Finding Healing in Photography

1 ^{of 13} January 20, 2012

An awesome tree in a field I drive by on every trip to town. Shrouded in today’s snowstorm, I felt compelled to hike out and grab a photo of it. This was the first time I ever used the camera in my iPhone. Seems my iPhone camera has inspired me to capture those scenes I’ve previously captured only in my mind’s eye!

2 ^{of 13} March 14, 2012

The old bur oak is silhouetted by the setting sun in the second photo I ever took of it with my iPhone. I eventually committed to photographing it in a project I called That Tree.

3 ^{of 13} Day 1—March 24, 2012

Like black lightning, branches from that tree frame a beam of sunlight breaking through an ominous sky beyond That Tree. This was the first photo I made in the official calendar year of my project.

4 ^{of 13} Day 22—April 14, 2012

I never know what visual discovery I might make in my ever-expanding field of view around That Tree. Kind of like life!

5 ^{of 13} Day 39—May 1, 2012

Staminate and semi-transparent early growth leaves hang from a branch of That Tree.

6 ^{of 13} Day 60—May 22, 2012

The gnarly limbs of That Tree frame its trunk in the shape of a natural heart.

7 ^{of 13} Day 75—June 6, 2012

Dawn light creates an enchanted feeling as the moon sets beyond That Tree.

8 ^{of 13} Day 111—July 12, 2012

I had a fun time introducing Lora Kohnlein and her sons Duggan and Patrick, who were visiting from Henderson, Colorado, to That Tree. The boys and I climbed the tree, examined dozens of bugs and discussed the finer points of the video game Angry Birds. Thanks, boys, for inspiring me to see things like a kid again!

9 ^{of 13} Day 137—August 7, 2012

I enjoyed the sunset tonight with my dog, Magnum, and That Tree, two of my favorite photo subjects!

10 ^{of 13} Day 174—September 13, 2012

Glowing in its fall colors, a fallen leaf hangs suspended agains the textured bark of That Tree.

11 ^{of 13} Day 200—October 9, 2012

In one of my last photographs of That Tree with corn still standing in the field, I wanted to make one last sunset photo before the harvest.

12 ^{of 13} Day 228—November 6, 2012

That Tree is reflected upside down in the heavy snowflakes melting on the window of my truck.

13 ^{of 13} Day 320—Feb. 6, 2013

Like a scene from the land of fairy, That Tree rises ethereal from the enchanted mists of her valley.

ENJOY A LITTLE ARMCHAIR TRAVEL TO ALASKA!