December 2012 wallpaper

Look familiar? If you've been following my blog since the beginning at The Light Without, you'll recognize this as the first desktop image I ever posted. Why would I post it again three years later? Because it will be the last desktop image—at least for the foreseeable future.

As you may have noticed, my work and my approach to photography has changed significantly since I posted this wallpaper in December 2009. While I still love images like this one, I'm working on going deeper to create more meaningful work—and trying to figure out what "more meaningful work" actually means to me. Recently, it's been a bit of a struggle to find images I think are appropriate for desktops, and honestly, my heart is just not in it as it was.

There also hasn't been much activity here besides these wallpapers, and that is also a result of spending more time discovering my photographic path and paying less attention to the writing one. I've spent over a year working with Ray Ketcham, learning and growing as a photographer, too. Now it's time for me to let all of this settle and find out what my pictures look like moving forward.

I hope you've enjoyed the images and I'm sorry for pulling the plug on you—sorry, Mom!—but maybe you'll stick around for what's coming, even if I don't know what that is yet :-)

So click on the image to get your 2560 x 1600px wallpaper one last time. I hope you enjoy it.

November 2012 wallpaper

November in Indiana is the beginning of what we call "stick" season. It's that time of year after all of the leaves have fallen and the trees are bare, but too early for much of a snowfall. Photographically, it can be a tough time if you're looking for an interesting subject. Sometimes, though, there are exceptions.

This month's wallpaper is one of those. My next door neighbors have a couple of trees in their yard that don't begin to change color until mid- to late November. They're a vibrant punctuation to the end of the fall season and a burst of color in the middle of a lot of dull gray. I love the density of the color here, warmed by the late November sun dipping low in the sky. I hope you do, too.

Click on the image above to get a 2560 x 1600px image for your own burst of color in drab November.

October 2012 wallpaper

I think many people will agree with me when I say October is the month that truly represents autumn. The leaves are beginning to turn color in earnest, the nights—and days—are getting chillier, and there's a hint of frost instead of early morning dew. For those reasons, and others, I'd say October is one of my favorite months of the year, if not actually the favorite.

But October is also known for creepy, scary things. Things like ghosts, goblins, and election debates— culminating, of course, in All Hallows Eve. I think, though, that nothing really creeps folks out more than spiders. No matter how small or innocuous they seem, when you get a good look at one, you automatically get creeped out. I know I do.

This guy probably won't be around much longer, but now he can hang around on your desktop, creeping you out for the entire month of October. So, if you can bring yourself to do it, click on the image to get him in all of his 2560 x 1600 pixel glory.

You're welcome. No, really.