SUNDAY POSTER

This week our poster is in the form of a Christmas Card. I wrote this poem and selected this picture to donate to the LivingWell Cancer Resource Center in Geneva. It will be posted on their Facebook site as well. It conveys some of the difficulty of fighting cancer . . . but also the strength that fuels so many cancer fighters and survivors.
Merry Christmas!

Shooting Star?

As the sun finally disappeared, on the only evening all week that would light up the sunset sky, I caught my favorite shot of the day. A shooting star? Meteor? Or a vapor trail of a jet? What difference does it make if the image is worthwhile?

Light Thickens

As a former English teacher, I was well-known for loving Shakespeare, whether in book form or live on stage. He was a master of great writing, of course, with towering stories of powerful heroes and villains. But he was also a master of that perfect image, that one detail that really works.

I watched the wintry night falling over the horizon and I thought of one of the greatest tragedies, MACBETH: Light thickens, and the crow makes way to the rooky wood. Never saw a crow that evening, but the scene was set perfectly for one. Light does indeed "thicken."

Lone Walker

As the sun sinks toward the horizon, another shot of the dramatic sky at Meacham Grove. Meanwhile, the only other sign of human visitors in the preserve trudges in the direction of the parking lot. I would be soon to follow!

Sunset Seed Pod

Another view of the recent sunset at Meacham Grove, along with a staple of forest preserve photography. Some of the seed pods growing in the preserves are beautiful, complex works of art. Perhaps all of them are.

Heading South

Shortly before sunset, we see an asphalt trail, covered in well-trodden snow, rounding a stately tree. Naturally, the formation of geese flying by were headed south.

I'll Follow the Sun(set)

Fortunate to be so busy with photo shoots that I had not been out on a just-for-me shoot, no client or agenda. Last week an afternoon gave me that narrow window of time to catch a late-fall-early-winter sunset or two. No need to drive far, the sun sets everywhere. I went to Meacham Grove right here in Bloomingdale. This week we will look at some of the images I collected.

All we need is a setting sun, a hill and a tree.