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Sisters…
The farther apart they are the more they seem to communicate. It has been interesting noticing how the conversation has changed between the kids with our oldest of to school. The family of 3 months ago is gone, passed into the ages like crawling turns to walking. Not bad, mind you, just change which has… Continue reading
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On Her Way
“If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s” C.G. Jung. My #1 is off to college. One more step on her 1000-mile journey into the unknown…. how exciting!!!! And for us? Another milestone, I feel it keenly. The house is just a little quieter. Milestones are funny things. This one, for… Continue reading
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Danger Time
I’ve mentioned in the past about the Dangerous Playground Tour that I take the kids on. As I travel through some of the small towns in Illinois I run across many interesting things including old playgrounds that still have the equipment I remember from my youth. Many of these playground devices were old when I… Continue reading
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A Family Thing
One of the few times I’m in the photo. My kids are sooooo used to having me photograph them that, if they realize what I’m up to, it usually results in one of a few faces… screwy face, funny face, not again face, or mad face. There are other faces that show up, for sure, but… Continue reading
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Worn Out By Fun
Summer camp is quickly coming to a close. I have often joked with clients that we are a lactose intolerant studio…. No Cheese, please. I am very fond of a genuine smile. Actually, I’m fond of any expression that is genuine. Sometimes photographers, pro and amateur, can run right over the real expression looking… Continue reading
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Just out of View
Over last weekend we had some time to kill while waiting to meet up with Ryan at camp. Elise and I took a moment to sit by the lake and enjoy the morning. It was a beautiful sight watching the small sailboats from the summer camp skimming across the lake. I became fixed on a… Continue reading
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The Long Way
Not sure. We went the other way. A metaphor for my photography career.. on a path… but not so sure where it will go. But go it will.. Kinda fun. Maybe that’s what drew me to the image. I must say that my career doesn’t feel this straight, maybe there are some curves up… Continue reading
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Angel’s Grin
This carving is from Nederluleå, a medieval church in Gammelstaden. The church was dedicated in 1492. And I read that there was a wooden church on the site before the current fieldstone building. That goes back a bit further than I’m used to in the midwest. Continue reading
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Raging River
While we were in Lulea, visiting Elise’s brother David and his family, we took a few day trips to see the natural beauty of northern Sweden. One of those trips was to see Storforsen, one of Europe’s largest rapids, on the Pite River. This rapid is about 3 miles long and the volume of water… Continue reading
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I stand still or move slowly, feeling things like the impulse of shapes, the direction of lines, the quality of surfaces. I frame with my eye (sometimes with my hands) as the ground glass would frame. Nothing that one could reasonably call thinking is taking place at this stage. The condition is total absorption; the decision (a picture!) is spontaneous. – Aaron Siskind, 1955