A Sampling of Seasons
“I love nature, I love the landscape, because it is so sincere. It never cheats me... It is cheerfully, musically earnest.”
- Henry David Thoreau
Our cottage is open from May 1 to October 31. I make a lot of photos while we are there - in my opinion, a lot of good photos. By no means is every capture a "keeper", but I thought it would be a fun challenge - and a good exercise in curation - to pick 4 of my favorites from each month and share them here. Mry criteria were simple:
- maximum 4 images per month
- technical quality
- variety in content, color and composition
- visual appeal
The images had to stand on their own and not require a lot of explanation or context. If you've visited my Behance site before, you KNOW I already do enough of that in my photography projects.
This was not an easy task, but it was fun.
So without further - um - context, here are my favorite images from the 2021 cottage season
May 2021
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3ba77f30ad59ff107bad7134eae69331/deda22ff-9151-482f-a550-1e412090bc47_rw_1920.jpg?h=e553d7c68b78dc2f97fc388a82a30d52)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3ba77f30ad59ff107bad7134eae69331/43dda04e-a88d-4cf6-8672-3dc0122c7e7b_rw_1920.jpg?h=05b11fce338336647391c8f1834275cd)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3ba77f30ad59ff107bad7134eae69331/0bd19db9-b744-42b8-8724-86d7ee37589d_rw_1920.jpg?h=63c935736d0e37e81acc5c2ee7c89277)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3ba77f30ad59ff107bad7134eae69331/3b715fac-6f83-4737-86bd-ffd7126baa59_rw_1920.jpg?h=43036041cfe5ce5088c2582c0c451f77)
June 2021
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3ba77f30ad59ff107bad7134eae69331/83a0e416-fe3d-4fbd-b337-b408f1d0ffaf_rw_1920.jpg?h=b631f9b80aaf7c448f6e175f6b75e9e9)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3ba77f30ad59ff107bad7134eae69331/77227f7e-7d2b-4a58-85fb-db0508abb8df_rw_1920.jpg?h=3c264bd646a188428f557e43d8406fd1)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3ba77f30ad59ff107bad7134eae69331/d84a16aa-42a1-4ebb-8123-b7ab80e01822_rw_1920.jpg?h=ce8a17ba0bdb8c2e5174b3da6d59255d)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3ba77f30ad59ff107bad7134eae69331/29c84e09-7c97-450d-9f06-356c101f3124_rw_1920.jpg?h=3277373f60d67ae35ed0317401f9fa00)
July 2021
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3ba77f30ad59ff107bad7134eae69331/12415e55-32a4-4789-9eb3-f4caf683b34f_rw_1920.jpg?h=04f19d2ee168c6a1a354ff43d89b328a)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3ba77f30ad59ff107bad7134eae69331/17e7a6fe-baf1-4937-aeb4-02e3340800d7_rw_1920.jpg?h=5111629f1c9722afab3844932eb42b8e)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3ba77f30ad59ff107bad7134eae69331/df4c845e-6d20-4bdb-8eec-637c0eac77ba_rw_1920.jpg?h=f8cec5ce1fdb1b522e50f190153aaead)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3ba77f30ad59ff107bad7134eae69331/0500d400-15be-48ed-8b45-9215929d382f_rw_1920.jpg?h=c616ea81a04d56d5402008bc2c27928f)
August 2021
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3ba77f30ad59ff107bad7134eae69331/944e48c0-be10-44a3-9e63-d9c33b6f28c5_rw_1920.jpg?h=f2c9e1508167068317c932fcc9f0d932)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3ba77f30ad59ff107bad7134eae69331/0eb9e21c-6c5b-487c-9089-a95a11e1f7ce_rw_1920.jpg?h=b3e8f64351995461507b65ae8f6f6e90)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3ba77f30ad59ff107bad7134eae69331/c36dc66f-d891-4e22-bbfb-6b60c1030c36_rw_1920.jpg?h=a33493ac368b2132721ab3eefe822f88)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3ba77f30ad59ff107bad7134eae69331/c1ac9643-439b-4ff1-8764-4384b33ef6f5_rw_1920.jpg?h=e87f8eadbae577fbb6c84801f85270a3)
September 2021
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3ba77f30ad59ff107bad7134eae69331/6ecf4a74-3440-4d14-909d-e874059983a9_rw_1920.jpg?h=7db2c2369bdf67b20a2f598d5716ba61)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3ba77f30ad59ff107bad7134eae69331/acd880ff-7f8d-48ac-aa31-994b17d118f6_rw_1920.jpg?h=dff98fb3a13ea3190d93dcc215f6cfab)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3ba77f30ad59ff107bad7134eae69331/eddd148d-c94f-45c9-9b20-4586712cb624_rw_1920.jpg?h=4e345c7507ffa49ddbdf5b7858549864)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3ba77f30ad59ff107bad7134eae69331/7782a125-81d6-49aa-9f4b-055b9463518b_rw_1920.jpg?h=904c3e564652af84a68aab6dca3e59e2)
October 2021
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3ba77f30ad59ff107bad7134eae69331/2ef1067a-f81a-48a7-9023-3df55eea4481_rw_1920.jpg?h=cdc3f060c055e6e4fc74977192717b81)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3ba77f30ad59ff107bad7134eae69331/1431a8ef-c3b8-446a-a3c6-e1510afb054b_rw_1920.jpg?h=aa1b33e6a990556e63c66621fdd5f7ab)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3ba77f30ad59ff107bad7134eae69331/cf4185a2-563f-4d49-b0fb-bb3dd2ca7585_rw_1920.jpg?h=a446623a0dd65e8fb03125363e0a4fa7)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3ba77f30ad59ff107bad7134eae69331/9f0477e4-c484-4931-af6f-ed431c91e5bb_rw_1920.jpg?h=32832fa548e98e8dd932c3d360da39fe)
As I said, this was no easy task. from more than 2300 images, I narrowed the list down to 127. Then I thought I'd try Lightroom's "Best Photos" feature. I agreed with several of the choices made by Lightroom, but not always. So then, using the sorting controls in Lightroom, I segmented the images into each month and proceeded to whittle things down to a maximum of 4 images for each month. Essentially, I chose slightly more than 1% of the photos I captured over 6 months to create this collection.
I could have doubled or tripled the size of this collection because I had far more than a mere 24 favorites, but I wanted to push myself, make myself struggle to pick only 4 from each month. The struggle was real, trust me.
I hope you've enjoyed this taste of summer at the #fortressofmoderatesolitude. For more imagery from our rural escape, check out my other projects on Behance, Instagram or on my website at jimbabbage.photography