@forestbound

<center>I'm hoping that you all had a great week! As I noted in my last note there have been some changes in my life lately that improved positively and has me busy. I have had sev…

<center>Today I’d like to take you on a little journey that will take me back to a very special spot in the Ruhr area - more precisely to Oberhausen (Germany), very close to the bi…

<center>In the incessant tempo we term life, there exist segments during which the world appears static. For me, the world is frozen when I have an opportunity to connect with cros…

<center>Today I want to share my most recent photographs with you. These photographs were taken at different times, different locations. They all share the same message; one that h…

<center>Life takes us unexpected places and that is where we find our greatest beauty. I had such a day a while ago. I was focused on a quickly-moving target - a shining dragonfly …

<center>Sometimes it is coincidences of existence that provide us with the biggest surprises. A couple of years back, just before gathering up my things in North Rhine-Westphalia a…

<center>Today I want to talk about something particularly important to me as a photographer: creating. To me, photography is far more than merely pushing a shutter button. It is a …

<center>Once again, I headed out today with ambitious goals, deep into the lush green we see around us. Back pack on my back, camera ready, and visions of what I might discover ins…

<center>The year was 1992. It was a time of transitions, farewells and new beginnings. The German Democratic Republic was gone, as was the Soviet presence that had dominated people…

<center>What if I could do a little dance in a cosmic twist, flip gravitational pull off like a heavy coat, bend and stretch my legs and arms so they become wings to take me, and l…

<center>Today's journey is taking us through a sunflower field. I love sunflowers. I like being in a field of tall sunflowers with big bright yellow heads traveling toward the sun.…

**!!!Viewer discretion is advised! The last three photos may not be for the faint of heart, especially the first of the last three. All of these photos are taken with respect and r…

<center>I would like to take you on a brief walk today. A walk that is especially important to me. Through the awakening of nature, when the world is still soundly sleeping, and th…

<center>Today, I'm taking you on a little excursion into that micro-world that unnoticed, is most always present. It is incredibly important. My latest photos show you some of thos…

<center>On days like these when the outside world is a little too loud and my soul a little too quiet it came to me: there is little consolation in the little marvels of nature. Th…

<center>Do you ever feel that way? You find yourself going back to a location that has already supplied you with a variety of magical photographic subjects and it does it again. I …

<center>What a lovely Sunday it is here with the gentle murmur of summer around me. Wherever you are in the world, I hope this finds you well and that you can experience your own r…

<center>Now, I want to tell you about a recent experience I had at our city park. While I was at the pond, I had the chance to see two birds which immediately looked familiar. Whil…

<center>Nature is flaunting its most beautiful side now that summer has arrived. When I'm out with my camera, there are always times that especially move me. Last week I was fortun…

<center>I was about halfway home when I caught sight of something special which caught my eye, instantly braking me. There, right in the middle of a garden fence, was it. A little …