Still Water Portrait
Each piece is captured in a rare moment where light, time, and place come together.
The tricolored heron was balanced on a half-submerged log on a Lowcountry pond, and the water behind it was covered with a mat of green duckweed so dense that the surface appeared solid. The reflection in the narrow strip of open water at the base of the log was perfect - the heron's full form repeated below itself in precise detail, the blue-gray of the plumage, the long beak angled downward, the thin legs above the waterline and their mirror image below. The Lowcountry ponds produce this kind of composition in the still hours of the morning, before the wind picks up and breaks the surface.
I had been moving slowly along the edge of the pond when the light settled into what I needed, and the heron held its position long enough for me to find the composition. The duckweed gave the image its green depth, the open water gave it its reflection, and the bird gave it its subject. Everything that needed to be in the frame was in the frame.
Still Water Portrait is one of the most formally composed images in the Lowcountry series - the kind of symmetry that the natural world occasionally produces without assistance, requiring only that you be in the right place when it happens. The reflection is nearly perfect, and at scale on metal the green depth of the duckweed and the tonal complexity of the heron's plumage are fully present. It is an image that rewards a quiet room and an unhurried look.
Choose options
VISUALIZE THIS PIECE IN YOUR SPACE
See how this work lives beyond the frame - from refined interiors to curated office environments.
My Commitment
craftsmanship
Quality and craftsmanship sit at the heart of every piece I produce—long after the shutter clicks and long before a print ever reaches a wall. From meticulous file preparation to museum-grade materials and exacting color accuracy, each image is refined through a deliberate, uncompromising process designed to honor the moment it was captured. It is this final, critical step that transforms a fleeting encounter in the wild into a lasting work of fine art.