Rapids on the Presque Isle River Canvas Print

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On the Presque Isle River in Michigan's upper peninsula at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, Michigan's largest state park. Due to its remote location it gets fewer visitors. The river here is as dangerous as it looks . . .

Through my photography, I share the things I see in the natural world around me. My photographic aim is to end up with a photograph I can share that looks like what I saw in my mind's eye and to have it appreciated by the viewer. To that end, I shoot in camera raw and develop it in my digital darkroom to achieve a high quality, realistic-looking photograph of what I viewed. Beyond that process, I sometimes take a photograph to an additional step by rendering it as an Impressionist might have painted it centuries ago or by giving it a 'dreamy' look through my own technique . . . it all depends upon the photograph in front of me and how I wish to present it. I feel there exists an immediacy in much of photography that does not exist in...