7-Day B&W Challenge: Day One
Linda at Living with my Ancestors invited me to join this challenge. Here are the rules: • Post a B & W photo for 7 days. • 7 black and white photos of your life. • No people. • No explanation. •...
View ArticleA Photo a Week Challenge: Crossed Lines
The art of photography is the study of lines and curves. We are always looking at how lines and curves affect our image. At how converging lines interact with our main subject or subjects. We can...
View ArticleCee’s Black & White Challenge: Water
For more from this challenge, visit Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Water.
View ArticleDaily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Out of This World
This is the Na Pali Coast on Kauai, Hawaii. These cliffs were used for the opening shots of Jurassic Park. For more from this challenge, visit the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Out of This World.
View ArticleA Photo a Week Challenge: From Above and Below
Last week, we were on the island of Kauai for a friend’s wedding. One of the places we visited was Hanalei Bay. (Is everyone now humming Puff the Magic Dragon? I hope so.) This pier is one of the most...
View ArticleA Photo a Week Challenge: Blue
While in Hawaii, it is impossible to escape two colors: green and blue. The beautiful, perfect blues of the Pacific Ocean made the perfect backdrop for our friend’s wedding. Blue is a cool, soothing...
View ArticleA Photo a Week: On the Horizon
Landscape photography comes in many forms: mountains, oceans, deserts. You can think of as many types of landscapes as there are people to think of them. This beautiful sunset was taken in November on...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge: Unexpected Beauty
I just discovered this photo challenge, and I’m excited to join in. This photo was take on the backside of Molokini Crater on a snorkeling trip to Maui. While I was prepared to enjoy the colorful fish,...
View ArticleTrevor Carpenter PhotoChallenge 2019 Week 23: Joy
We were in Hawaii in November taking photos for a friend’s wedding. His nephew asked me to take pictures of him proposing to his girlfriend after a skydiving group activity. (It was the day after the...
View ArticleA Photo a Week Challenge: Sun & Water
I don’t know what it is about mixing the sun and water that always creates such beauty, but I’m really glad it does. This beautiful sunrise was taken at our beach resort in Cancun, Mexico last...
View ArticleThankful November 2nd: The Beauties of the Earth
Oberhofen Castle, SwitzerlandQueen’s View, ScotlandPink dahliaBig Sur coveWhat a wonderful world For the beauty of the earth,For the beauty of the skies,For the love which from our birthOver and...
View ArticleThankful November 7th: Photography
Big Sur sunsetOld Fisherman’s Grotto I love taking pictures. I love taking pictures of people. I love taking pictures of places. I love taking pictures of abstract things. I just love taking pictures....
View ArticleThankful November 18th: Traveling
Oberhofen Castle, SwitzerlandSolothurn, SwitzerlandSt. Colomon and NeuschwansteinCeiling of St. Gallen’s Cathedral in SwitzerlandFast moving trainThe Bean, Chicago, ILRussell in ScotlandJoe’s Farm...
View ArticleThankful November 19th: Light
BallooningWildfire sunset I know it may seem obvious and a bit silly to say, but I am so thankful for light, and not just as a photographer. The other evening, we had the most glorious sunset. I was...
View ArticleA Photo a Week Challenge: Summer Vacation 2020
This year, summer vacations are going to be very different from years past. My sister did a 10-day virtual summer vacation on Facebook, posting pictures from vacations past and asking people to guess...
View ArticleA Photo a Week Challenge: Vacation Memories
This summer, we were supposed to go to Europe. We had tickets to the Passion Play at Oberammergau with plans to travel around Switzerland, Austria, and the Czech Republic. Ah, the best laid plans of...
View ArticleA Photo a Week: Water
A few years ago, we went to Hawaii for a friend’s wedding. There’s just something magical about being surrounded by water were you touch it all in the same day by just driving around the island. My...
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