The Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington D.C. is now home to two new Clouded Leopard cubs and have been on display since late September, 2019. Luckily a friend of mine wanted to go and visit them and off to Washington we went. While they have limited time in […]
A very good friend of mine reminded me of a great post I had shared last year about the Seven Habits of an Effective Photographer. Since we’re on the path of rediscovery, this is a post well worth a second read. Even though I might have written it, […]
Finding your purpose is a life-long ambition and that purpose is ever evolving. Finding your purpose helps you focus your time and energy in activities that fulfill that purpose and spend less effort on those that distract you on your journey. Think of the Monarch butterfly and its […]
It’s hard to know where you’re going if you don’t know where you’ve been. In my previous post I suggest a great idea to rediscover yourself by reviewing your past images to select a few that really stand out. It’s a wonderful exercise to review your past work […]
As a creative, we have ebbs and flows with inspiration. There are times where the ideas are boundless and there just isn’t enough time in the day to take action on them. Other times however it’s a barren wasteland where dust devils swirl around just barely tempting our […]
After long last, your photography friend has finally reappeared. I feel like a school kid that took the summer off and am now back in class and it’s time for Show and Tell about our summer vacation. After having a lovely long weekend at Smith Island in June […]
The older person’s lament..I can’t sleep ! Well, that’s what happened to me today. I woke up at 1:00 a.m. wide eyed and tossed and turned for a while. Since I had already planned on driving to the sunflower fields at McKee Beshers Wildlife Management Area in Poolesville […]
Summer time is flower season and Maryland offers some beautiful fields of flowers that people travel from surrounding states to visit. The Lotus flowers at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens are truly spectacular and is an Eden in a large public-housing neighborhood. I was looking forward to my early morning […]
There is a great software plug in that I use along with Lightroom and Photoshop that I use primarily for some of my landscape images. the Nik Collection by DXO has been recently updated and is offered at a discount until June 30th, 2019 for the price of […]
This past weekend I heard about a Lavender festival being held at Springfield Manor in Frederick, Maryland.For once I didn’t have a photography class I was holding, the house was clean, the paperwork done and the refrigerator was full of food so I could finally play hooky for […]
