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Photography: Wolf Moon

Hello, friends! We are already a few weeks into 2026 and I’m finally emerging from a long hiatus to share with you my first moon photos of the year. These are mostly not the moon, as you’ll see, but they are what happens when you head out on a cloudy evening to chase the moon and it hides from you for a long time. 

I’m sorry I’ve been absent from this space for so long. Life has been a bit challenging, beautiful, and messy. I found my creative tank completely drained. However, these photos mark a new start for me. I’m recommitting to growing my skills in all things. My short story collection just got accepted into another book store, my poetry book is starting to take shape, I’ve got three senior portrait sessions booked, and I’m working with an artist on a children’s book.

Life continues to throw curve balls my way, but I’m dedicated to showing up. Let me know if you have a favorite photo and I’m glad you’re here!

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  • Photos were taken with an Olympus OM-D1 and edited with Lightroom Classic

38 thoughts on “Photography: Wolf Moon”

  2. Yay, welcome back Bridgette, you’ve been missed. And a Happy New Year during which I hope good things happen for you. So, maybe #11 where I see someone peeking from behind the cloud, but is also part of it. But I love a road, a track, a trail heading off who knows where – maybe I can run along it and find out. So #1.

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    • Thank you so much, Roy! Happy New Year to you, too! The last part of the year was a struggle, for sure, but it feels good to pop my head back in here and say “hi!” I could totally see you running down that road. You’d love all the trails around my house. There are so many birds to see!

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    • Those calves were far too cute to not stop and photograph. I couldn’t believe how close they got to the fence, but I only had a moment before their mom chased them away from me. #5 is one of my favorites too. The sunset was just so beautiful with the clouds and I love me a barbed wire fence.

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  5. This is such a generous, quietly powerful share. What stands out most is the honesty—about absence, about exhaustion, and about the courage it takes to return anyway. Framing these images as what happens when the moon hides is beautiful in itself; it turns disappointment into discovery and absence into subject. That feels deeply aligned with the season you’re describing.

    There’s something poetic about chasing the moon through clouds at the start of a new year.

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    • Your comment is poetry—beautiful and kind. Thank you for shining your light in my direction. I look forward to reading your work and getting to know you better. As the new year begins I find myself with many goals and also with the reminder how creativity feeds my soul. I must make time, even with everything, to look for the moon, to chase it through those clouds, because I never regret it afterward.

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  7. Good to see you! You were missed here, though I did see your Shorts on Instagram. I love photo #12 but I also can’t resist a picture of the river, especially in the winter when the waters are high and you see so many birds and other wildlife come out in the cooler weather. (Not a fan of the muddy paths, but wait until July when I’m grumbling about the dust and heat.) Hope you are feeling better; those cloudy, grey days we had recently were hard to get through.

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    • I love that we are connected on Instagram! It’s such a faster medium for me to just share a quick photo or two. WordPress requires my full attention and I intend to give it more this year. I’m glad you liked #12, it’s one of my favorites. It’s super hard to get a photo of the moon that also includes the clouds, but I finally got these. I’m so happy with them.

      As you know, I’m drawn to water too. These photos weren’t at the river (although I need to get there soon), but rather the rice fields near my house. I’m drawn to birds too, but sadly they were eluding me on this day. Good thing those baby cows showed up though. Aren’t they just the cutest??

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      • I love the calves too! One neat thing about living in Northern California is that our winters are more like the Midwest’s and Northeast’s early spring, wet, chilly, and green. I’m seeing the tips of daffodils in my garden slowly pop up, which gives me a little hope. Seeing animal babies is also a fun thing; I haven’t walked around the livestock pastures yet this year, but last week I did notice a mama feral cat with her swelling belly, which I have mixed feelings about.

        My three year old grandson also loves water. He’s drawn to creeks and ponds so we have to keep a sharp eye on him, but I remember as a child also loving water features, whether they were city fountains or fish ponds in people’s backyards. I still yearn a bit for a garden with a pond, but seeing them out in the wild will have to do.

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      • Oh, the daffodils! Mine haven’t started poking up yet, but I can’t wait. How sweet about your grandson. Children seem to have a natural inclination toward nature and it’s so important to nurture it when they are young. And I’ve always wanted a garden with a pond too!

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    • You know…I need to remember that about myself. I can get so down when things don’t go my way (I may have thrown a tiny fit as I searched for the moon), but the photos I DID get told a story. That’s the point, I guess. Why do I have to keep learning the same lessons over and over. Sigh.

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    • Thank you! I’m so glad you liked these. The moon is such an interesting subject. Alone, in the dark sky, it’s sort of one-note. A beautiful note, yes, but simple. You don’t get the scope of it without some kind of comparison, or contrast. I always struggle to find a way to make it more than just a glowing ball in the sky.

      I went out yesterday to get the full moon at sunrise and will post those photos either today or tomorrow. I’m starting to get a better grasp on using manual mode (although it takes me MUCH longer), but hopefully my next set of images show improvement.

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  13. I love/hate manual mode. I default back to point-and-shoot. I used to really try to make photographic statements. Now I use my phone about 90% of the time and hope I can edit it into something good. Sigh. I had an artist friend decades ago (painting and sketching) who would sometimes say, “Today I’m going to make some pitchers!” Just the way she said it really emphasized how she was going to create something that wasn’t there before.

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    • Yeah, I think that’s the relationship I’m starting to develop too. It’s great when the lighting is consistent, but difficult (at least for me) to adjust when it’s constantly changing. I wonder how it will be doing family photo sessions later this year? Will I find a balance, or switch back to auto? I do think I’m getting much sharper images with manual, I’m just much slower to adapt. That probably changes over time though, I assume. Meaning, I’ll get faster.

      I use my phone for everyday shooting, too. It’s really so handy, as it adapts so quickly! But I always miss being able to zoom in or getting those really fine details.

      I love your artist friends saying!

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