Category: All about Hoofbeats & Footprints

And the Awards Go To….

The Reader Appreciation Award, presented to me by Reene at CRAVESADVENTURE is an opportunity for me to thank some of the kindest bloggers that I’ve met. With their generous comments and faithful readership, their following keeps me motivated to keep blogging. It is such an honor to know […]

Nuts for Treasure Gave Me a Nut

It is with humbling joy that I am accepting this Liebster Blog award from Eunice of Nuts for Treasure. Liebster, the German word meaning Beloved or Sweetheart this award lovingly shares a fondness for another blogger. I must confess, there are number of fabulous bloggers that I follow […]

Gallery of Gratitude

This time of year is a wonderful time for personal reflection and appreciation of special people in our lives. I’ve been very fortunate to have a great photography coach that I met last year when I had finally purchased my first DSLR. Lynford Morton of PhotoTourDC and PhotoCoachPro offers […]

With Humbled Gratitude

When starting Hoofbeats & Footprints on WordPress, something happened that I never expected to happen. Wonderful, kind and thoughtful fellow bloggers quickly became friends and penpals. I’ve had the opportunity to actually meet a couple of great bloggers in person and enjoyed seeing them and the world they […]

Watch Your Back

Something so simple can make such a difference in your photograph. Hopefully I’m not preaching to the choir, but when framing your shot really check out your background. You want to make sure it is pleasing and not distracting to your primary subject. Busy compositions cause the viewers […]

Keep Trying

“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s […]

Consider the possibilities that each individual has on the pathway in front of them. Regardless of the misfortunes one may be born into, in the land of opportunity one is free to create their own path for personal success. Success doesn’t always mean monetary success, but rather success […]

Remember the Moon Walker

Perigee Moon, 2011   I think we’re going to the moon because it’s in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It’s by the nature of his deep inner soul… we’re required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream. Neil Armstrong, 1930 – 2012