“That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But it is the same with any life. Imagine one selected day struck out of it, and think how different its course would have been. Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or… Read more »
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“I think, every time I’m on the mountain, I’m just so thankful to be there.” –Chloe Kim If you don’t know who Chloe Kim is, you might not have watched the 2018 Winter Olympics. She’s the 17-year-old who was the youngest woman to win a gold medal in snowboarding. I thought that quote summed up my experience in the Black… Read more »
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“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” -John Muir This is part 1. Part 2 is here. John Muir was the father of our National Parks, a soul beyond compare, and as I roll over the crest of 50 now, an adventurous spirit I can only vainly attempt to match. He was “long unkempt beard… Read more »
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A wildflower garden time lapse, nine months in 5 minutes. Watch the growth and weather change in super fast motion! Time, flowing like a river. Time, beckoning me. Who knows when we shall meet again, if ever? But time keeps flowing like a river to the sea. Goodbye my love, maybe for forever. Goodbye my love, the tide waits for… Read more »
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Jim attended a Monarch butterfly release at the Wildlife Prairie Park in Hanna City, IL. There is also a demonstration on how to create your own milkweed seed pod to help grow more plants for Monarchs to develop and feed on. For more information on creating milkweed seed pods, go to: https://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/help-monarch-butterflies-diy-milkweed-seed-bombs.html
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“Give me a man who says this one thing I do, and not those fifty things I dabble in.” -Dwight L. Moody Now, we cut to the meat of “me”. Because you can’t spell “meat” without “me”. (Or something like that). Part One was insight into why I am who I am. It was a whipsaw journey though my childhood… Read more »
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“Forty is the old age of youth, Fifty is the youth of old age’ -Victor Hugo My name is Jim Burnham. I am a US photographer. Follow me on Instagram or Twitter -> @BurnhamArts And by the time I finish this, I probably will have already crossed that threshold. Don’t worry, you didn’t miss anything. There were no parades, no skywriting, no… Read more »
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“There was a time when people said, ‘Jim, if you keep on making faces, your face will freeze like that.’ Now they just say, ‘Pay him!’ -Jim Carrey My name is Jim Burnham. I am a US photographer. Follow me on Instagram or Twitter -> @BurnhamArts I thought it would be fitting if I followed up my fire article with something frozen…. Read more »
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“A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.” -Benjamin Franklin My name is Jim Burnham. I am a US photographer. Follow me on Instagram or Twitter -> @BurnhamArts The following photos were taken with my Nikon D7100 with a Sigma 18-250mm telephoto at or near 250mm. ISO: 1250 F-Stop: f6.3… Read more »
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‘Whenever the pressure of our complex city life thins my blood and numbs my brain, I seek relief in the trail; and when I hear the coyote wailing to the yellow dawn, my cares fall from me – I am happy.” -Hamlin Garland My name is Jim Burnham. I am a US photographer and I enjoy finding photographs in places I’ve… Read more »
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