Autumn from the Inside Out

Walking along a nature trail recently, I found myself looking out over a river through multicolored maple leaves. It's been a great year for fall color, with surprisingly little rain and no hard freezes yet, both of which tend to mute colors or strip the leaves from the trees. And that means good shooting for photographers! I love the layered look of this photo, as the eye follows the branch out toward the light and the multicolored leaves.

Where Blue Angels Get Their Wings

When the weather turns wet and blustery, it's time to come indoors and play in the macro studio with what few flowers remain, and other fun objects. More macro studio shots coming soon...

Macro Family

Test product shot for a local artisan (can you guess who?). Experimenting with depth of field using a macro diopter. I'm pretty happy with this for a quick experiment; I'll post more of these when we do the final shoot, along with a link to the artist's website. Consider this a sneak preview.

Red Waves, Blue Waves

I've been seeing light recently, even as the sun wanes in the sky with the autumnal cycle. On separate occasions in the past week, I've found light reflecting off water in interesting ways, and only after posting these did I realize the similarity. Sunlight - water - bold colored wall. Colorful balm as the gray clouds set in for the start of our rainy season here in the Pacific Northwest.