10 on 10 January 2016

Winter and I are not the best of friends.  Too much cold, grey, lack of sunshine, and outdoor activities I enjoy.  However, I am thankful for the forced hibernation for a month or so and for the chance to slow down, reflect and hunker down into my craft a bit.  I do imagine if I were living in a milder climate I would still find a way to  do all this though, so snow and frigid temps are not necessary!  

As always, I have a few photography projects brewing in the background of my commercial photo jobs.  This year I am focusing on a weekly project I will unveil soon and also this monthly project: 10 on 10.  On the 10th of the month I will release 10 film photographs on a theme.  Simple as that really.  The following photographs were actually created on Christmas day during our Puerto Rico vacation while my daughter and I shared a walk up the shore of Playa Flamenco.  Enjoy!  

Fellow film photographer Charlene Hardy from Kennewick Washington also posted 10 film photos on the 10th.  Click here to go see her beautiful work!

Mushrooms on Film

This lovely veggie portrait is from my on-going Kitchen Table project.  It is my hope to work all winter long on the kitchen series and be ready to publish Kitchen Table late 2016.  It is going to be delicious.  So very delicious.

Newborn Aidan

Just as I was trying to dig myself out of busy season madness and prepping to immerse myself into a few family birthdays this week, anticipating holidays around the corner, and feeling so much UNrest and sadness around the globe...spending a few hours with this new little guy put my world right. Welcome baby Aidan.  There is so much to see and you are very curious.  May you always remain curious and safe and loved.

Two Postcards

Earlier this year I started a collaboration between photo artists around the world called The Kindred Art.  One project is titled "Two Postcards."  The postcard on the left is submitted by one photographer and then picked up by a second photographer in order to gain inspiration and create a 2nd postcard.  The idea is that our artwork has more than one audience.  As a creator of the photograph a) we have a relationship with what we see in front of us, b)many times with a living subject, and c) always with a viewer.  We cannot always control how our capture is perceived by our audience. This is an exercise in learning how our photograph is viewed and used as an inspiration to our viewer.

On the left is "Rickshaw in Delhi" from Alpana Aras, on the right is "Red  Bicycle in Michigan" by me.