Pictures of the Month (09.2007)

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"Water Color Art" - Todd Reed
Lake Michigan waves colored with sunset afterglow light wash ashore near the Second Curve at the Ludington State Park, creating ever-changing watercolor artwork. Just as quickly as one of these "wave paintings" appears, it starts to disappear as the wave energy is spent and gravity carries the water back lake-ward. Seeing and capturing these interesting but fleeting patterns of light and shadow is challenging and a good exercise in seeing. Nature does the painting; the photographer's muse is to watch, recognize a picture and shoot before the "painting" erases itself.

"Glamorous" - Brad Reed
I stood twenty feet out in Lake Michigan on a stormy summer evening with waves crashing into me as I tried to help steady my tripod for a long thirty-second exposure. Like so many times before, I was awestruck by the glamorous beauty of Big Point Sable Lighthouse. The Big Point Sable Lighthouse Keepers' Association has done a brilliant job of restoring the lighthouse and bringing back its incredible grandeur.