Dear Reader (2026-01-31),Sometimes I get frustrated with my ignorance of how things work. One of those things was my wide angle lens (Canon RF 16mm f 2.8 STM), which I usually carry with me but seldom pull out of the bag because I didn’t know … Continue readingLet’s Go Wide
Dear Reader (2026-01-19)As I slowly get engaged in new projects, practice continues. This past Thursday (2026-01-15) Keith and I went on another one of our enjoyable rambles. We stopped often as we made our way to and from Waterton. Keith’s report and collection of images … Continue readingRural Wander 2026-01-19
Dear Reader (2026-0-10)Well this past 7 days or so have been a bit of surprise. Once again (or constantly), I have been feeling sad, disgusted, or in despair over the general tenor of these times. I have also been feeling that I should be out … Continue readingWinter Wanderlands
Dear Reader (2026-01-03)Welcome to the New year and I hope that you will have at least moments of blissful calm and creativity. I have news from the cave. There is now a digital catalogue for my show Building Blocks exhibited October 2025. That catalogue like … Continue readingBuilding Blocks Catalogue Exists
Dear Reader (2025-12-11 – post simultaneously to FB)The other day I wrote about how I think of my photography in terms of 2 large pursuits. There is practice and there are projects. Projects have two possible outcomes. Projects become either exhibitions or an extended series … Continue readingUrban Wander 2025-12-11
Dear Reader (2025-12-09 – published simultaneously to FB)Many weeks you and I began this tour of Algeria with a beverage post. It is therefore fitting the Algeria series ends with a beverage post in five sections. IslamPlease ignore this section if you are a religious … Continue readingAlgeria – 26
Dear Reader (2025-12-06 – posted simultaneously to FB),I think you and I are getting close to the end of the Algeria series of posts. That said, there are still two or three things to share with you. The three structures that are clearly identifiable on … Continue readingAlgeria – 25
Dear Reader (2025-12-04 – posted simultaneously to FB),In today’s post you and I complete our visit to the Casbah of Algiers. The Casbah was built on the side of a hill. Over the centuries it grew down the hill towards the sea in a web … Continue readingAlgeria – 24
Dear Reader (2025-12-02 – posted simultaneously to FB),Many weeks ago you and I began this Algerian walkabout. Now it is time to return to Algiers for four or so posts. There are still places to see. As I mentioned I was on two back to … Continue readingAlgeria – 23
Dear Reader (2025-11-30 – photos also posted on FB),Besides living in my cave, getting distracted, and creating the Algeria set of posts, I have been out on the gravel roads and highways of the prairies. Most of the roads have been local. There was though … Continue readingInterlude – 2025-11-30
Dear Reader (2025-11-30 – posted simultaneously to FB),Here is the last full set of images from the South Sahara desert in and around Djanet. Notes on Photos~ 02 – When it is too hot to travel, we stop for shade and I gaze up.~ 03 … Continue readingAlgeria – 22
Dear Reader (2025-11-25 – posted simultaneously to FB)Let’s continue on our drive through, across, and by desert vistas of all scales. By the way the desert context post was “Algeria – 20” on 2025-11-23. Notes on Photos – Desert Views~ 01 – (2nd Tour) 3 … Continue readingAlgeria – 21
Dear Reader (2025-11-23 – posted simultaneously to FB)It was a stop-the-car moment. Before travelling to the desert I had envisioned a photograph of a sharp sweeping S of a sand dune against a blue cloudless sky. And there it was. Minutes later I was looking … Continue readingAlgeria – 20
Dear Reader (2025-11-17 – posted simultaneously to FB)Context later – photos now (and for a while to come).