I went for a late afternoon walk today and found myself somewhat enthralled with what’s left of our snow. What’s left at this point is still a foot and a half deep in many places (not counting where the snow plows have piled it up). But, besides the depth it pretty hard to really call […]
Two or three times now, I’ve thought I was enjoying my last photo shoot of the 2014-15 winter season. My trip Tuesday and Wednesday Blue Mountain Lake and Buttermilk Falls, one of my favorite waterfalls, had me expecting to be challenged by either mud or, even worse, by dirty snow. I wasn’t expecting to get the […]
I’m reposting this blog post, simply to include images as a gallery rather than scattered individually at the end of the post. I hope it make them easier to view. Simply click on any image for a slide show you can click through. Looking back on last night, the phrase “so much, so little time,” […]
How often have we heard someone say, “The third time’s the charm.” Well, tonight may help illustrate that, but I really don’t know yet. At 11 pm as I sit at my computer posting my third blog based on shoots on the wintery shore of Lake Ontario, I’m feeling like that might well be the case, […]
I should have made that a big BUT. A huge BUT, actually. Tommy and I decided to head back up to Lake Ontario again tonight. We’d tried photographing the Aurora Borealis for our first time last night and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) website seemed to be showing the possibility of a second appearance […]
It’s rare! Anywhere really, but especially anywhere near Central New York State. I’m speaking of the Aurora Borealis we were fortunate to see tonight. Okay, we had to drive 40 minutes north to the shore of Lake Ontario and brave 28 degree temperature in a 20 mph wind to be fortunate. Then again, by the […]
There’s an old saying about the month of March that goes something like, “In like a lion, out like a lamb.” Honestly, I don’t remember what the weather was like the first few days of March, so I don’t know if I should think that we’ve seen the last of winter yet. I was somewhat […]
Let me start out by thanking Mike Carney, Joe Granita and all the folks of the Genesee Valley Photography Society for a wonderful evening, not to mention an enjoyable early winter morning shoot. I had the pleasure of being invited to discuss creativity and nature photography at the GVPS’ monthly meeting this past Thursday evening. […]
I almost didn’t take the short drive from my motel in Tupper Lake to the Bog River Falls this morning. Why? Because I’ve been there so often I almost succumbed to the “been there, done that” frame of mind. I only had less than an hour before a scheduled morning meeting, but I ended up having a […]
It’s easy to let our technology get the better of us sometimes. That can certainly be the case when our cameras drag us out into the cold winter landscape. Mine did that yesterday (That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it). And, it’s never more true than when that landscape is blanketed with snow. I […]