Midnight Blues, an image from Silent Solitude
My silence has been long enough. I have decided to return to the world of blogging after a longer than expected absence. It seemed as though my life was beginning to revolve around my daily blogging. I was losing touch with the things of most importance. My family was suffering. My photography was suffering. Most importantly, I was suffering. Trying to keep up with a daily blog entry that had content that would benefit my followers was too much, so I am returning with a different format. I will be writing content on a regular, but less frequent basis. Two to three times a week new content will be added in a way that, hopefully, you will find beneficial, interesting and fun to read. I will continue to add new photographs with each post as well.
During my absence I have been busy. I just finished my first book, Silent Solitude. I have been photographing at our local lake, Lake Lowell, over the past several years, and have compiled my favorite images as well some of my ramblings about my photographic and artistic philosophies into a coffee table book. The book contains more than 60 images made during all seasons of the year and shows the quiet side of the lake. Even though there is much recreational activity at the lake, a quiet, serene setting can be found. I work in the very early and late hours of the day, many times after everyone else, including other photographers have packed up and gone home. I find inspiration while working on a moonlit summer evening or in the early hours before the sun rises. The colors are rich and the water is calm. While walking the shoreline I can meditate, uninterupted by the chaotic sounds that fill the daytime hours. It is my way of maintaining sanity in an insanely busy world.
The photographs in this volume are an extension of my innermost feelings. They are more than just pictures, they are me. They are what and how I see, how I visualize the environment in which I live and work and play. By channeling my feelings and my emotions into my photographs, I attempt to allow the viewer to experience a bit of what I feel when I am making the image. When successful, the images become more than photographs, they become art.
To purchase Silent Solitude, click on the button in the sidebar. A full preview of the book can be found at blurb.com.
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