by speterlewis@gmail.com | Apr 22, 2020 | Photography, Social Distancing
As a young boy, nothing thrilled me more than rolling over stones and rotting logs to see that amazing life lived beneath them. And the greatest thrill came when I found spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum). I thought they were simply magnificent, and I collected...
by speterlewis@gmail.com | Apr 21, 2020 | Photography, Social Distancing
Finally! The answer to that age-old question about whether or not the light goes off in your fridge when you close the door. Well, not really, but it’s as close I could get. This was a tricky one. The technically hard part was that I SO wanted to get this in one...
by speterlewis@gmail.com | Apr 20, 2020 | Photography, Social Distancing
Our best cat, Sargent Ribs*, died earlier this year and I buried him out by the edge of the treeline. He was a cat of many names, including The Wild Baby Snuffle Dragon, The Woobner (Woobs), His Lordship Chuffington Stench, etc., and he also had compromised bowels and...
by speterlewis@gmail.com | Apr 19, 2020 | Photography, Social Distancing
Spring is a fickle mistress here in Maine, and this sort of thing happens more often than we like to think. As anxious as I am to gaze out the window at my wife mowing the lawn, these little exclamation points of winter weather are still charming, somehow (and,...
by speterlewis@gmail.com | Apr 18, 2020 | Photography, Social Distancing
Each year, in all the temperate regions of the world, there is a night in spring when amphibians migrate en masse to their breeding grounds. Here in Maine, it’s usually mid to late April, and conditions must be perfect: the ground must be thawed, it must be over...
by speterlewis@gmail.com | Apr 17, 2020 | Photography, Social Distancing, Story behind the lens
One of the great challenges (and joys) of studio photography is controlling light. The word photography means “light drawing,” which I think is wonderful. In the studio, we can (and must) control light very precisely, creating mood and texture and...
