Several times in the past few months I have visited the garden of Georgianna Orsini, in Asheville, North Carolina. Although she lives in a home with a relatively small yard, she has a delightful diversity of plants, rich with brilliant blooms, fern fronds, and graceful grasses. It is also a wonderful […]

Yesterday I went to a favorite nearby local wild place, Bays Mountain Park. Although fall has barely started, already there was some color in the trees along the edge of the lake. I took some photos of the trees, but slowly became more fascinated by the reflections than the trees […]

I’ve been collecting minerals since I was a kid. My dad was a chemist, and he was fascinated by the physical and chemical properties of minerals. I followed him on expeditions to mines, mountains, and rock shops in search of new specimens. He explained their properties, and we used his […]

A creek runs by my house. It is a trout stream, and draws a variety of herons, frogs, and other wildlife. This is wonderful for nature photography, attracting so many animals to my yard. But quite often, the creek itself is my subject. I admit it may sound a bit […]

I like to play with cameras. Many photographers choose one camera, which has the benefit of really learning all the ins and outs of its possibilities. I have a few cameras that I use for the bulk of my work, falling back to my familiarity with them to capture tricky […]

Thirty years ago, I went on an expedition to climb Mt. Bintumani, the highest mountain in Sierra Leone. It took the better part of a week, and as I drove and then hiked further from cities I seemed to be moving back in time. When I finally arrived at the […]

If you look beyond the dazzle of their flashing lights, there is much to appreciate about fireflies. Just to get one misconception out of the way, they aren’t actually flies. They are beetles, the most diverse group of insects on the planet. There is a story about a famous biologist, […]