May
21
Feb
06
In Michigan, pretty much everywhere you go is “Up North.” I’ve even jokingly said sometimes going south is considered “Up North.” But when you hop in your buddy Farina’s car and travel three hours up the righthand side of Michigan’s mitten, you’re definitely Up North — no air quotes needed.
I took this amazing and beautiful sky photo — appropriately — exactly 30 years after our amazing and beautiful daughter Skye was born.
After snapping this photo on Piha Beach at the edge of the world in New Zealand, I went up to the family who was wondering why I was taking pictures of a puddle on the beach. They loved the photo and I happily emailed it to them. A week later, this beach town was devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle.
Nov
29
This past July, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was part of a bipartisan group of senators who wrote up legislation requiring the United States to collect and publicize records about UFOs or UAPs (unidentified anomalous phenomena) as they’re now called. The legislation said information had to be disclosed to the American public immediately. The Schumer Amendment — as it’s known — mentioned “non-human intelligence” 22 times!Read More
Sep
24
For a professional photographer, having a granddaughter is like a chef discovering an all-new ingredient.
Add a SECOND granddaughter and you get a whole buffet of fun!
I’ve been updating this page every so often whenever a new, fun, cute, cool photo or video pops onto my pixels.
Gugu and her newest grand, Mordechai, share a loving look.
This Kodak moment is brought to you by an almost waterproof iPhone.
My granddaughter jumped onto the chair, raised the blinds and waved bye-bye to Mommy (who’d be back within the hour).
We had a great opportunity to photograph a wedding in Vermont, so we traveled to New England and spent a beautiful, long weekend with all the family’s kith and kin.
The bride and flower girl relax before the ceremony.Read More
Jul
25
I am going through something that’s hard to explain, but I think you may be going through it too. My worldview is crumbling and it feels like everything is zigzaggy (unmoored? untethered? uneasy? out of sorts? akimbo?).
Apr
23
Joanne Mae Adams in high school and Joanne Adams Curtis nowadays — top right photo by Taylor Yau
She used to fight her twin sister over who got to babysit at a friend’s house because they had something called “TV.” Once the kids were asleep, she would turn on the screen and just stare at the test pattern, “There was seldom anything on,” she said. “But it was so fascinating.”
Now she carries an iPhone that’s connected to her hearing aids. A call comes in and she hears it in her brain. Talk about fascinating!Read More
Notes From Down Under
My wife, Marci, holds reasonably still for a 30-second-long time exposure on my iPhone, kinda/sorta secured to a selfie stick with a plastic tripod bottom. That’s the Milky Way as seen from Down Under in Collingwood, NZ.
“My dad would’ve LOVED these views.”
That’s one of the thoughts, emotions really, that ran through my head each time I looked up at the New Zealand heavens.
Notes From Down Under
Be afraid; be very afraid!