Category Archives: Photo Tips

How To (lighting),  Seeing & Thinking (process of analyzing a scene), &  Snapshots (info about a single image)

Sometimes you don’t need to travel far away to see an amazing sight. In fact, you might not even need to leave your own backyard! Lucky for me this week, I was already in the path of Totality when the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse passed directly overhead. I hadn’t planned on photographing it. Didn’t have […]

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  Photographing Aurora in winter has its own set of challenges. And ya best be prepared!! Imagine this… You’re standing outside on a winter night watching the sky, waiting for the northern lights. Your app indicates they will be very active tonight. Camera settings are locked in, sitting on a tripod beside you. Ready! Freezing […]

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The most important tip I can share about photographing the Callanish stones is this: Photograph with intent.   Why? Because it adds depth. And content always trumps technical perfection. Give photos meaning by knowing what to capture and why.    Analyzing Intent…identifying the WHY Before leaving home, I thought about my intent in photographing the […]

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  Even if you’re not an avid fan of the Outlander TV series, you can’t deny the intriguing mystique of these stones that were the inspiration for Claire’s Craigh na Dun. Scotland’s Callanish Standing Stones, reaching fifteen feet high in the sky, take center stage on a ridge very far away on the remote western […]

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I’m heart broken as I sit here staring at my computer, lacking the energy to process vacation pics when all I can think of is my poor sweet pup who died while we were away. The downside of travel is definitely those we leave behind. Being too far away to get home in time when […]

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