Here’s one more photograph from my latest exhibition “Collecting Shells on the Beach”. See it in full at danielsroka.com/exhibit5).
Even on the coldest day of winter, I can pick up a shell we collected last summer, and still feel the grit of the sand and smell the salt of the ocean.

Another photograph is from my latest exhibition “Collecting Shells on the Beach”. See it in full at danielsroka.com/exhibit5.
While collecting shells, my sense of scale shifts from the vast to the small. I start to notice how much nature is packed in all around me.

This photograph is from my latest exhibition “Collecting Shells on the Beach”. See it in full at danielsroka.com/exhibit5.

Searching for shells lets me experience the shore in a new way. As I comb the sand, my perception changes.

Another photograph from my latest exhibition “Collecting Shells on the Beach”. See it in full at danielsroka.com/exhibit5.
When most people collect shells, they hope to find whole, perfect ones. But I prefer the broken ones that have been dashed against the shore. These shells have stories to tell.

My latest exhibition of abstract photography recreates the feeling of sitting on the beach, lost in thought, with a shell in your hands. You can see the full exhibition at danielsroka.com/exhibit5.

May approaches, and the chill of April is finally leaving. The flowers are now in bloom all throughout out neighborhood, and even inside our home.

©Daniel Sroka, “Airfaring”, photograph of an orchid.

Spring is struggling to stick this year. A day will start out warm and sunny, only to end with snow. Our crocuses bloomed suddenly during a brief warm spell, but quickly vanished before I could photograph them. (This photograph is from a few years ago.)

The temperature outside my New Jersey studio is relunctantly creeping back into the 50s and 60s, and the flowers are finally starting to bloom again. It wasn't a hard winter, but it wasn't easy either, and I am glad it is over.

©Daniel Sroka, “Anticipate”, photograph of a dried orchid.

More footage of the red tail hawks building their nest outside our home. They are so beautiful to watch.

A pair of hawks are building a nest in the oak tree outside by studio. I’m very excited!

Made some soup. Now watching the snow and playing a board game. A good Sunday.

I’m still waiting for someone to release the computers from Brazil.

My kid, for whom Jim Henson is a muse, at his exhibit in the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens.

I love when you go to your local used book store looking for a specific book (in this case, a nice hardcover version of Walden) and sure enough, they have it.

The first snow fell last night in our part of New Jersey. So here is a final splash of color from this autumn to help transition us into the winter months.

“Prevail” (abstract photograph of a leaf) ©Daniel Sroka.

I’m starting a new project, working with shells my family has collected from down the Jersey shore over the years. It’s a lot! So, my first step: organizing them, and looking for patterns and ideas.