Tag Archives: In the Field

Monday Missive – September 5, 2016

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Rich

Quotes “There’s a world of difference between focusing a lens and focusing attention.” — John Paul Caponigro, in “The Power of Abstraction” on Craft and Vision. “The paradox of the flawless record If your work has never been criticized, it’s … Continue reading →

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Bug Shot Austin Days 1-4

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Rich

What we choose not to do matters. — Seth Godin, 5/20/16 Two years ago I heard about Bug Shot workshops given by some entomologists who are also great photographers. I was too late to register the first year I heard … Continue reading →

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Bayscaping (Butterfly Garden) Redux

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Rich

To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place…. I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.  — … Continue reading →

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Delaware Horseshoe Crabs

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Rich

While my interest in natural history has added very little to my sum of achievement, it has added immeasurably to my sum of enjoyment in life. — Theodore Roosevelt Every year a major ecological happening occurs along the shores of … Continue reading →

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Please Bug Me

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Rich

Here were creatures so exquisitely fashioned that they seemed unreal, their beauty too fragile to exist in a world of crushing force. — Rachel Carson It’s turning into a buggy summer as I ramp up my macro work.  North Point … Continue reading →

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Second Wildflower Pilgrimage to West Virginia

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Rich

Bread feeds the body indeed, but flowers feed also the soul. — The Koran It was the 53rd Wildflower Pilgrimage in Davis, WV, but our second trip.  The Blackwater Inn in Davis was the host. This year my wife and … Continue reading →

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Waterfalls and Lakeshore Near Baltimore

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Rich

If you are out there shooting, things will happen for you. If you’re not out there, you’ll only hear about it. – Jay Maisel As a nature photographer I sometimes feel a bit stranded here in the populous mid-Atlantic. Yes, there … Continue reading →

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Multi-image Photography: Part IV – HDR

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Rich

“The secret of a good photograph—which, like a work of art, can have esthetic qualities—is its realism … Let us therefore leave art to artists and endeavor to create, with the means peculiar to photography and without borrowing from art, … Continue reading →

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Multi-image Photography: Part III – Panoramas

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Rich

“…to see the statement of intent that resides in natural form.”  —  John Szarkowski describing the work of Edward Weston in Looking at Photographs. “The world just does not fit conveniently into the format of a 35mm camera.” – W. Eugene … Continue reading →

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Camera Club Trip to WV

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Rich

Pilgrim leaves crowd the air with their falling every October. The journey is always the same. — Linda Pastan in Carnival Evening The Baltimore Camera Club recently arranged a member trip to West Virginia.  In the past they have gone … Continue reading →

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BayScaping – Update

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Rich

Bread feeds the body indeed, but flowers feed also the soul. — The Koran Back in April I first described my “Bay Scaping” attempt:  planting native plants with positive food and habitat values for wildlife.  Well the bumble bees really … Continue reading →

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Completing Artist Residencies

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Rich

A big part of doing your work is defending your time and your attention so you can do your work. —  Seth Godin In the last two weeks I have finally given up procrastination to complete the second and third artist … Continue reading →

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Broaden Your Horizons

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Rich

…what mattered most… is the tension produced… by the surprise of difference…  —  Linda Pastan, in Carnival Evening Although I am most comfortable photographing natural scenes, I live in an urban environment. After about 10 years of commuting to work … Continue reading →

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Home

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Rich

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. – Confucious I did some more work on fall “foliage” using the Meet Your Neighbors approach before I left. As part of my final presentation, I put up these three “quadtychs” at … Continue reading →

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Sorry I have been so inactive – Hopefully these images will make up for it.

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Rich

Sorry I have been so remiss about updating.  I can rationalize that it is two miles each way to get email access, and the room I work in is a mail room that doesn’t really lend itself to creative thinking. … Continue reading →

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