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There's a word that describes the seeing of faces in nature and everyday objects. It's, pareidolia. It's a psychological phenomena. Can't help it. It's just a thing. I'd trade it for a better sense of direction, but what can one do. I spied this white birch and had to stop and grab the shot. The face was screaming at me. Well, at my brain anyway.

During the late 60's I started taking pictures in my hometown of Brooklyn, NY with my father's Rolleicord. I was immediately taken with the art of composition. After buying my first 35MM Canon SLR and moving into Manhattan in 1974, I took a workshop with renowned Nikon photographer/educator George Obremski. I came away inspired. George made it clear, "You don't take pictures, you make pictures." Photography was my first love and has remained a hobby to this day. My career was in advertising as a copywriter. As I moved from one ad agency to another in NYC then to Los Angeles, and finally to Grand Rapids, MI I rose through the ranks to become a Creative Director. In 2012 -- having retired from the ad-game -- I found myself sitting by a lake...