1093! What a number, and this number is the date of the founding of the Benedictine Wiblingen Abbey. Europe is full of very old buildings. Being from the States, and although I have lived in Europe for many years, I am still amazed by these numbers. Old here is very, very old. Places like the abbey are always so awesome to photograph.  Here's a story in Black & White Matthew G. Beall Photography  ...

The Danube river, the Alps and a valley help to make Ulm a foggy place. Fog can be gloomy as well as mysterious. Fog can affect mood.  The foggy way through the German forest. Matthew G. Beall Photography   The Foggy Way    2013 Matthew G. Beall Photography   Inside the Forest   2013 Matthew G. Beall Photography  Deep Inside the Forest   2013 Matthew G....

Food for thought  (On a Sunday) We see what we call black, which is the absence of light. If black is the absence of light, then how can we see black? In the complete absence of light, our eyes could not perceive black at all because no light is reflected off whatever object there is. Hence, there is no reception, so to speak, to our eyes. The same would be true for white. Nevertheless, Black and White are colors...

Winter day  breeze calm Winter day wind strong Leaves sway Matthew G. Beall Photography  Winter Day Leaves Calm  2013 Matthew G. Beall Photography  Winter Day Leaves Sway  2013 Matthew G. Beall Photography  Winter Day Leaves Swaying  2013...