PHOTOGRAPHY

This key deer and cat like to kiss on the beach at Big Pine Key.

PHOTO GALLERY PAGES

TWO PHOTOS & THEIR STORIES

A SNAPSHOT OF OTHER PHOTOS PUBLISHED ONLINE

Small World Meditation- When this photo was accepted by Ponder Review (for Volume 6, Issue 2), I had no idea it would be on the cover! What an exciting surprise! Also included in this issue is another photo, A Little Poet Treehouse. I'm grateful to Ponder Review for giving these photos such a special home. Here's a link to my newsletter update that includes both of these, along with one other meditative photo.
Watch the Birdie: Studio Shot- This photograph of a bird with a vintage camera was inspired by THEMA Literary Review's Watch the Birdie theme. I'm all flutter to share that it was chosen for the cover! (Summer 2022)
Of Poets & Poetry (a publication of Florida State Poets Association) - I'm happy to be sharing both poetry and photos in Of Poets & Poetry issues (with several photos in the July 2020, January 2021, and November 2021 issues).
Bluebird of Happiness- Find a little bluebird I made and blended with floral photography on the cover of Pithead Chapel (Volume 10, Issue 4)!
Florida Photos- Visit the Florida State Poets Association website and scroll through to see all that they offer. When you do, you'll see a small selection of my Florida scenic and wildlife photos on the masthead.
Sun through Clouds - cover of the hope-themed Of Poets & Poetry issue (January 2021)
(on the inside: sunbeams, a rainbow, and a sunset poem called Evening News)
Key Deer - Florida Fish & Wildlife News (Winter 2020) - This photo is used for the Featured Animal segment about key deer. The link will lead you to the full issue. You'll find the image and interesting facts about key deer on pg. 7. (You'll also find more key deer photos on this website, including the one on this page's header.)
Reflective Perspectives- cover of Cadence 2020
Holding On - at Gravel Magazine
Happy Cloud - Cloud Appreciation Society (This photograph was also published in A Cloud a Day by Gavin Pretor-Pinney: 365 Skies from the Cloud Appreciation Society (Pavilion Books Company, 2019)
Gnome in the Sky - Cloud Appreciation Society
Smiling Golden Dragonfly , Key Deer and New Wings (also included in the Wildlife portraits section above) - Featured as #picoftheday by Florida Wildlife Federation
Hello & Art in Motion at Spank the Carp Journal

THOUGHTS ON THE POETICS OF PHOTOGRAPHY

To me, photography is a form of light poetry—creating poetic images with light. We frame photographs as we frame written poems, deciding on where to focus, the scope and depth of field, and what to leave to the imagination. We're making structural choices, using the language of visions, colors, light, and hints of storytelling. Sometimes, for one reason or another, the words don't come, but this is a poetic form that's always inviting the light, getting things to start clicking, one way or another.

(I shared this thought in Of Poets & Poetry, July 2020, where it was beautifully formatted with a photograph.)