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At the Big Sandy Family Conference last week, the students got so many great photos! Families together, faces smiling, kids all excited, speakers in action—exactly the kind of images we were going for. Like these . . . But as I was reviewing the photos afterwards,...
Congratulations to student photographer William Fallow on being chosen as the winner of the recent assignment, The Gift of Photography! We recently sent him some questions to get to know him a bit better, and loved hearing all the ways he has been enjoying photography. Let's sit down and have a chat and see some of his stunning photos!
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!
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.
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!
Every year as I prepare for homeschool conventions, I like to keep the Photo Classes fresh and interesting...
While preparing for upcoming landscape workshops the other day, I ran into some photos in my Lightroom catalog that I don't think I had ever shared here on the blog before! So, sit back and get ready to enjoy some pretty photos from random excursions from the past!...
Thursday, April 3, 2025 - Last-Minute Car Swap Julianna & I headed to the homestead after work to celebrate Joshua's birthday because Robert & Kendalyn were in town from Texas. Driving over, I could tell the knocking noise coming from under the car was...
Ever been to a homeschool convention before? If not, here are some photos to give you an idea of what it's like! The Indiana Association of Home Educators (IAHE) invited me come out to Fort Wayne last weekend to cover their annual event and teach the IAHE Photo Class. I took hundreds of photos, but here are my top 10 favorites.
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...
One and a half years ago, in April, 2023, a group of photographers gathered for two photography workshops in western Indiana. After the workshop, I edited the team photos, picked out some of my favorite photos, edited them, and sent them off to the students. And...
After carefully going over the results of the survey I sent out the other week, I have chosen the 12 photographs and overall theme for the Lenspiration 2025 Calendar! But choosing the 12 main images is only the beginning of the calendar creation process...
The results are in! You took the time to provide your input on the 50 photos I was considering for the Lenspiration 2025 Calendar, and now it’s time to look at the results! One fun fact is that there were considerably more participants this year than last year. 36%...
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...
The last homeschool convention we traveled to this year was in Atlanta. I’ve been going to the Southeast Homeschool Expo for about 4 years now, and have spoken on the topic of photography there every time. However, this year was a little different. I was asked...
I watched my first Lenspiration Photo Coaching Webinar in 2018. I had submitted a photo of "the silky water effect" that I was soo excited about—the water did indeed look silky! Uh, it also looked kinda slimy…which is exactly what James said in his critique of my...
Last Sunday was Easter Sunday. And what do you do on Easter Sunday afternoon? We take nice family portraits while we are all dressed up in our Sunday best!I was looking forward to our Easter photo this year, now that we are a little family. I asked my brother...
I’ve been grateful for the opportunity to take some snow pictures this year! Last winter, I wasn’t able to take very many, so it’s nice that we’ve had a nice snowfall or two this season so far. Back in January, we had a little snowfall that was more than just a...
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