Foreword Book Award Silver Medals!
Today we learned my book Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Fifty Years of American Landscapes has been named a winner in two categories in the 26th annual Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards. We won the Silver Award in both the Nature Book and Art Book categories!
Line 5 Flotilla Protest
On September 1, 2018 I was up in Mackinaw City, Michigan for the Flotilla Protest to shut down Line 5, a 65-year-old oil pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac. And that is what The Flotilla – a protest by the Tribes of northern Michigan to promote the issues surrounding Line 5 was all about. Keeping our waters safe. It started with a blessing of the waters and then the flotilla protest with Native American’s and others joining in to show their support for shutting Line 5 down. It was organized by all the tribal leaders, tribal nations, and water warriors across the Great Lakes region in the 4th Paddle Out Protest to decommission Line 5. Especially the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians.
International Color Awards
Honored to be once again nominated for the International Color Awards for three images!
Shooting Farms in Wisconsin
Farmers are working with the Natural Resources Conservation Services as part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative to mitigate the nutrient runoff.
Pukaskwa Provencial Park
Whenever I do a shoot for our documentary The Sweetwater Seas I return and compile my favorite shots into a reel for quicker review when we edit the film later. This is a collection of the shots from this summer's trip to Canada's Pukaskwa Provincial Park on Lake Superior. I met a lot of great folks up there... Enjoy! Richard.
Honorable Mention in 2015 Black & White Spider Awards!
I am honored to share the news that an image I did as part of The Sweetwater Seas Documentary has been awarded an Honorable Mention in the 2015 B&W Spider Awards in the Nature Photography - Professional's Category!
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
The first week of April I was out in Nevada and shot images around Lake Mead which show not only the scarcity of the water with Lake Mead being at its lowest level since Hoover Dam was built in the 1930’s. The lake level has dropped almost 100’ as of 2015, a vast amount of water for a lake which is when full 110 miles long. Harbors have been moved ¼ to almost a mile from where the shorelines were and some harbors just plain closed.
Friday the 13th and a Full Moon!
Well decisions, decision on this Friday the 13th. There is a full moon this evening...I should have shot it last night as all photographers know, but couldn't. So now what? Shoot it tonight? Maybe. Or well I laze around and just hang with friends? Hmmm... I will be shooting the next two weeks in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on Lake Michigan and then up at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Lake Superior. And I've been to Lighthouse beach often when the full moon rises.... Ahh the thought process here at Big Thoughts Pond this Friday afternoon... stay tuned!
