June 2011 wallpaper

Once again, I find myself apologizing for the lack of posts here this last month. No excuse, really, except that I've just got a lot to do. June looks to be a promising month for photogaphy for me, so I'll get back on track soon.

It the meantime, here's your desktop wallpaper for June. If you haven't seen it on my Flickr photostream, this is from a photowalk at Fort Benjamin Harrison State Park in Indianapolis. Our company took Friday afternoon for lunch at the park and then we walked a couple of the trails afterward. There is a small lake in the park and this is from one side of it looking towards the other. I was struck by how much green there is already this year, but then we've had a ton of rain in April and May, so I should be completely surprised. (This also looks like a place I need  to revisit in the fall, no?)

Also, I've changed the design of my desktop (Large & Small) wallpapers slightly. I'm experimenting a bit, so this may not stick, but we'll see. If you've read Close to Home, you'll probably recognize it. Let me know what you think.

June 2011 Wallpaper — Large (2560 x 1600) June 2011 Wallpaper — Small (1280 x 800) June 2011 Wallpaper — iPad (1024 x 1024) June 2011 Wallpaper — iPhone (640 x 960)

May 2011 wallpaper

A little bit late, but here's my desktop wallpaper for May. It's a companion photograph to Gliding, which I shot in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico earlier this year. Both of them were taken near the Fort San Felipe del Morro as I watched people walk along the pathway to the fort itself.

I was fascinated by the different shapes and angles created by the silhouetted people as they walked by and the contrast between them and the low-hanging clouds in the sky. It makes me think they're walking among them.

May 2011 Wallpaper — Desktop Large (2560 x 1600) May 2011 Wallpaper — Desktop Small (1280 x 800) May 2011 Wallpaper — iPad (1024 x 1024) May 2011 Wallpaper — iPhone (960 x 640)

April 2011 wallpaper

Well, it seems I've let a whole month slip by without talking to you. Sorry for that; it's been a busy March, but I promise to make up for it in April.

I've chosen this image for April's wallpaper for a couple of reasons. The first, and most obvious, is that April is the month of Easter, Passover, and other religious celebrations, so it seems appropriate. However, it's also the one-year anniversary of my trip to Italy and the amazing Within the Frame workshop in Genoa and the Cinque Terre with David duChemin and Jeffrey Chapman. While "life-changing" might be a bit of an exaggerated description of the trip, it's not too much so, since so many amazing opportunities have come from this trip and the friendships I made there. I have some of the best memories of my life from this trip.

I made this image in a church in Portofino after having wandered off from the group by myself, something I did quite a bit of for most of the workshop. (Jeffrey even had to come back and find me on the very first day!) It was a bit dark inside and so I used my newly acquired 85mm f/1.8 wide open to both isolate the cross and give myself a fast enough shutter speed to hand hold the camera. There wasn't a lot of color in the image to begin with, so I chose to process it as a monotone image, but keeping the warm, brassy color from the cross. I hope you enjoy it.

April 2011 Wallpaper — Desktop Large (2560 x 1600) April 2011 Wallpaper — Desktop Small (1280 x 800) April 2011 Wallpaper — iPad (1024 x 1024) April 2011 Wallpaper — iPhone (640 x 960)