With the holidays in full swing and 2023 drawing to a close, I wanted to take a moment to thank you for visiting Paul's Reflections. The...

When I saw these leaves on a cracked sidewalk, I thought the divided pavement looked like countries on a map. I wondered: Do the leaves...

An interesting thing happened when I photographed Hickory Nut Falls at Chimney Rock State Park last week. This 404-foot falls, located...

One of my earliest childhood memories is walking through fallen leaves on a crisp autumn day. I was shuffling my feet through the dry...

At the end of our Nova Scotia trip, we drove along the coast of Cape Breton Island, looking to find a scenic spot to catch a sunset. I...

On a wooded trail in Nova Scotia I noticed the roots of these trees, intertwined as if they were holding hands. It was a tender, intimate...

At the Hopewell Rocks in New Brunswick, we witnessed a remarkable phenomenon: the highest tides in the world, and a massive difference...

Infinite vastness, obscured by myriad things like the rocks that seem so real but only serve to block our view of the mysteries beyond....

When I visit art museums, I occasionally scratch my head at some of the pieces on display. Certain works just don't appeal to me. When I...

If you've ever got up early hoping to catch a golden sunrise, you know that it's an elusive thing. If the morning is too overcast, the...

This is an incident that baffled me. Bonnie and I had just walked down a steep flight of wooden steps to reach this waterfall in Nova...

It was raining that morning in Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia. I don’t mean drizzling. I mean really raining – coming down in torrents, with...

If you want to see how quickly and continually life changes every instant of every day, look closely at these three photos of a...

We’ve returned from our trip to Nova Scotia, and what a trip it was. We saw spectacular falls roaring with water after a heavy rain;...

In a few days, my wife and I will be leaving for a vacation in Nova Scotia – a place that's long been on our wish list of places to...

This was one of the most memorable mornings in my life. I got up before dawn and stood on a rooftop in Cotija de la Paz, Mexico with my...

In photography, as in life, there are lots of rules we’re taught to follow. One of the classic textbook rules is this: Always have the...

If you’re lucky in life, you’ll have someone at your side who helps you grow into the best possible version of yourself. This is someone...

I have some news to share. About a month ago, I learned that I have a type of blood cancer called myelodysplastic syndrome. With the...

These tree-shaped patterns were left in the sand by ocean waves near Charleston, South Carolina. They strike me as a sublime example of...