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.

Rear Curtain - Issue 3

Yep, we're back. The latest issue of Rear Curtain magazine is now available for purchase. We've got a great lineup for you this time, too. Stories that range from New York City Holiday displays to the simple pleasures of life on the family deck. From a mask maker in Venice to the Tea Horse Road in China to a Christian biker club in Adelaide, Australia to an umbrella maker in Burma. Stories from around the world, and stories that resonate around the world.

It's been my pleasure to help bring these stories to life on the pages of this magazine and I hope you enjoy them as much as we do bringing them to you. My thanks to our contributors for allowing us to share their work, and, of course, to my Rear Curtain colleagues for their hard work to put this issue together.

Head on over to MagCloud to get your copy. You can get a digital download for $6.50, but I'd highly recommend buying the print version ($24.95). Not because we make more money—we don't—but because printing these stories for you is really why we do this. There's a feel and a flow to them that's tangible when you're holding it in your hands, sipping your favorite beverage, and turning the pages.

I hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed making it for you. And if you’re interested in contributing to Rear Curtain, either for the web site or the magazine, feel free to contact us at info@rearcurtain.ca. We’d love to see your work in Issue 4.

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.