Tag: vareck self photography
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This photo was taken on November 28, 2021, in Biloxi, Mississippi — the morning after she got her ring. I picked up my camera — because that’s what I do — and this is what I saw. Leah. Exactly as she is. Four years later — married May 6, 2022 — I won’t pretend I…
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The Anhinga’s feeding system has steps most people don’t see. I caught the whole sequence — water to log to toss — on a trip with Cajunman Swamp Tours. First time I’d ever seen it.
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A few weeks ago I found myself in a car with my niece, Yasmine, during a college visit with her sister. We had time, we had miles, and she wasn’t going anywhere. My father used to tell my mother that if she needed to have a real conversation with one of us kids, she should…
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“The sky broke like an egg into full sunset, and the water caught fire.” — Pamela Hansford Johnson I was out on the bayou and had my camera up when this guy came through on his bass boat. He was just heading in for the night. I tracked him as he passed and got the…
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“Dandelions, like all things in nature, are beautiful when you take time to pay attention to them.” — June Stoyer There’s a version of photography where you chase things: drive to the refuge at first light, wait for the bird to move, hope the light holds. That’s most of what I do. But this shot…
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There’s a version of bird photography where you’re always chasing the rarest thing in the county. That’s never really been my game. These are stilts — not rare, not life-list exciting for most birders. But they were here, the light was workable, and I had the camera up. That’s the part of this that I…
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“Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you’ve found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for.” — Lawrence Block Most of my time in the field is spent watching. Waiting on a bird to land, turn the right direction, catch the light. It trains…
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“The dragonfly sees the world through compound eyes — reminding us that perspective is everything.” — Unknown I wasn’t expecting company. I was moving through the brush looking for something to shoot when this dragonfly landed on a twig about three feet in front of me and just stayed there. Wings out, eyes forward, completely…
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“Nature is full of by-ends. A moth feeds on a petal, in a moment the pollen caught on its breast will be wedding this blossom to another in the next county.” — George Iles The Hummingbird Clearwing Moth is one of those insects that most people mistake for a hummingbird and keep walking. It’s roughly…