On January 1st of this year I embarked on my first 365 day photo project.  There are a lot of hints and suggestions about themes and how to stick with it; however, I have learned that if you’re going to be successful in this or anything in life, you have to customize it to your preferences.  Today is Day 228 of the project, so I thought I would share some of what I learned. At some point, probably between day 35-50, there is...

  Everyone has access to a digital camera, so it makes it easy to capture tons of photos of those special moments.  Sadly, this has also turned most of our computer drives into the virtual “photo shoebox”.  Remember the days when family or friends wanted to share photos and they brought out a box full of assorted photos through which they rummaged to find the one they wanted to show you?  The only difference now is...

  I know a bank where the wild thyme blows Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows Quite overcanopied with luscious woodbine With sweet musk-roses and with eglantyne.   ~William Shakespeare   ...

  Artists, writers, any creative professionals refer to the “muse” as the source of  inspiration.  We all hit a blank wall at some point.  For the writer, the words just don’t come, for the photographer, it’s “I don’t know what to take a picture of.”  It’s what we do at that wall that defines as an artist.   Unfortunately, inspiration doesn’t come if we sit and stare into space...

    “I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.” ~E. E....

    I was out and about with camera in hand, but like so many times, the lighting was not the best.  High noon, sunny with only a few wispy clouds.  I wanted to find shady areas, but the forest was closed due to fire danger.  So I strolled around the streets of Lincoln, where Billy the Kid used to stroll, and I came across this inviting entryway. While I’m not an HDR (high dynamic range) fanatic, I do believe in using...