Today, August 7th is National Lighthouse Day in the USA.  In honor of the day I will be posting photographs of lighthouses that I have take...

When you are out and about the town this summer be sure to remember to take your camera.  We always seem to take our camera on vacation but ...

Special Occasions are great times to take photos.  They also make great subjects for your writing.  I have written several pages about speci...

I think photos make a story so much more interesting.  Yes you can use your imagination when you read a story, but actually seeing a place o...

Flowers are everywhere and I have seen many pages online  where people include photos of flowers.  It may be a page about gardening, a produ...

I am always looking for different things to photograph.  In this photo I found a bin of gourds at a farmers market and thought they looked...

I recently took a course on travel photography and the instructor gave some valuable advice on taking photos when you travel.  He said the f...

Photographing a lighthouse at sunrise is a challenging but rewarding adventure.  I recently photographed Marblehead Lighthouse on Lake Erie ...

This week was the end of my photography class.  I will have to say that I learned a lot and feel that I have lots of new information to enha...

Taking photos close up can really be a lot of fun.  You see the world in a whole new light.  I am always amazed by the details in flowe...

This is the 4th in a continuing series on a Nature Photography class I am taking.  For week 4 we talked about equipment and what a photog...

This is the third post in my series on the Nature Photography Class I am taking.  Each week we have a homework assignment and the assignme...

Last week I shared my notes for the first session of our Nature Photography class.  Here are some additional points from that first clas...

Photography classes are a great way to enhance your skills as a photographer and to learn some new techniques.  I try to take a new class...

Photographing children is a fun and sometimes challenging activity.  My granddaughters are used to me always having my camera around and whe...

When I take photographs of landscapes, most of the time I am standing up and shooting with a wide angle lens.  I have been reading a lot ...