Keep it Simple
1/800 sec at f/4.0, ISO 100 Life has become so complicated. What happened to those days when things were simple. Try to simplify your life today. Ignore the distractions and focus on just things that have to be done. Happy Monday!
Here Comes the Sun
Here comes the sun (doo doo doo doo) Here comes the sun, and I say It’s all right Little darling, it’s been a long cold lonely winter Little darling, it feels like years since it’s been here Here comes the sun Here comes the sun, and I say […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Happy
A Court Jester with his yellow horse dances through the pathways of the Maryland Renaissance Faire, while a bright yellow sunflower shows how happy nature can be. But the best expression of happy is having a nice roll on the ground, rubbing it all in.
A Day of Natural Contrasts
When starting in the Botanical Gardens in the morning, I had a hard time getting inspiration for photographing. So looking for an idea, I decided to work on natural contrasts. The gardens surrounding the Conservatory provided ample subjects. Working with the contrasting plants, trying to set up the […]
From Picture to Art
My workshop with Allen Rokach was so inspiring with his kind ways and gentle coaching. The two-day workshop brought ample opportunity to photography nature at its best in the U.S. Botanical Gardens next to the Washington Capital building. Wanting to know how Allen sees the world, the first […]
The Great White
Being at the footsteps of one of the most powerful buildings in the world, supposedly taking photos of flowers, the Capital building kept calling my name to be photographed. Trying hard not to gravitate to my desire to photograph landscapes, I made a concerted effort to try to […]
Mellow Yellow Acadia
Lobster trap floats hanging brightly along a barn red wall waiting for the sea. Adventurers getting ready to try their hand at Bar Harbor. Mellow yellow mushrooms sitting quietly on the balsam fir forest. Delicate wild flowers elegantly decorating the passage along the Little Harbor Brook Trail. These […]
Acadia in Green
For some reason, I never manage to get enough of being out in the woods and feeding the mosquitoes. Actually, I always have bug repellent in my car but when I get out, I just don’t bother to put any on as I keep thinking that I’m impervious […]
A Bright Greeting
Bear with me today as this week I am participating in a five-day, two horses a day, dressage clinic this week. In the excessive humidity and heat that’s hit us with the remnants of Isaac, I’m a bit wiped out. For today, I wanted to share with […]
Encore of Peruvian Bouquet
One can never get enough of flowers. Flowers here, Flowers there, Flowers everywhere. Beautiful flowers in pots, lovingly cultivated by first hand crafting a ceramic pot with clay from the Andes. Bright pink Bouganvilla hanging along the walls that Quechua owners planted for decoration. Gives a florescent dash […]
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 