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After a short yet exhilarating hike into the Grand Canyon, it was so refreshing to get back to the car where Julianna and Mordecai were waiting. The day had hardly started, only just after 7:30am. We pulled out a yummy breakfast and kept warm and comfortable in the plush seats of our brand new rental vehicle. From where we were sitting, we could look out over the canyon with the rising sun now flooding the majestic rock walls.
My alarm went off at 4:00am sharp. Though I didn't feel like getting up, I was too excited about the potential of what would be happening that day to snooze the alarm for even one minute. I quietly slipped out of the tent and started the car. Julianna sleep-walked...
This month's photo assignment is "The Gift of Photography". Whether it's as simple as printing out a photo and framing it to give to someone you love, or offering a free photoshoot to a family you know, we're going to use the month of December to not only grow our photography skills, but also to practically share them with others this Christmas season!
It's amazing how easy it is to lose track of time when you're on vacation! The morning dawned over our campsite with a lazy reddish glow. A light breeze dried up the last drops of rain clinging to the sides of our tent. By the time I got back from an enjoyable...
I've learned what I need to do before and during the wedding day to make sure I don't get exhausted. But this year, I was asked to photograph a wedding in July that would put everything I knew to the test!
Concept photography. What is it? And how does one go about conducting a photo shoot that successfully captures the "concepts" one is attempting to illustrate? I wanted to make the current photo assignment, Fashioning the Future, more instructional than usual, so I sat down and thought through exactly how I go about shooting these kinds of photos. And here's what I came up with!
The family was comfortably settled around the dining room table. The orange and sage striped tablecloth lent a cozy feeling of autumn inside while dusk set in early over the landscape outside. I was working a nutcracker while Mom and Julianna picked out the meat...
After an enlightening workshop in Pennsylvania and a busy HEAV Convention Photography Team, we were headed back to familiar territory. Our spring travels had taken us away from home for 5 weeks! But before crossing the finish line we wanted to make one last stop: a...
This assignment may feel intimidating at first. However, photographing happy homeschoolers isn't necessarily as difficult as it may seem.
It was about as normal a summer afternoon as it gets in Pennsylvania. Hot, sunny, and humid. A typical June day in the countryside along the wide Susquehanna River. But the events of the day were all but normal!
On the way down the Maine coast, we couldn't resist a detour to one of the world's most iconic lighthouses, Portland Head Lighthouse. We were not able to be there during ideal lighting, but this would be a good scouting excursion for potential visits in the future. What would be my impression of the location? Is it really as photogenic as people say? How much freedom would a landscape photographer have to explore different angles and compositions?
I can't believe it's been a whole year since we've last sorted through our photos together! Remember the interview I had with myself last year? In that video, I talked about the 7-step process for finding and choosing your best photos from the past 12 months. Making the time to assemble your very best!
The other day I was reading Psalm 25 and verses 4-5 really stood out to me. Then, as I was thinking about what to post today, those verses came to mind in conjunction with some other things that I'd been thinking about over the past several months. Plus I had just...
A few days ago, I was driving around Dallas. We were about 5 minutes from our destination. I had just pulled out of one of those incredible, multi-layered highway interchanges when low and behold, straight in front of us, there was this strange natural phenomenon in the sky! Awe-struck, I pulled over on the shoulder, grabbed my camera, and ran into the freshly plowed field beside the road in my dress shoes, suit pants, and white shirt to capture it before it disappeared!
Thank you, everyone, who furnished your impressions on the 37 photos listed in the Lenspiration 2026 Calendar photo survey! Now that all the results are in, would you like to see which photos in the survey ranked the highest . . . and which ones ranked the lowest?! Get ready for some intriguing insights gathered from public opinion! Two things before getting started.
When this assignment concept came along, I was excited to take these pictures to encapsulate the concept of prayer. It's so simple, yet there are so many variations one can explore within the concept. And "simple" doesn't necessarily mean "easy", but there's enough room in the assignment details that really anyone can photograph it!
Our favorite mode of transportation is by automobile. A minivan has all the room in the world for transporting all the stuff we need for all the crazy things we do, whether its dispersed camping, working a Lenspiration booth, running a photography workshop . . . or...
Our eager group of young photographers maneuvered down the short path toward an eastward view of the old, historic lighthouse at Acadia National Park. None of us had been to that location before, so we were anxious with anticipation of what might be awaiting us! Rounding the corner, we were greeted with . . .
It's only July, and all of my photos for the 2026 Calendar Survey are finished! The survey is now ready and waiting to receive your coveted opinion! Click here to let me know which of these 37 photographs are your favorites!
I've been building the Lenspiration Scouting Guide over the years. After photographing some place, I'll add what I learned about that location to the map when I have time. Now, I've been adding locations for a while now, but it doesn't just have to be me. Anyone can add locations to the Scouting Guide! And that's the purpose of this month's photo assignment. . .
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