Wandering Blog

Back after a Hiatus

Hey everyone! It’s been a while since I posted any updates on here, but’s that’s not because of laziness or lack of progress on my part. I wanted to go on several trips to get new shots to add to the site and hopefully hone my skills as a shooter and editor both, which for the most part went very well. Two trips to the American west/southwest came first, and though the first one that focused on the National Parks went spectacularly, the second, which focused more on San Francisco and Yosemite National Park, wasn’t quite as smooth. The weather and lighting conditions didn’t cooperate the whole trip and because of mistakes on my part, I didn’t get nearly as many good shots as I wanted. Still, learning experience.

That was all in 2024. The following year came trips to France (spring) and Romania (fall), the latter of which I’m still compiling and editing images from, so none will appear here just yet. Both trips went fantastically, and I’m really happy with some of the shots I was able to get. Combine them with continuing content from my volunteer gig at Howling Woods Farm in New Jersey and you get the vast majority of the new shots I’ve now added to the site for you all to see! I’ve updated most of the pages with new images and deleted a few old ones I felt no longer were up to snuff. There’s still work to do on improving this site for sure, but I’m really looking forward to getting even more great shots on here and replacing ones that maybe have outlived their usefulness. That’s part of building a portfolio.

Finally, you’ll notice on the new images that I have a new signature/watermark that I’m using. That’s something that I’ve wanted to implement forever now and was never happy with anything I tried. This one I love though, and I’m currently in the process of replacing the old watermark that had just my name (or had nothing at all) with the new one for uniformity. I think it looks much more professional and that’s something I’m very pleased with.

So, check out the new stuff and I hope you all like what you see! If you have any suggestions, please let me know! I’m always open to new techniques or ways of doing things!

A few new shots added to start the new year!

Hey all! I’ve added some pictures to the galleries from last year. They include a few from my amazing trip to Japan in April and one from a slightly more ill-fated trip to Belgium & Netherlands in September. Hope everyone likes them! I’ve also included some shots I’m really proud of from my weekend volunteer gig, at Howling Woods Farm in New Jersey. Anyone who knows me will tell you that wolves have always been one of my favorite things in the world and to have these guys as easy photography subjects is a dream come true.

This coming year, I plan to take a trip to the southwestern US at some point and do the national parks circuit. I’ve never really been to that area of the country and know that the photo opportunities will be fantastic. And since I’m feeling the need to up my game a little bit, that should provide a great opportunity.

In the spirit of that, I’ve upgraded my lenses over this holiday break and now have natives that work with my Sony camera. No more adapter (well…most of the time)! Look for more updates over the next 5-6 months! Thanks for supporting my work!

And the pics just keep on coming!

Okay, so I’ve added a new batch of photos to most of my galleries. I switched one or two out as well that I didn’t think were quite good enough to stay. These pictures are from numerous locations both close to home and far away, specifically Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Spain (which I travelled to this past October with a friend of mine). Hopefully everyone likes them but leave me feedback either way! I’d love to hear suggestions for potential improvement!

Coming up this year in 2023, I’m taking a few trips that should net some really good shots to take. First, in April, is another jaunt in California and then Japan. The latter has been on my bucket list forever and when a friend of mine invited me to go for a week, I couldn’t pass that up. Later, further down the line in September, I’m going to the Netherlands for a concert and hopefully getting some amazing shots of the countryside in the process. I’m still not sure where I’m going for that trip, as it’s still being put together, but I’m sure it will be amazing.

Finally, I replaced my old Canon Rebel T5i with a Sony a7r III and will be using that from now on. I still need to update my lenses for the new camera, which will be a slow process for monetary reasons, but it’s a fantastic upgrade so far! Eventually, I also hope to update my now older cameraphone as well so I can have some better quality shots on that front as well.

Onto 2023!

New trips and pictures in the works!

Alright, I’ve basically finished the site at this point (aside from a few minor aesthetic tweaks) and have moved on to shooting more photos to add to it! I have a few stored from this past half-year that I need to edit but some of them are looking really good. On top of that, I have a few trips planned or potentially planned this year to go get more, including one to Puerto Rico with a friend of mine. Hopefully that will happen and Covid-19 won’t ruin everything like it tends to. I took some major inspiration from the film “The Velvet Queen”, which I saw recently and which helped reaffirm my love for wildlife and landscape photography. It single handedly made me want to add Tibet to my list of places to hopefully visit one day with my camera.

I definitely also want to add some more stuff to specific galleries on here, like the woefully underdeveloped ‘Portraits’ section and ‘Architecture’, which I love but could still use a few more entries. I’ve also been continuing on in my fiction/novel writing (which I’ve been doing since I was a teenager) and am hoping to get further in my two ongoing works soon. I feel they’re both fantastic and can’t wait to get them to a place where I can share them with the world, especially since both are years in the making.

“If you hear a voice within you say, ‘you cannot paint’, then by all means, paint, and that voice will be silenced.” -Vincent Van Gogh

Getting further

Definitely progressing on the site look! I took some time to enter some of my photos in the NWF’s latest contest so we’ll see if anything comes of that, but it’s still a great idea to get my stuff out there. I also added a few more pictures in some of the galleries and plan to keep building them with the best stuff I can find from my work. A store might also be coming soon (still deciding on that one)! Onwards and upwards, people!

New site in progress!

Hey all! This is a test post for the new blog that’s still being built along with the site.