The Road to Somewhere

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." --Sharon Begley A road to somewhere at the Pinewoods campground in the Kettle Moraine State Forest, Southern Unit, near Dousman, Wisconsin. Copyright 2018 Scott Norris Photography scottnorrisphotography.com

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” –Sharon Begley

Pewitt’s Nest

An extremely processed photograph of the waterfall at Pewitt's Nest near the Wisconsin Dells re-imagined as a digital painting. Processed with Lightroom, Photoshop, Topaz Restyle, Impression, and Glow, Nik Effects, and OnOne. Copyright 2018 Scott Norris Photography scottnorrisphotography.com

An extremely processed photograph of the waterfall at Pewitt’s Nest near the Wisconsin Dells re-imagined as a digital painting.

Look Into My Eyes

Look Into My Eyes

“Don’t believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what you already know, and you’ll see the way to fly.” –Richard Bach

Milwaukee Art Museum

Milwaukee Art Museum September

I spent part of Saturday at the fabulous Milwaukee Art Museum with my son.   While most of our time was spend going and up and down (and up and down) stairs and looking out the windows

Contemplating Impermanence

Contemplating Impermanence

“By contemplating the impermanence of everything in the world, we are forced to recognize that every time we do something could be the last time we do it, and this recognition can invest the things we do with a significance and intensity that would otherwise be absent. We will no longer sleepwalk through our life.”… Continue reading Contemplating Impermanence

Self-Portrait 34

Self-Portrait 34

By my count, this is self-portrait 34 in this project.   When I need to shoot something interesting everyday and I can’t find a suitable subject, it makes sense to shoot myself.

The Creative Process: A Starting Point

Water Drops on an Orange Lily

“We do not evaluate the result but the starting point of the creative process.” –Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Death Valley 1990

Death Valley 1990

I can’t believe it has been almost exactly 26 years since I was in Death Valley National Park.  I was going back through some (very old) images, relatively low quality scans of 5×7 color prints, and found this image of some sand dunes shot in June of 1990.