New Years Vice

This image is here not so much for its photographic quality, but for the warm memories it inspires (as such, I suppose it qualifies as a "snapshot"). This is a picture of an exquisitly mixed apple martini during a fun night with good friends, S&C, lots of games, and enough cheer to last us until August. Sometimes to know the quality of an image, you have to be there when it is captured. Photography is as much about process, timing, and the experience of the capture, than what the picture looks like when it comes out. In fact, the image is merely the reminder of the experience. Deep stuff...

Koi

The aquatic theme continues. It must be from all that rain....

Jellyfish

Floating, waving, drifting, glowing... I took this photograph at the Pittsburgh Zoo during a weekend outing. While we were wandering about, these glowing feathery globs of jelly drifting under the UV illumination somehow caught my eye, and kept me occupied for many minutes with my lense pressed against the glass (much to the dismay of others trying to look). There was not much light, so I tried to hold the camera as still as possible. The image is still a bit blurry (due to the movement of the jellyfish of course, and the glass, not my steady hand...), but I like how it captures the movement, and the colors are very cool.

Fishing Before the Storm

Here are kids and cousins fishing before a big storm at the dock in front of the cabin at Lake Wallenpaupack. The largest take of the week was a 10 lb. catfish, caught successively by Bridger and then by me. You would think that the fish would get smart, but then again, those worms must be pretty good...

Symmetry

Shot near Parker Dam, PA sometime in October 2005, during a cloudy, cool, somewhat damp day. I wish I had taken some photographs of the freshly stocked trout visible from the bridge, but I couldn't decide between taking pictures or getting my fishing rod, and ended up doing neither. A classic double bind, resulting only in regret...(almost)

The world is your oyster...

Lynn Run

This is a winter hillside at Lynn Run, taken some time in March of 2004. The cabins there are rustic, with a nice little stream that meanders through the park. I like it there - it is quite secluded, and there is not much to do, but hike and think.

Pond at Ithaca

Somehow, water seems to be a consistent theme for me. Many of my best images include water. I'm not sure why...

Phipps Pond

Orange

Sometimes, to find inspiration you just have to look in your back yard. Sometimes you just have to check your your kitchen windowsill ;-)

Rocks

Vivid

I am an occasional idealist, but almost never a purist. Yes - I used Photoshop. Yes - it is cropped. Yes - the colors are a bit brighter. But in the INTJ way, everything has room for improvement...

Beginnings

Another experiment. I thought I would start with a weekly blog (or more often, as the stars move me) as a way to foster creative thinking and a place to post some of my photography work. This is also a way to keep in touch with those that I know, so thoughts, comments, ideas, and feedback are solicited. But be kind ;-)

The picture above is from Promised Land State Park, PA taken while on vacation in the Pocono's (I've found that recreation and creativity go hand in hand for me). I'm often amazed at the scenery there, and in Pennsylvania woodlands as a whole.

-Dave