Monday, March 1, 2010

Tahquamenon in February

The falls are gorgeous any time of year, but I especially like how they look in the winter.

Thursday, December 17, 2009


The church sign. I lined up this shot to include the cross in the background. In the summer, this might be more obvious. But in the winter, the snow dominates the photo.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009


A rite of passage in the Upper Peninsula. My son is old enough and enthusiastic enough to take on the responsibility for shoveling after the snow storm.

Monday, December 7, 2009


I've been wanting to take this photo ever since the village maintenance crew put up the Christmas decorations downtown. I'll take another one in a couple of days when the heavy snow has fallen.

I can't say that I have specialized in any one genre of photography, at least not yet. I'm still exploring the creative opporunities. This is just one of the scenes that I've taken in Grass Lake, Michigan at the Fa-Ho-Lo Camp and Conference Center. It's a relatively small place, only about 130 acres, so it's challenged me to look at common sights from different perspectives.

Sunday, December 6, 2009


This photo was taken of my sister and her husband and new baby, Emily. They sat for the picture at the end of the day on Thanksgiving as we were all getting ready to return home. All things being considered, the result was pretty good.

Every year, we take our "Lesters in the Leaves" portrait. Obviously, the photo is taken in the fall and involves my family being in a pile of leaves. The cool thing is that the village landscape dump is across the street from the house, thus giving us a large pile of leaves in which to jump. I'm going to try and convince my wife to pose for the "Lesters in the Snow Pile" photo.