I've Finally Listed Some Prints for Sale.

I’ve dabbled here and there with posting prints here and there on other sites for sale, but I’d really just rather be completely responsible for everything myself. Well, excluding if a gallery wants to represent me, but I have not made any attempt to pursue that as of yet and none of reach out to me.

There are some things that are hard for me and putting my work out there to be judged in a show or exhibition is right there at the top. Selling prints is neck and neck with that. Several reasons exist, but let me just leave it at it was hard. Most of the images I have listed are either WAY up high on my list of favorite photographs, or were part of exhibitions I have been included in, or in some rare cases both.

Please give them a look and if anything really speaks to you consider ordering it.

Thanks,

Fall Isn't Just for Leaves

Fall is a special time visually for many reasons. The classic is the color of the leaves however the shift in temperature combined with some increased moisture brings out some season fungus too. My backyard and the backyard at OctoPi yielded some tiny treats last week. I’ve got quite a bit going on it seems and having these things pop up just a few feet from my door is really handy. My only regret is that I haven’t started any mushroom logs to replace the ones that gave up the ghost last winter. That will be a project for next year and hopefully I can get more varieties going.

Return to Short Springs

A couple of years ago I basically stuck a pin in a map and headed up to Short Springs Natural Area in Tennessee from Huntsville. That lead to me taking what so far has been my best photo of a waterfall to date.

I was already near there so took a friend to the trails to check things out since the weather was really great this past weekend. I was not the only one with this idea as there were quite a few folks wandering the trails and the waterfall areas. I opted for plants and animals instead.  

Fungus Time Part 2

The bloom and growth continues. This year has really been a good one. 

Fungus Time

This time of year if the weather cooperates then my yard bursts with various blooms of fungus. It has been a pretty exceptional crop this year.

Stone Door

I'm still sorting out how I want to collect my thoughts on Iceland. That doesn't mean I am not getting out with the camera here in the states when I can. We are having a very strange fall season this year. I went for a hike in Tennessee hoping to see some fall color and did get a little taste of it, however the exceptionally dry and warm weather has the leaves pretty hard to predict and catch.

It was a great day for hike, a little warm, but really a good day. Stone Door is a trail in the Savage Gulf Natural Area near Beersheba Springs, TN. The parking lot was full and there were lots of scouts and some adults working on their rope skills. As I walked back out after hanging out for a bit a wedding party was making their way in for a ceremony. I felt kind of bad for the bride hiking a mile in to get married in her dress in mid 80's weather.

One bonus to the weather being warmer though. The spiders are holding on a bit longer this year.

Backyard Winding Down

I've never been much of a gardener or landscaper. My backyard is rough at best, however a couple of years ago I had 3 of the oak trees taken down. I cut them up myself and turned the logs into some beds for vegetables and flowers.  These have worked quite well and while the yard is still shaded, some things have grown well. 

Fall is finally starting to make it presence known, so the insect visitors are getting less frequent. Yesterday was a slightly cooler day over night and it seemed to spark a last flurry of activity from the bees and wasps.