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Buttermilk Falls adds interest to a small Adirondack stream that flows from Forked Lake to Long Lake. This image, taken with a moderate depth of field and very slow shutter, gives the water a frothy, silky texture. Even though your mind knows the water is moving fast and furious, it hears a smooth string and woodwind melody rather than harsh percussion.

Its companion piece, Buttermilk Froth Bubbles, is almost identical, with a shallower depth of field and a fast shutter speed - the percussion rules.

A photograph is visual emotion, running the gamut from stark images of horror—to ‘snapshots in time’ commemorating special moments—to pieces that draw you into their world as if they were magnetized. These are the photographs that evoke a gasp, a “WOW!” or an “awwwww.” I consider myself a visual historian. Whether taking photographs of you and your horse, an old barn, or a misty sunrise, I am preserving history. Not just for you, or that barn, or that sunrise - but for the memories each regenerates in others. Seeing (or hearing about) their reactions as they relive an experience or emotion—whether remembered or vicarious—makes my spirit sing. I research and provide background information if such is appropriate for a...