Just Because

So it's November and the day is wet and gloomy; the leaves are gone, the snow stayed on the ground for a week, the pond froze; yet there is a quiet stillness and beauty to the day.

snowflakes in the new ice, 2017

the gleam of the sun, 2017

The Minimal House

Everyday I watch the sun move further and further north and the days get longer and longer. And while we are not finished with winter yet, the quality of light in the house makes a huge difference. Shadows change their position on the white walls, light fills the rooms to bursting.

Light on the walls

White Tulips

More tulips found their way into the house the other day. White ones. How wonderful, as I have been wanting to photograph them. I have been working mostly in black and white lately, so much to relearn. I wanted to pay more attention to shapes and tonal values and not get caught up in luscious color. I find when I'm photographing flowers it's hard to stay away from the obvious, and so I hoped that by eliminating color I would observe more clearly. My favourite shot from the day was when I stopped looking at the flowers and saw the light pouring through the glass bowl and creating refractions.

White Tulips

Asymptote