Last month I mentioned that I was hoping to get my groove back with this new Spring season, and I’m happy to say that the groove is kind of on, in my garden and in my life. In my garden beds, I planted the sugar snap peas, radishes, arugula and
One thing about the social distancing this week, it definitely gives me a reason to stay home. Organizing the 32,000+ digital photos onto a hard drive was a great start (not done yet). But there was also the film negatives and scans that I needed to do something about. Hmm…
Winter is back in my corner of the world. I woke up to see snow flurries, blanketing the neighborhood in a soft, small layer of white flakes. These days, when it snows, it tickles me with a bit of nostalgia and I welcome how it quiets things down. But is
The best way to deal with the winter blues? Go to a greenhouse! And my city has the best greenhouse: Franklin Park Conservatory. I spent the afternoon off the other day to feel some warm air and to get back to some creativity. Here are some of the photographs I
The show is almost done for the season, but the Ohio trees have given a stunning performance to end the year. I was pretty busy the last couple months and wasn’t able to get out too much, but recently I’ve been able to sneak out a couple times to work
A couple weeks ago, during a gloriously, warm October day I ventured out to get some pictures of the last fall flowers. For Columbus, Ohio locals, Inniswood Park is always my “go-to” flower park when I’m gettin’ the feelin’ for nature shots. That day, I got some other friends within
About a year ago, sometime wasting time on Instagram, I started to see a trend pop up. And it seemed to be a coincidence (or maybe my phone was now able to hack my own thoughts) because I was just starting to take my film cameras off the shelves again.
As anybody close to me knows, I’m not a morning person and most definitely on the weekends. So when I decided one cold day to get up early and get downtown before the sunrise to take pictures on a Saturday morning, I thought there might be something wrong with me.
Several years ago a high school friend sent me a package of vintage cameras that she wasn’t using anymore. It was a hugely kind gesture and they quickly were added to my already growing shelf of vintage cameras. Then life happened and I never got back to find film for
