5 Reasons I Love July (As a Photographer)
Summer's here, and I'm so excited for it. As a photographer, here are the top 5 reasons I'm lovin' this July!
5 Reasons I Love July (As a Photographer)
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A Day To Remember
A Day To Remember
The hard deadlines of filing taxes and preparing for an upcoming road trip prevented me from being able to write up a full blog post this week, but I did takes some photos over the Easter weekend that I thought you might enjoy seeing!
It All Started With Some Pretty Pictures…
It All Started With Some Pretty Pictures…
Mordecai's fussiness suddenly ceased when he saw the smooth, dark green object in my hand. Wherever it moved, his eyes moved with it...
Photographing As A Group Revealed These 4 Interesting Things
Photographing As A Group Revealed These 4 Interesting Things
It's hard to believe it's been over a year since the St. Simons Island photography workshop! As I was editing my photos from that excursion the other day, I started to notice something interesting. During the day, the group of us 5 photographers were shooting the...
Why I’m Looking for Your Input
Why I’m Looking for Your Input
One of my favorite tasks in the year is to gather new photos for the next Lenspiration calendar! But it might come as a surprise to you from which corner of my collection of photos those new candidates come from! This year I’m putting together Lenspiration’s 2025...
An Underwhelming Sunrise
An Underwhelming Sunrise
For a week, I had been wondering what the sunrise was going to be like on Saturday morning of that weekend! I had everything planned out perfectly. We would leave the house at 4:45am, meet up with several other photographers outside the park at 5:40am, hike in the...
What I Do To Start Off the New Year
What I Do To Start Off the New Year
It’s the time of year for organizing photos! Now that it’s January, all the photos in the previous year that will be taken, have been taken. No more photos will be added to 2023. So, it’s time to make sure those photos are all correctly organized, filled away...
On the Shore of the Chaudière
On the Shore of the Chaudière
The November sun sunk below the horizon soon after we crossed into Canada. On previous travels to Quebec, my destination to visit friends in Sherbrooke would have only been about half an hour north across the border. But tonight, things were different. There was...
The Color of Amber
The Color of Amber
The other day, I started reading the book of Ezekiel. Chapter one is quite an interesting read as it describes how the “word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest” to prepare him for his ministry to the rebellious house of Israel. I noticed something...
Why Some Photos Work, And Some Don’t
Why Some Photos Work, And Some Don’t
How good are you at composing photos? Can you make any subject look attractive? Are you able to make attractive photos in unattractive locations? Composition isn’t the only element of a good photo, but it certainly does play a significant role in the attractiveness...
Choosing the Best Photo from Snowshoe
Choosing the Best Photo from Snowshoe
This year, my family did something we have never done before. You see, my family is from West Virginia. And this summer, we decided to take a family vacation to . . . West Virginia! Not a field trip. Not a day trip to and from a vacation destination. This was a...
A Visit to America’s Newest National Park
A Visit to America’s Newest National Park
The New River Gorge National Park & Preserve is America’s newest National Park. And it’s in West Virginia! With free admission, how could I not be excited about this?! Over the years, I’ve enjoyed exploring the the New River Gorge when I’ve had the chance....
A Waterfall in the Middle of the Day
A Waterfall in the Middle of the Day
Between conventions earlier this month, we were staying with friends in Tennessee and decided to go for a little hike. They lived close to the Smokey Mountains, so we headed out to a trail that led out to Falls Branch Falls. I was working in the earlier part of the...
The Waterfall I Can’t Get Away From
The Waterfall I Can’t Get Away From
I stumbled on a waterfall 11 years ago that I’ve never been able to get away from. In 2011, I visited Kent Falls State Park, Connecticut, for the first time. It was a cool, mid-October morning. With not a soul around, I enjoyed several hours by myself exploring and...
Revealing the Best (and the Worst) from the Calendar Candidate Survey!
Revealing the Best (and the Worst) from the Calendar Candidate Survey!
Back in September, via the blog post Which Are Your Favorite Photos?, you voted on which photos should go into the 2023 Lenspiration calendar! Well, your votes have been tallied, and the 12 have been chosen! Now, let me show you how I arrived at the 12 . . . When...
Which Are Your Favorite Photos?
Which Are Your Favorite Photos?
I’ve been printing calendars with landscape photos since 2009 . . . and now it’s almost 2023! How would you like to have a say in which photos get put into the 2023 Lenspiration Calendar?! Each year’s calendar can only have 12 pictures in it. After sorting through...
An On-The-Fly Sunrise
An On-The-Fly Sunrise
When my brother Donald and I went to Arizona last month, we went to a lot of places and did a lot of things. And just like normal life always is, we didn’t have the photographers dream schedule of always being at the perfect place at the perfect time for perfect...
Only 30 Minutes to Spare
Only 30 Minutes to Spare
Scheduled excursion commencement: Tuesday, 4:00pm. Scheduled excursion conclusion: the following Sunday, 9:00pm. And something planned for every single hour in between! Drive to Winchester. Sleep. Drive to rendezvous location in Pennsylvania. Drive back to...
The Best Kind of Photography Job
The Best Kind of Photography Job
It was very dark when I pulled into the driveway. But the headlights revealed quite a stately homestead. A gate led through an ivy-wrapped archway into a manicured back lawn where a shapely pool reflected the light reflecting off the clouds from downtown Dallas, 20...
How I Edit: Apartment Fortress
How I Edit: Apartment Fortress
The other day, I ran across an interesting photo in my archives. It was Easter Sunday, 2011. I was working in South Korea and had decided to visit a friend in the military stationed at the Osan Air Base. It was early afternoon, and we were taking the scenic route...
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