Photo:Engage

  “ I think of photography like therapy. ”  - Harry Gruyaert      I doubt there's ever been a time I didn't feel refreshed after spending some time in the woods. Tired? Sure. Dirty? Almost always! Hungry and thirsty? Of course. But always better. Yes, always better. Although there are those moments you wonder why you're there. As I quoted from one of my favorite authors in my post from January 7, 2023...      “There is no point in hurrying because you are not actually going anywhere. However far or long you plod, you are always in the same place: in the woods. It’s where you were yesterday, where you will be tomorrow. The woods is one boundless singularity. Every bend in the path presents a prospect indistinguishable from every other, every glimpse into the trees the same tangled mass. For all you know, your route could describe a very large, pointless circle. In a way, it would hardly matter.” - Bill Bryson, A Walk in the Woods Clicking on the im...

  Photo:Engage     a photography blog you  want  to follow “ You've got to push yourself harder. You've got to start looking for pictures nobody else could take. You've got to take the tools you have and probe deeper. ”  - William Albert Allard      Changing locations is always tricky for a photographer because you don't want to confuse your audience. What kind of photographer are you? That begs the question... what kind of photographer am I? I love all types of photography, from studio work to street scenes to urban and rural studies to classic landscapes including mountains, trees, and beaches. I'll capture it all, and I try to do it with my point of view front and center.      Still, with the way photographs are displayed on an Instagram feed in a tile of images, a consistent look in the feed is the holy grail for many of my fellow photogs and I will never have that. What you will see is my work will always be high quality w...