Winter memories – in the shadows
Another thing that is wonderful about winter is the shadows. The sun never gets very high and without the canopy on the trees, shadows abound! The snow blanket creates such great shapes and textures. It's really a fun thing to shoot. Ok, and so there's a plant in snow, too. Could you resist? Nope.... Continue Reading →
Winter Memories – the dead leaves version
So as much as a big, sweeping landscape captures the attention and I love doing them, but I also get caught by little details and vignettes. Especially leaves in snow! That gorgeous sunlight doesn't always cooperate, but when it does, I obsess a little. The texture it brings up is amazing and mostly lost... Continue Reading →
Winter memories – landscape version
Yes, it's finally gone. What with the 2 feet of wet snow in April I didn't think it would. But since I've been so caught up in other things and have ignored this blog, you get to have a little more! Aren't you lucky? Trail shots are a weakness of mine as you know. Nothing's... Continue Reading →
Making Tracks
Winter is the perfect time to find and photograph game trails. Some tips and maybe, inspiration!
Vernal pools – Part 5
No it isn't spring yet, but the vernal pools are still beautiful and biding their time.
In praise of the subtle landscape
You don't always have to set the color sliders to 11. With a little care you can make a subtle landscape interesting and dramatic.
A midwinter’s stream
A wintery walk beside Ripley creek with a few tips and techniques for winter stream work.
A slice of winter
Some ideas and techniques for the small side of winter photography.
A lot of words about being minimal
Winter is a great time to develop your eye for the minimalist image. Tips, strategies and processing ideas to get you started.
The Shadow Knows
The winter sun never gets very high in the sky, but that means there are shadows everywhere for the observant photographer.
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 →
The Art of Winter Photography
A lot of nature photographers hibernate in winter. I used to be one of them, but no longer. There's a lot of beauty to be found if you pay attention and look for it. And having the right gear helps, too. There's no such thing as bad weather, just poor clothing choices. And always remember... Continue Reading →
Passion’s Ebb
It's as much a part of being a photographer as clicking the shutter - the ebb. Maybe not exactly an ebb, but a slack tide kind of time. The time between the rushing. When things are still. Calm. I used to resent my 'photographic funks', but now I sort of relish them. I think it... Continue Reading →
The best laid plans
to paraphrase Robert Burns. Sorry, Bob. With all the tools at our disposal now like Photographer's Ephemeris and just plain Google maps, we can really get a handle on a location, the light and how best to showcase both. In our minds we envision the photographs we want to take. We move the pin all... Continue Reading →
Do you fuel your fire?
Do you fuel your fire or let it go out? Today I went with a friend to shoot the sunrise. I know this lake fairly well and know how few places there are with compelling or even just plain usable foreground elements. It's always a tough shoot unless you have a lot of time or... Continue Reading →
If Walls Could Talk
Winter is a great time for showing us things we might ordinarily not see at all. I have no idea how many times I've passed this house, but I'm sure it's dozens. Finally the other day I noticed it. I had to laugh though because it's about 50 feet from the edge of a pretty... Continue Reading →
Wildflowers in January??!!
Another reason I'm fascinated with Indian Pipe wildflowers is because they over-winter and I can photograph them in January!
The Road Not Taken
You know that old saying, hindsight is 20/20? Some days it smacks me right in the head. The other day after a lovely few hours in the woods I thought to myself that I should have been a forester or something. Hubby comes back to say that it doesn't pay much. In money, no it... Continue Reading →
