One morning after one of our first frosts, I went looking for interesting things to photograph. In the alley behind our house I found a 1950s era Chevy parked near our neighbor's back garage. What drew me to this subject was the soft, rust color or the car's body (which is barely visible in this picture) and the cool, blue-tinted frost on the front window.
This shot is almost an abstraction in that the eye may not know exactly what is pictured here. Frost is also "almost abstract." It seems random in many ways; though if you look carefully, there are patterns. What is the cause of the patterns? You'll have to answer that question yourself.
5D 1/200s f/4.5 ISO400 105mm (Canon 24-105 f/4.0L)
This is the Illinois State Office Building and I must say that while it's not quite as amazing as 
I was waiting in line to visit the Academia in Florence, Italy. Having nothing better to do, I looked down at a table of sunglasses that a street vendor had put out to lure tourists. And I saw the facades of the buildings and the beautiful morning sky reflected in the lenses. So I took this photo. That's all I have to say about this one.
I like the juxtaposition of lines and curves in this photo. I also like the warm, gold tones of the reflected buildings. What strikes me about this picture is how easily something as structured and perfect as a high rise building can be reduced to an abstraction by glass panels, which seem so flat and perfect themselves.
I was in Paris with a student group in 2007 and we had made our way to the top of the Arc de Triomphe. We had timed our visit for this time of the evening - when the sun sets and the lights of Paris come alive. There are so many views and so many things to photograph but this view caught my attention.
Here's another one with high sentimental value. I was asked by my recently-engaged son, Brian, to take engagement photos of him and his fiancée, Katie. Of course I said, "Yes." But I was nervous - partly because I hadn't done any studio portraiture in months and partly because I had never done any real formal portraiture of my own family. But both subjects were relaxed and easy to work with. And they were photogenic. (How could a father and future father-in-law say anything else?!)
This is a good example of something as prosaic as wild grass growing in a country ditch becoming more interesting with the right lighting. In this case I was heading to an old farmstead I like to photograph when I noticed how the low sun seemed to bring the heads of the grass to life.
It's good for a photographer to be a morning person and this photo is evidence. The light is good, the breeze has yet to pick up and there is a serenity in this scene that I doubt exists an any other time of the day.