October 2026 · Pleasant Lake, North Oaks, Minnesota
The Moment Arrives
“Awareness makes us available to chance.”
- Moment
- Crisp fall morning · migration gathering
- Settings
- ISO 800 · f/10 · 1/1250 sec · 64mm
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September 2026 · Lake Wapogasset, Amery, Wisconsin
Autumn Passage
“Sometimes peace is simply the moment in which we stop asking the world to be different from what it is.”
- Light
- Sunrise · calm water
- Settings
- ISO 800 · f/10 · 1/2000 sec · 600mm
August 2026 · Serengeti, Tanzania
Following Her Lead
“The truest leaders do more than point toward the way. They become a way others can trust.”
- Light
- Low early morning
- Settings
- ISO 1400 · f/2.8 · 1/200 sec · −0.3 EV
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