2025 04 28
Trees and stuff. Nashville, Tennessee. April, 2024. © Clayton Hauck
Welcome to a new week, it’s Monday!
This image has been in the folder for over a year now without getting posted. It was nearly deleted at least a dozen times. Well, today is the day, lil buddy!
I call it a buddy because of the budding new leaves throughout the image. There is something about fresh new spring leaves that really makes me happy. I guess, as is usually the case, people just like new things. I haven’t been able to fully understand why this is, but politicians aren’t holding grand ribbon cuttings at the end of rehabilitation projects; car companies aren’t advertising last year’s line of vehicles; and even Alinea, the fanciest restaurant in town, is now an “easy” reservation (as long as you have a lot of money).
Despite this image being old, I decided to give it a shot on the big blog. I like that the tree trucks stretch through the entire frame without actually showing any limbs or leaves — yet the entire background is filled with leaves!
Vertical images aren’t easily viewable on this here blog. Really, I should redesign this thing to better showcase images, even through words has always been the main focus around here.
I’m rambling now. Perhaps a more thoughtful post about new vs old is appropriate.
Now, I need to go make some new photos to pay my rent, despite having dozens of hard drives filled with old images. People like new.
-Clayton
2025 04 24
Bare trees. Chicago, Illinois. March, 2025. © Clayton Hauck
The weather is turning and it’s beautiful outside. I love living in a location with defined seasons, and it is peak spring right now, so I am scrambling to post all my pretty pictures of bare trees before they are filled with leaves and it feels wrong.
Back outside I go to listen to the birds.
-Clayton
2025 01 02
It was my intention to post about my new creative resolution for 2025, however, today being the first day back at work, I got sidetracked with bureaucracy and didn’t get around to finishing the text. That said, I wasn’t loving the text and decided to change it all anyway. We’ll see if I can make it happen tomorrow. The suspense will kill you, I’m sure.
-Clayton
Sunset on Wooded Island. Chicago, Illinois. September, 2024. © Clayton Hauck
It was my intention to post about my new creative resolution for 2025, however, today being the first day back at work, I got sidetracked with bureaucracy and didn’t get around to finishing the text. That said, I wasn’t loving the text and decided to change it all anyway. We’ll see if I can make it happen tomorrow. The suspense will kill you, I’m sure.
-Clayton