One Tree Hill

One Tree Hill

I enjoy photographing tree silhouettes. This oak tree stands alone near a new house under construction. It’s actually quite a tall tree, 40 feet or more, towering over the roof of the new house. For some reason it has been spared; perhaps the new homeowner told the builder to save it out of a sense […]

Black Cherry Blossom

Cherry Blossoms

A wild black cherry tree in our yard is in full bloom. The flowers remind me of those fireworks that let loose with snakes of sparks which curl in all directions at once. Black and white was not my original intent. The original photographs were taken on an infrared sensitive camera (a Fuji IS Pro) […]

McConnells Mill High Water

McConnells Mill High Water

Surf’s up at McConnells Mill State Park after heavy spring rains this week. The water gauge on the side of the mill read almost six feet, one foot from the top at seven feet. Last month when I photographed the mill with snow and ice still visible, the water was below the gauge entirely. This […]

Lake Erie

Lake Erie

One Picture a Day for today is a very fast shot of a very cold Lake Erie. I hopped out of the car, took the picture, and hopped back in. Today’s schedule didn’t afford time to fuss. In fact, as I write this post, I have not even downloaded it from my camera! I only […]

Presque Isle House Boats

Presque Isle Before Green

We feature a day trip to Presque Isle, Pennsylvania. While one of the warmest days of spring so far elsewhere in the state, here at the Lake Erie shore the water kept the temperatures in the 40s. Spring is late this year, and so is the color. Black and white seemed to capture the mood […]

Woodland Boardwalk

Low Bridge

How low can you go? We go low on this woodland boardwalk. We also go black and white on this gray, very ungreen early spring day. To take the picture I used a Manfrotto tripod with the central pillar replaced upside down. The camera dangled upside down between the tripod legs, an inch or two […]

Boat House Tower, North Park IR

North Park IR

A long stretch of cold, cloudy late-winter weather is making for some somber photography sessions. I took my IR-modified camera out to North Park (in a suburb of Pittsburgh) today to see if I could generate anything interesting. I focused mostly on some of the more interesting buildings. Because the grayness of the day and […]