pictures i didn't bastardize tho i wanted to

anthony and i went to vermont at the very best time of year.  when the leaves are on fire, the grass is green, and the ground sticks to your feet as if to say STAY.

i love my home state.  i love the pace, the community, the barns, bridges, and bakeries.  my mom lives there, in a toy house she designed and made home.  i love the pancakes she makes.

what i remembered on my trip is that i'm not a landscape photographer.  i'm not very good at recording a mountain just sitting there.  i can appreciate the shit out of it, and stand in awe of its brutal beauty, but it doesn't translate into a subject for photography.  my new camera can take multiple exposures in-camera, creating surreal geometries and abstract realities.  not using that function for every shot required discipline and a dedication to a simpler approach.

so, as unnatural as it is for me, here are some au naturel country shots, unfettered and unadulterated and naked and free like a goddamned winter tree.