On the left, a photo I took when my family visited South Dakota in 2011. On the right is from my trip back to South Dakota 10 years later in 2021. What a change 10 years and a decent camera setup makes. #ccummingsphoto

"Hear me, Sea-lord, you who embrace the earth –
don’t deny our wishes, bring our prayers to pass! - The Odyssey #ccummingsphoto #photography #poseidon #sunrise

“Nothing is more wonderful than the imagination — for in a moment, you can experience a beautiful fantasy or an exciting adventure” - Disney’s Fantasmic #ccummingsphoto #photography #disney #fantasmic

"Sunsets are loved because they vanish." - Ray Bradbury #ccummingsphoto #sunset #photography #puertovallarta #mexico

“At the beach — time you enjoyed wasting, is not wasted.” - T.S. Eliot #ccummingsphoto #photography #honeymoon #mexico #travelmexico #ocean #beachlife #vidantanuevovallarta 🏖️🇲🇽🌊

And so we are all connected in the great Circle of Life. - Mufasa 🦁 #ccummingsphoto #thelionking #disney #photography

"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. It's what the sunflowers do." – Helen Keller 🌻 #ccummingsphoto #photography #sunflowers

Animals like crows, owls, or black cats are not ominous at all; it is the men’s superstitious mind which is the inauspicious one 🐈‍⬛. - Mehmet Murat Ildan #ccummingsphoto #blackcats #cats

I feel that we are all lighthouses, and my job is to shine my light as brightly as I can into the darkness - Jim Carrey #ccummingsphoto #lighthouse #picturedrocksnationallakeshore #fall #colors#travelmichigan

No person, I think, ever saw a herd of buffalo, of which a few were fat and the great majority lean. No person ever saw a flock of birds, of which two or three were swimming in grease, and the others all skin and bone. - Henry George #ccummingsphoto #buffalo #greatplains #photography

“I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want.” - Andy Warhol #ccummingsphoto #photography #blackhillsnationalforest #southdakota #nationalpark

Palm trees and 80 degrees ☀️🌊🏝🌅 #ccummingsphoto #miamibeach #miami #florida #photography #palmtrees

Sunrise looks spectacular in nature; sunrise looks spectacular in the photos; sunrise looks spectacular in our dreams; sunrise looks spectacular in the paintings, because it really is spectacular - Mehmet Murat Ildan 🌅⛅️☀️ #ccummingsphoto #sunrise #miamibeach #photography #miamiflorida

"Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is time for home.” - Edith Sitwell
#ccummingsphoto #photography #winter #minnesota

“To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.” — Aristotle #ccummingsphoto #photography #landscapephotography #winter #snow #minnesota