If you are a regular visitor to my blog and happen to be a person who pays close attention to detail, you may notice that my blog has a new look.  Over the past couple of days, I updated my Wordpress blogging software and made some small adjustments to the theme of my blog to make it look more similar to my website.  The changes are minimal, but I think result in a more streamlined look when navigating back and forth between the two.  I hope you agree!

In addition to the “new look” of my blog, I’ve decided to give it a new “feel” as well.  I’ve found that, since I have been shooting so little recently, I’ve ended up posting random photos whenever I get the chance and usually pay little attention as to why I’ve chosen to post a particular image.  The end result, I feel, just doesn’t flow the way I want it to.  To me, my blog feels disorganized and disconnected.

You see, I originally began blogging as a way of telling my story as a photographer.  For me, it was to be a way to keep family, friends, and fans in the loop, to let them know what I had been shooting and share with them new photographs and stories.  My recent, random posts have strayed far from that original goal.  I’ve ending up posting just to have something new up, and it doesn’t really say much about me or what I’m up to.

So, to put it simply, I’m going to strive to get back to my original mission.  I’m going to start posting more regularly about whatever happens to be going on at the time.  Sometimes, hopefully more often than not, I’ll have new photos to share and exciting trips to tell you about.  When I don’t, I’ll write something anyway, maybe about how I’m feeling about photography, or a note about the release of a new photographic accessory.  I love nature and wildlife photography, and even when I’m not shooting, I’m thinking about it or working on it somehow, be it processing images and updating my website, planning trips, making submissions to magazines, or even admiring the work of other photographers.  So I really shouldn’t have any problem finding something current to write about!

This post, the one you are reading right now, will be the start of a new beginning.  It is the first of many that will tell a story, that will reveal more about who I am and why I am a nature photographer.  My future blog posts will allow you to travel with me and see the natural world as I see it.  Consider this an invitation, to join me as I explore the wild and untamed land that nature has to offer.