I have a confession to make: I’m someone who gets teary-eyed quite easily. That's not a typical thing for guys, I know, but it’s always...

When I was 25 years old, I thought I knew everything about everything – including photography. Full of youthful arrogance, I walked with...

For me, abstract photography is like a free-wheeling jazz solo: it riffs and improvises, taking your brain to places it can’t get to by...

Whenever we face an obstacle, there’s a simple way to move forward – a way that helps us break through the confines of ordinary thought...

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

We think of time as something to be measured in precise ticks of the clock, calibrated with certainty like the markings on a yardstick....

Approximately 6,200 thoughts will pop into your head today, according to the latest scientific research. That’s a lot of brain blips. And...

When my father was in the later stages of Alzheimer’s disease, something happened that turned my notion of reality upside down. My Dad...

When I ask people to guess what I photographed here, everyone assumes it’s something soft: a plush blanket, towel or other fabric. They...

A few days ago, I read about a 34-year-old father in Texas who was killed by a lightning strike in his driveway. At the time of the jolt,...

How do you perceive light? When I first picked up a camera many years ago, I saw light as something that illuminated a subject, allowing...

When I’m photographing, I sometimes see things that speak to a deeper meaning. This is one of those images. I shot this photo at night,...

A shadow is there, but in another sense it isn’t there at all. It has a shape and a tonal intensity – yet it’s as formless as a thought....

Sometimes when I’m taking pictures, people will stop and ask me “Why in the world would you photograph THAT?” I can understand why...

We spend so much of our lives climbing, trying to get to that next step: that next job, that next house, that next level of success....

Hi. I'm Paul Cotter, the photographer and writer behind Paul's Reflections. Before we get started, I'd like to say a few words about the...