Solace in the Highlands

A little over a week ago I was in Louisville making photos for Solace in the Highlands. It’s a small family-owned therapeutic spa in the Highlands neighborhood with a distinctly elegant flavor. I was there just before Christmas photographing the staff for their website and Facebook pages. It was a pleasure seeing the finished interior,… Continue reading Solace in the Highlands

Winter’s art

The bleakness of winter is perfectly balanced by the beauty it conjures. Sometimes it’s predictable: the waterfall will freeze, snow will blanket the ground – but then it comes at you in subtle, unexpected ways. For me that happens sometimes looking at bare trees, when their elegance and organic structure appear without the distraction of… Continue reading Winter’s art

Tabouli therapy

Sometimes when winter gets you down there’s just one antidote: good, green living food. I know this flies in the face of the regional / seasonal cuisine movement. But when the days are short nutritional therapy can be a big boost. Few foods are cheerier than a Mediterranean diet – and nothing says “Mediterranean” better… Continue reading Tabouli therapy

Wintry mix

I believe that was the forecast a few days ago. Which resulted in these snapshots from the environs around my home, beginning with one from the waterfall along my regular bicycling route. (No, I wasn’t on the bike.) Then moving up onto the Appalachian Trail after an ice storm last week. The final photo in… Continue reading Wintry mix

Garrett County getaway

Between Christmas and New Years, between different states and various jobs that haven’t yet been published, I was invited to spend a weekend with friends in western Maryland. The exact location will remain undisclosed, but our host had this beautiful home built some years ago from two old log cabins found in Indiana and moved… Continue reading Garrett County getaway

Eine Kleine Nachtphotos, with International Space Station

Every so often I’m stopped in my tracks by seeing something a little bit, or sometimes very much, differently from how I’m accustomed to seeing it. Lately this has happened a few times after dark, and the most recent time it produced such a surprise I had to share it here. Below are three photos… Continue reading Eine Kleine Nachtphotos, with International Space Station

Elf-Man premiere!

A few weeks ago between paying jobs, college classes and family responsibilities I had the pleasure of squeezing in a photo shoot just for the fun of it. I was invited by my friend Richard Jefferies (Wiseacre Films) to the premiere of his new movie, “Elf-Man.” It’s a little Christmas movie with a great big… Continue reading Elf-Man premiere!

Bleak house

These are ruins of the iron master’s home at old Catoctin Furnace near Cunningham Falls State Park, Maryland; as seen near dusk yesterday. The first furnace was built in 1774 by Thomas Johnson and his brothers, and produced pig iron from locally mined hematite. Two years later it was making cannon balls for the American… Continue reading Bleak house

Say “cheese”…

Among the more fun assignments are big one-of-a-kind shoots where everything has to go exactly right because hundreds of people are involved, the event is unrepeatable – and not least, circumstances are marginal for making it all work. And I did have a good time making the image below for the Southern Asian Seventh-day Adventist… Continue reading Say “cheese”…