It was pouring down rain for this photo, as you can see. I had an umbrella and was holding the camera (no tripod) which is quite the trick when you’re holding an umbrella too! Luckily this bird sat still just long enough for me to get a picture. Raptors are […]
Photography
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Have you heard of photo walks? I hadn’t really until recently I was browsing YouTube and learned that people will meet up in groups and go on photo walks together. This is also something that photographers often do solo. I mean, I knew people walk around and take photos, but […]
Someone (I wish I could remember who) I was watching this summer on YouTube said that if you want to improve your photography you should look at work from great photographers, preferably in print. I had spent a lot of time watching videos about the craft of photography (getting good […]
Here is an example from today of something I am trying to practice more and more in my photography – the idea of visualization as defined by Ansel Adams. The image above on the left is my attempt at editing a photo to complete my “vision” that I had before […]
Hey y’all! I am writing to let you know that I have added a photography section to my website. The Captain’s Log covers an assortment of topics, primarily outdoorsy things and the ALONE show. Lately, I have found my interest in photography has been really sparked again in the last […]
Years ago in 2008, our local newspaper held an online county-wide photo contest to create a book called Capture Lane County. It was a fine-art coffee-table style book put together in a non-traditional way – 417 local photographers submitted 8,982 photos, and 602,217 votes were cast online on the photos […]
We had a wonderful time in Winston, OR at Wildlife Safari this summer. I cannot recommend this place enough! The animals are well cared for and there is so much to do, it’s well worth the trip. We saw almost every animal they had, this is a selection of photos […]
When we went to the Oregon Coast this July, it was incredibly hazy! We could hardly see the waves even though they were super close to us.
One of the things I have always been drawn to is taking photos of flowers. This photo was taken in the woods and there are no edits, I was shooting in .jpg only. I remember seeing this shot. Many of my other flower photos are much less interesting, and something […]