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Forest for the Trees
Some challenges in life are easy to solve – but others can leave us scratching our heads looking for a workable solution. Take this tree, for example. The lone tree caught my eye with its vibrant patches of orange and yellow mixed with all the leaves that still remained green. I’m a sucker for fall foliage, and I thought this colorful tree in transition might make for an interesting photograph. But as I've seen many times before, what catches our eye and what works well a

Paul Cotter
Oct 202 min read


Renewal
When a candle has been lit for too long, it exhausts itself and eventually burns out. That’s how Bonnie and I have been feeling: so many...

Paul Cotter
Sep 172 min read


Returning to the Source
As I photographed this beach in Southern California, I was mesmerized by the water pouring into the inlet and then withdrawing back into...

Paul Cotter
Mar 6, 20241 min read


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

Paul Cotter
Nov 8, 20232 min read


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

Paul Cotter
Aug 8, 20231 min read


The Music of Light
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...

Paul Cotter
May 17, 20231 min read
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