Me and My Shadow

Me and My Shadow

Reflection, meet shadow.   Here is another shot of my son from the Milwaukee Art Museum this Labor Day weekend.   Up on the third floor of the new wing, there are these great big windows overlooking the lake and the rest of the museum.  One of his favorite places there, he loves to look out the…… Continue reading Me and My Shadow

Superman and the Big Hill

Superman and the Big Hill

To get to the best picnic spot in the park, little superman decided to walk up the big hill instead of fly.   Of course, he also decided to roll down. Of all the shots I took over the Labor Day weekend, this is one of my favorites.  My son, in his superman sweatshirt with…… Continue reading Superman and the Big Hill

Monkey Bars

Monkey Bars

The monkey bars, the swings, the slides, and the fire poles.  My son visited all of them multiple times on this summer morning visit to the playground.  It was quite warm and humid.  So I was doing my best to stay relatively still and in whatever shade was available.  However, with a two and a…… Continue reading Monkey Bars

Tunnel of Fun

The Tunnel of Fun

How many times did my son climb up and down this tunnel of fun at the local church playground?  Way too many to count.  But I’m not complaining.  I could sit and watch (and photograph!) him running, sliding, climbing, laughing, and playing all day and all night.  For this shot, he stopped moving long enough…… Continue reading Tunnel of Fun

The Glass Tower on Downer Avenue

The Glass Tower on Downer Avenue

This concrete and glass “tower” sits on the corner of Downer Avenue and Bellview Place on the East Side of Milwaukee.  I’ve tried shooting this many times and have never really captured the shot I wanted.  But then today, after shooting it once more, I discovered one of the reasons I was not satisfied.  The…… Continue reading The Glass Tower on Downer Avenue

An Orange Lily

An Orange Lily

This single orange lily is one of many that line our driveway from the garage to the street.  Today, while most were in the shade of the house, this one was off by itself, basking in the glow of the sun. For some reason, I thought of the old Chinese proverb that says if you…… Continue reading An Orange Lily

Paint Me a Blue Sky

Blue Sky

“Paint me a blue sky.  May the colors run true.  That I may look to the Heavens, when I search for the truth.” –Ian Moore , “Blue Sky” from his debut album. I thought with all of the craziness going on in the world today, what everyone needed was a big, bright, happy expanse of sky.…… Continue reading Paint Me a Blue Sky

Death Valley 1990

Death Valley 1990

I can’t believe it has been almost exactly 26 years since I was in Death Valley National Park.  I was going back through some (very old) images, relatively low quality scans of 5×7 color prints, and found this image of some sand dunes shot in June of 1990.  I was out there on a three…… Continue reading Death Valley 1990

Swiss Lanes

Swiss Lanes

Since I didn’t have an opportunity to shoot a 365 project image today, I went back through some older RAW images looking for some unprocessed gems and found this 2013 shot of the Swiss Lanes bowling alley in New Glarus, Wisconsin.   Situated in south central Wisconsin, New Glarus – named after the canton of Glarus in east central Switzerland – is a quaint little…… Continue reading Swiss Lanes

Half Face Outdoors

Outdoor Half Face

Half a face, outdoors – just a simple self-portrait taken on a nice bright and sunny March day.  I’m not happy that I must wear glasses when I read and work on the computer these days, but I have to say, I do like the way I look with them on.  Not quite a fair trade…… Continue reading Half Face Outdoors

Texas Highway

This photo was taken through the windshield of my Dodge, on an isolated Texas highway, somewhere in Big Bend National Park in Texas while driving at about 85 mph. It was in late September of 1997 or 1998 and I propped my Nikon FM2 up on the dash, centered the car on the yellow line…… Continue reading Texas Highway

Lincoln Memorial Drive

Lincoln Memorial Drive

This shot came about more from wanting to test my new ICE 10-stop neutral density filter, rather than from a creative idea.  I knew I wanted water and possibly clouds (although the clouds weren’t really moving fast enough) in the shot but other than that, I had know idea what I was going to get.…… Continue reading Lincoln Memorial Drive