Pheasant Branch Conservancy

WORDS

Photography, by its nature, is first about light and image. Digging deeper though we hope our photography is also about emotion and insight, people and nature, connection. The exercise of capturing all those attributes into words about a particular image refines our craft and becomes part of the connection and awe we hope to inspire with Prairie Star Studios.

Michele

Oct 5

The Transmission

I like to think of life as a series of sequential phases or acts. The acts are not always neat and clear-cut, but often proceed in a...

Michele

Mar 19, 2022

Welcome Home

This winter morning was foggy with a delicate, soft quality of light, as if a white lace shawl was draped over the shoulders of the...

Byron

Mar 7, 2022

Memories of Mountains

This little mountain has its home on the restored prairie of the Pheasant Branch Conservancy. It only shows itself in the spring.

Michele

Oct 7, 2021

Dreaming of Autumn

One of the unexpected pleasures of intimately experiencing a tract of land over years or decades, is witnessing the subtle seasonal...

Michele

Aug 5, 2021

What's Your Creative Muse?

Over the last two years as we moved through the pandemic, many of us found renewed appreciation for our respective home base. For some,...