Mark’s journal of photographic projects, thoughts, and commentary.
After a monumental sunrise, once the sun breaks over the horizon, I generally call it a morning for landscapes. The light is often too harsh and shadows too strong to work with. But if there are light, wispy clouds around, you can get more mileage out of the morning. And that’s what happened here. The … Read more
The whole wide ether is the eagle’s way. The whole earth is a brave man’s fatherland. – Euripedes
There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“He spoke of very simple things- that it is right for a gull to fly, that freedom is the very nature of his being, that whatever stands against that freedom must be set aside, be it ritual or superstition or limitation in any form.” – Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull
“A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.” – JAMES N. WATKINS – Badlands National Park is a world of mud and clay. An ancient, shallow sea bed, now exposed to the elements, it is carved out in a timeless fashion by the winds and the rain. Every line, every fissure, like a new wrinkle, shoes a form of evolution.
“Every lake belongs to the quietness desired by the swans.” ― Munia Khan