while. Along with several like-minded photographers, I joined up with Robert Clark https://www.roberthclarkphotography.com and Martin Radigan https://www.martinradigan.com, leaders of the Potomac Highlands Landscape Photography Workshop. Over the next few weeks,
Kakabika Falls – Upper Peninsula Michigan
Creating images of woodland landscapes is among my favorite spring activities – especially when those images include roaring rivers with swollen banks and tannin-tinted water. I found just such a combination of elements along the Cisco Branch of the Ontonagon River while hiking in the Ottawa National Forest in 2017. This part of the river, a series of “S” turns dropping in elevation, is known
Sugarloaf
I departed for Sugarloaf Cove with a group of fellow photographers under pitch black skies, enduring temperatures sixteen degrees below zero. With no indication yet what the dawn light would bring, our hopes were high as we traveled to the cove amidst the bitter cold. We followed the well-worn trail past the Sugarloaf Cove Visitor Center, finally dropping down to the rocky Lake Superior shoreline.
Polar Vortex
I joined eight other photographers for John Gregor's Winter Wonderland; From Concept to Exhibit workshop beginning on January 31, 2019. Our goal was to photograph, edit, post-process, print, and frame images, all captured during the workshop. For the third consecutive year, Kurt Mead and the entire staff at Tettegouche State Park gave us the opportunity to hang our photographic art in their visitors center.