“Through the Forest”
August 11th, 2019

photos from joshua l. smith
















In mid-December, I drove past the Indiana Dunes and stopped and took the first image; around this time, I’d decided that February would be all black & white images – more on that at the end of the month. I invited a photographer friend to come along on a dedicated trip back to the dunes and took photos with the intention of creating a week’s worth of black & white images.
We had a fantastic day of photography and conversation, and I ended up with quite a few more than 7 images and some images with fantastic texture and composition.





Cynthia, my oldest daughter, and I took a day trip down to Matthiessen State Park for our October birthdays. The weather was perfect, and the colors were just starting to turn, so we enjoyed some yellow and just the hints of red that were just beginning. In the fall it’s very unusual for there to be much water flowing, but when we walked north, toward Matthiessen Lake, there was some water flowing near the Giant’s Bathtub and then a small amount off of the Lake Falls.






















































