Everybody knows that it's been a very long, very hot, and very dry summer across most of the US. Over the past few weeks we've finally started to get a little rain in Wisconsin again. We're still well behind the…
My wife likes mushrooms. Actually, she loves mushrooms. When it comes to eating, I don't care for them myself. When it comes to photographing, however, I find those funny little fungus things kind of interesting. I know very little about…
It took me a while, but I did eventually decide on my Holiday Card image for this year (see previous Card-iology post). If you're on my list you should have received your card by now. If you're not on my…
Unless you live in Hawaii or spend the whole day in the basement, you must have noticed by now that winter has not yet arrived. I mean, it has arrived technically. That happened on December 22nd. But, it hasn't arrived…
I used to take a lot of slides. My favorite film was Kodachrome, may it rest in peace. The trouble was that whenever I wanted to show anyone my photos I'd have to take out my slide projector, set up…
It's that time of year again -- time to come up with a new card to send to my friends and relatives for the holidays. I decided to make my own cards in 1999 because I had received a picture…
I suspect that all photographers have places that they return to over and over again to get "just a few more shots." For someone who primarily likes to photograph flowers, trees, landscapes, lakes, ice, snow and many other subjects that…