Impressive Places Archives

Is This Really What I Think It Is?

by James Staddon | Aug 30, 2017 | Impressive Places, Updates & Opportunities

What sort of a building do you suppose this is? Do you think it could be what I think it is? An old, one room school house? I saw it setting next to the road as I was driving down the Belmont Turnpike in north-western Pennsylvania near Waymart with my family the other day. Since The Old Schoolhouse Magazine is... Read More »

Behind the Shot: Abbaye St-Benoit-Du-Lac, Quebec

by James Staddon | Jan 24, 2017 | Impressive Places, Pic of the Month

At first glance, this shot doesn’t look like it has much potential, does it? But after working on it for a while in Lightroom, it seems to have been transformed into something much closer to how I remember it feeling like on that cold, Canadian midwinter morning. Abbaye St-Benoit-Du-LacAustin, Quebec, CanadaSubscribe... Read More »

How The Shot Was Taken: Timber Island

by James Staddon | May 31, 2016 | Impressive Places, Stories & Expeditions

I heard that the Jonsrud View Point was a good place to photograph Mt. Hood without having to travel very far outside of Portland. And I suppose it would be a good overlook if there weren’t any clouds to obstruct the view. But since it happened to be quite cloudy on the only two opportunities I had to stop in at this... Read More »

Unnamed Badlands near Fox Lake, Montana

by James Staddon | Feb 21, 2016 | Impressive Places, Tips & Tricks

Ever traveled through eastern Montana? If you have, you would know that there’s not much out there. If you haven’t, then just take note that . . . there’s not much out there. However, before you just truck it through to get to your final destination, consider what your photographic eye might be able to pick up along... Read More »

In Search of a Moon Rise

by James Staddon | Feb 25, 2015 | Impressive Places, Stories & Expeditions

Remember the free book I wrote, Instinctively, on the 10 basic camera settings every photographer should know? I wrote that last year in an attempt to help beginner photographers prepare for the more intense, hands-on instruction that they would receive at a CAPTURE or ACTION. It was also helpful for intermediate... Read More »

Top 25 From 2014

by James Staddon | Jan 8, 2015 | Impressive Places, Tips & Tricks

Have you taken some time to look back through the pictures you took in 2014? Which ones were your favorite? Why? Looking back over a year of photographs is good practice at the beginning of a year. Of course it’s always fun to relive walking through the beautiful places you had the privilege of exploring the previous... Read More »