Earlier today I was wondering why I return to the same places again and again to take photographs and it occurred to me that it’s not just about a rut I’m in or just about the comfort of being in familiar places. Instead, it hit me that it is about practice. I go back to…
This is a photo looking up at the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. When I returned to the US and opened it on my computer, I remember how impressed I was the quality of the image given than I was pushing my luck when I took it. I had no tripod, the shutter…
Deb and I visited Bruges, Belgium, in 2008 and among the many things we saw there was this serene statue in the Church of Our Lady. The sculpture, known as the Bruges Madonna, is by Michelangelo and is the only completed work by the master to find its way out of Italy. The sculpture is…
There were several iguanas at the resort in Mexico where we spent the last week. They liked bananas and posing in the warm Mexican sun.
I have been on a bit of a hiatus from this blog, mainly because I am on a week-long trip to Mexico where a couple days ago it was 96 degrees F warmer than it was in my beloved home town of Watertown, SD. The photo today is a GoPro screen capture of some video…