Ice Close & Personal

Even on a cold gray day like today, we are surrounded by small miracles.


12.07.09 - Images by Frank Burnside

Thanksgiving

Seems like the best way to celebrate Thanksgiving is to go out and enjoy the blessings of Nature!  Thought I'd bring some home for your viewing pleasure.


11.26.09 - Images by Frank Burnside

Between the Showers

There was a brief respite between today's showers. I took advantage of it.


10.24.09 - Images by Frank Burnside

On with the Show

No sooner was the ribbon cut on the new River Common than the naysayers and skeptics seemed to ooze out the river with a load of sludge.  Yes, it cost a lot of money.  No, the fountains aren't on yet.  Yes, there has already been skateboard damage.  No, there wasn't any money for the planned season of free concerts.  Yes, there was mud to clean up after a spell of high water...

But let's not be too hasty, for this is a beautiful place.  With a little bit of luck and a lot of hard work, maybe next summer we'll attract the crowds.  But in the meantime, take a walk to the river's edge some quiet evening before it gets too cold.  Close your eyes for a moment and imagine the possibilities.  Enjoy it a while - it's a special place.  Maybe get involved yourself.  After all, it's yours.
From the September 2009 issue of Independent Magazine

Wilkes-Barre - Images by Frank Burnside

A Little Gallery of Harveys Lake

Here's a little slide show of selected images from my Harveys Lake collection. It looks great if you click that little icon to get to full screen mode. When you get tired of it, just hit escape.

Hope you enjoy!


Harveys Lake, PA - Images by Frank Burnside

Welcome!

Welcome to the Burnside Photographic blog.

"Burnside" has been around for about 59 years, as of this writing, and the "Photographic" part of him has been around for all but about 15 of those years. There were long periods of immersion (so to speak) in the darkroom, attempting to master the Zone System while photographing everything in sight with camera ranging from a cute little Olympus half-frame up to a Zone VI 4x5 field camera.

Now, of course, I am all digital, with little nostalgia for the good old days. I made the switch when I couldn't tell an 8x10 digital print from one made from a 35mm Panatomic-X negative developed in Microdol 1:3. I never looked back.

Nearly as profound as the technology switch has been the emergence of my understanding of photography as a tool to help others see what people ordinarily don't see, particularly in the natural world. While I occasionally stray into other areas of interest, they tend to be fleeting. So if you travel with me, you might encounter an old junk yard and an urban landscape here and there, but pretty soon we'll be back in the woods, or on the water, looking down or up, instead of straight ahead.

You'll find no profound secrets along the way, but maybe you'll see things differently.