Black-and-white collage of two São Paulo scenes: the cable-stayed Ponte Estaiada under dramatic clouds above, and the mirrored glass grid of an Avenida Paulista office tower reflecting neighboring buildings below.

Sampa in Shades of Gray

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São Paulo is home to close to 12 million people — 11.45 million in the 2022 census, and the city keeps growing. Most visitors describe it with words like huge, busy, and gray. I decided to lean into that last … Read More

Thick white morning fog erases the horizon over a still lake, blending water and sky into one pale field. Small dark waterbirds rest scattered across the glassy surface, tall reeds rise at the lower right, and the faint silhouette of a boat hovers in the mist right where the horizon would otherwise be.

Vanishing Horizon

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“The sea was indistinguishable from the sky,except that the sea was slightly creased as if a cloth had wrinkles in it.” — Virginia Woolf, The Waves For more like this, enjoy these related stories: Lake Bastrop South Shore, Landscapes, Monochrome, … Read More

Monochrome photograph of the limestone ruins of a building at Fort McKavett State Historic Site, seen from a low angle, with the sun forming a starburst through an empty upper window beneath a streaked, dramatic sky.

What Time Cannot Erase

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When I was planning the itinerary for my February 2026 visit to Big Bend Ranch State Park, one place stood out along the route: the Fort McKavett State Historic Site. The preliminary information I read about the site gave me … Read More

A cool-toned monochrome landscape of the entrance to Closed Canyon, with a flat-topped mesa and a rounded hill flanking a dark rocky cleft, surrounded by sparse desert scrub under a dramatic, streaked sky.

Stone Cold Serenity: Finding Your Calm at Closed Canyon

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Lens-Artists Challenge #389: Time to Relax For this week’s Lens-Artists Challenge, Anne wants to know what relaxes us. She writes: “What gets you away from the stresses of daily life. What’s your passion?” The short answer for me is nature. … Read More

Continuum

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Whereas time is measured in seconds, water measures time in flow. With this triptych, I bring you three instances of water flow: momentum, impact, and resolution. “Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them – that … Read More

Silver Whispers in Serenity

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The use of backlight in photography offers many advantages to make your photos pop. For example, the featured image above, captured at Mills Pond, highlights the strength of form and texture. Backlighting separates the subject from the background and creates … Read More

Exploring Nature’s Monochromatic Magic

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Most people tend to think of monochrome photography as black and white. However, there are several other types of monochromatic images. For example, sepia, infrared, and selenium tones can also produce monochromatic photos. I also want to add the monochrome … Read More

Heritage Park

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The Heritage Park in downtown Round Rock is the city’s celebration of its history. The park is located in the Old Town section of Round Rock. The original “round rock” in Brushy Creek can be found here. This is near … Read More

The Final Frontier

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The featured image is a fully functional automobile. It competed in the Formula Sun at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas, in 2015. The top was covered with solar cells to power the vehicle. The cars in … Read More

Winter Colorless Moments

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On February 1, 2023, the city of Austin was hit again with a powerful ice storm. It was not as severe as the February 2021 Snowmaggedon, but the ice accumulation caused significant damage throughout the city. In our old home, … Read More

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