| I grew up on the shore of Lake Michigan
where stunning dunescapes, crashing waves, lighthouses, and
rolling hardwood forests demanded someone capture their beauty.
I got a Nikon N65 for my sixteenth birthday and would venture
to the beach near our house and photograph the shifting dunes
and blowing grass in the evening light, feeling some kind of
connection between nature and art. I soon grew out of my N65
and upgraded to the N90, then to a D70 where I worked more and
more areas of the country, different subjects and tried different
techniques.
One thing that stays constant in all the work that I do is
complete and utter respect for my subjects and the habitat
that supports them and breathes life into all that we know.
I stand in amazement, year after year, as the reddish egret
dances in the cool tidal pools on Florida’s southern
coast, or as cool spring breeze turns winter’s grip
into a carpet of hepatica and spring beauties, or as the sun
dips to the horizon stretching its arms up to paint the clouds
in pastels and pinks, or when summer falls tired to autumn’s
relentlessness and puts on her favorite colors that reminder
her of months now gone.
I believe that nature photography is more then just capturing
the beauty around us, but more connecting with life and bringing
that connection to others. We are living in a time of environmental
change and our decisions will affect this planet for years
to come, and we must be responsible and do what is right.
I hope that my photographs will bring clarity and amazement
to those who view them, perhaps opening their eyes to what
the world has to offer. I continually am asked where photographs
were taken, most of the time explaining right in our backyard,
people don’t believe it because they aren’t trained
to “see”. Life, in all its glory, is all around
us, and only those eyes which have been trained to see will
see it.
Tom Post
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