Whether abandoned or still in use, Wisconsin abounds in barns. Images and processing techniques for these iconic structures.
Barn Finds
You can’t go home again
When I lived in NH, I photographed old cemeteries lot. They're some of my favorite places and you could hardly go a mile without passing one, complete with stone walls, some gorgeous gates and mausoleums. Alas, Wisconsin only became a state in 1848 and so consequently not many are old enough to have the same artistry, charm... Continue Reading →
Experiments in photographing moving water
Do you always use long exposure for moving water photos? Sometimes a faster shutter speed is a better approach.
So you got a wicked long lens
Are all the animals hiding from you and your long zoom? Practice for the day that polar bear looms large!
Figuring out Fall
Finding my feet during my first Wisconsin fall. It was overwhelming, but leaving behind my preconceived ideas helped me really see.
The Lazy Fall Photographer
Sometimes the most iconic images can be found right at home. Good for the Lazy Photographer in all of us.
Entering falltime
Didn't find that perfect autumn scene? Neither did I, but I have some ideas on how to get meaningful fall images without foliage.
Happy Halloween
This doesn't happen to me often, that I run into kind of eerie scenes in the woods. I mean the life of a nature photographer is about living things, right? But I found these eerie little vignettes within a few minutes of each other, so Happy Halloween everyone!
Veterans Memorial Park
Seeing beyond my expectations - how a New Hampshire photographer adapts to Wisconsin.
Techniques for using a diffuser with macro photography
Examples of how a diffuser can improve your close up and macro photography.
Two near disasters and coping with direct sun
Exploring a section of the Ice Age trail in (gasp!) full sunlight! Tips and techniques to get the best images even in direct sun. Plus an old habit saves my gear!
Hydrocybe cantharellus
A mini photo study of the mushroom hydrocybe cantharellus, aka chanterelle waxcap.
Prairie Dells Scenic Area
One of my favorite ways to find new conservation land/nature trails is to open up the Gazetteer and see what's nearby. By coincidence I ended up going to the Prairie Dells scenic area in Merrill which is a place my husband visited, and sent me an iPhone picture from, when he was here scouting the territory... Continue Reading →
European Vacation 2015
Will it be shocking to admit I'm a uni-dimensional photographer? Yeah, I can hear you all gasping and muttering that it can't be so. It's not as if I don't admire or appreciate other forms of photography, like the shots below, but that I really don't enjoy cities. They're loud, crowded and smell awful. Lots of people... Continue Reading →
My new homebase
Back when I lived in NH, I could and did spend hours in my yard photographing tiny things of beauty. It was barely 1/2 an acre of sand and weeds (for the most part), but it kept me occupied and occasionally intrigued. Now I'm in the northwoods of Wisconsin on a bit more land and... Continue Reading →
Rumors of my death
have been greatly exaggerated. The move to Wisconsin is complete and we're good and settled in. We love our house to bits. The country is really beautiful, the lake is a lot of fun and the neighbors we've met have been great. There's even a local coffee shop where we hang out for some local... Continue Reading →
Elusive wildflowers – Part 16 – Clintonia
Bluebead lily is a common flower that I'm never on time for.
Tucker Brook; a farewell
A last walk at Tucker Brook - I say goodbye to a favorite nature preserve.
Elusive Wildflowers 15 – Nodding Trillium
In what will probably be my last New Hampshire wildflower season I find a rare beauty I've never shot in the wild.
While Rome burns
Ferns are one of my favorite subjects, especially in early spring when the fiddleheads are out!
Spring Cleaning
The power of the second look - reevaluating the shots you rejected the first time around.
The Shadow Knows
The winter sun never gets very high in the sky, but that means there are shadows everywhere for the observant photographer.
Best of 2014
Better late than never - my best photographs of 2014.
Winter’s Bounty
Landscape photography is something you fall into if you're a nature photographer, and I'm no exception. Huge vistas and eye-popping panoramas are very easy to get caught up in. But when I've got my eyes screwed in right and start to really see, lots of other things pop out at me. Microscapes, macros and small... Continue Reading →
Forest in repose
February, being cold, blizzardy, snowy and miserable I didn't get out much. March is different. I've been out a couple of times and look what I saw - Sunlight in the snowy forest can take on so many aspects. Shadows on smooth snow is one of the best though. This one is from the Pulpit... Continue Reading →
