Between Frames - November 2025
The seasons changed.
Introduction:
Dang, where the heck am I supposed to start this one. I feel like I shot so much this month and I am really happy with a lot of the images that I made.
As the subtitle of this post suggests, the seasons changed a LOT this month. We had a few days with nice, warm weather. Earlier this week, I shoveled a foot of snow off our walk. Quite the change.
The month was full of a lot, including a few different trips, a concert or two, and lots of time spent outside (even in the snow). Let’s dive in!
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The Last Bits of Fall:
The beginning of the month saw the trees full of orange & yellow leaves still. As I mentioned last month, it was quite the sight to see — beautiful, vibrant leaves coating the trees — and eventually, the ground below.
More of Michigan:
The “Gales of November” started hitting around November 10th — on the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald1 — with them came stormy seas on the Great Lakes. One evening, I went out to Lake Michigan to photograph sunset at Big Red, a local lighthouse. I froze my a$$ off with the <25º temperatures and 50+ mph winds making it feel subzero. Here are some of those photos.
We also finally got to see the Northern Lights here and they were very visible with the naked eye. I’m not happy with the images that I got, but we saw the Northern Lights.
Paloma used to work with the mom of the lead singer from the band Almost Monday. Because of this, we’ve been fans for the past few years. They went on tour with the Band Camino in November, so we were able to see them while they were stopping through town. It was a greatttt show. Here’s a few frames I nabbed.
The Snow:
As this section title suggests, we got snow. Today’s the first day it hasn’t snowed in the past seven days. We’re expecting quite the strong winter. Thankfully, Paloma and I don’t mind the snow — it’s a warm (rather, cold) welcome from boring winters in VA.
These four images are some of my favorites from the month. Click into them and check them out more ;)
New England:
I needed to take some time off work in November. Paloma was in London and Paris, so I decided to go to New England and visit a lot of friends!
First, I went up to Concord/Laconia, New Hampshire to visit our friends Caleb & Kayla (love y’all, miss y’all), where I popped over to Maine for a day.2 On my way back from Maine, I stopped in Portsmouth, NH for sunset. That city is really, really beautiful and I’d love to live there. Here’s photos from that first day.
The next day, I spent some more time in Laconia with Caleb & Kayla, then drove down to Boston for dinner with family (thanks Holly & Dwight for a lovely meal — I’m really grateful for our conversation and for reconnecting). After dinner, I made my way down to the Cape.
I’ve spent a good amount of time on the Cape over the past few years and it never fails to stun me with it’s beauty. I was really only there for one day, so I chose to hit all of my favorite spots — in the hope that I will be back very soon for more exploration.
I hate the Days Cottage trope for the photography community, but there’s something so magical about the way the sun beams off the water behind them. I had to go.
My trip down to the Cape was to create some content for Autocamp once again. Autocamp, no matter where I am, always has such a beautiful property. They tuck their properties away in the surrounding nature really well. They always feels like a reprieve from society in the best way possible.
I even messed around at night with some astrophotography, breaking out a tripod and strobe for some creative shots. I don’t love these, but I think they’re fun, unique vignettes of the property — and that’s what matters.
The last bit of my New England trip that I’ll mention was my flight out of Boston on Sunday morning. The gate I flew out of had a great view of flights leaving Boston Logan, so I spent a few minutes photographing planes as they took off.3
Chase’s Favorite Things of the Month:
Art Museums — I spent some time at the Detroit Institute of Art and it was very overwhelming with how large it was, but it was also very nice. Go look at some art.
Bookshop.org — Paloma found these folks this month. They sell books at prices like Amazon, with the stock of Amazon, with the shipping of Amazon, but the profits actually go to local bookstores (we ordered a $30 book and sent $8 of it to our local bookstore).
DodekaDigital.com — We finally launched our new site for the company I work at. Fraser Ellard did sooooooo good with the design of it!
Bamboo Grand Rapids — GR finally got a cool co-working space. It’s in an old art college, has a movie theater and an art gallery inside it, and has brutalist architecture — all my favs.
Conclusion:
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving and were able to spend it with the ones you love. I also hope that this newsletter inspired you in some way.
I’m quite happy with the images that I created this month — I feel like they were a great warm up for the trips that we have coming up soon.
I’ll see ya next month. Peace & blessings.
-C
Rest in peace, big dawg.
Checking off state #39 of 50 for me. I’ve only got a few to go!!
What can I say, I’m an AvNerd (Aviation Nerd)
My favorite photos yet!
wowwww!! so many good photos this month!