Bandelier National Monument
Consider visiting your nearest National Park or Monument when you don’t have to go to work on a Federal holiday. Admission fees are waived, and you will enjoy some special […]
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Happy Valentine’s Day
Tonight’s sunset was glorious and deeply red. It was a pleasure to enjoy the brilliant sky as it deepened in color and wrapped around Mt. Taylor. On a technical note, […]
From Gestalt to Parts
I am picking up where I left off in my last post (Link to it here!). I wanted to show an example of results from capturing the same subject from […]
When No People Are Around
When you lack humans or creatures to treat as your subjects, and you don’t want to work at a selfie, consider inanimate objects. Capture them while focusing on basic elements […]
Frame Within a Frame
Three little munchkins hiding from the snap mamma with a camera. This is the moment that I decided to announce my presence. Took this as the three of them ran […]
Experimentally Zooming
Tried my hand at zooming on an image while taking the photo. This does produce an interesting effect. Try it: while snapping the shutter, either zoom in or out on […]
Shoot & Shuffle
A drawback to hiking with non-photographers is that upon spotting pleasing surprises along the trail it’s not always feasible to hang back alone for long, to compose and capture to […]
White Sands National Monument: Reflections in Gypsum
Among the wonders of our natural world is the world’s largest known gypsum dune field: White Sands National Monument. Located a few kilometers west of Alamogordo, New Mexico, it has […]
Everyday Mundane Becomes Art
When reading about composition it is often suggested that one consider every day, mundane objects as subjects worthy of a fresh perspective for interesting results. I am deliberately inserting this […]
First Round Pics: Food Frames of Sufganiyot
Since this was the big year of the convergence of Thanksgiving and the first day of Hanukkah (an event that won’t occur for another 70,000 years) what better way to celebrate […]
Snap Mammas 