Fall Colors: The back roads of Tennessee and Kentucky
We decided to head east to visit family in Louisville KY and take a road trip to enjoy the fall colors on the Smokey Mountains. We took highways from Louisville KY to Gatlinburg TN, but decided on our return we would select no highways as an option on our GPS. As said in the […]
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Painting with Photography
Capturing with a painterly eye pulls from personal memory of visits to art museums, galleries, and art history books. The Impressionists are my favorite period and feel I just want to “eat it with a spoon” looking closely at luscious color and paint on canvas. On more than one occasion I’ve had some of my […]
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Forest Lawn Cemetery in Boston: Unique Images
Spring has finally arrived in the Northeast. A wonderful artist and former high school classmate provided some input on a Boston location with unusual imagery. Jane Wiley has always had an eye for the unusual (and oft time disconcerting). A gifted draftsman, she is using digital art to create new worlds. She gathers her inspiration […]
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In My Neighborhood of Gilbert, AZ
Prominent on the horizon going east on Highway 60 in Phoenix, Arizona looms the “Flat Iron” rising 1500 feet above the desert floor, located in Lost Dutchman Mine State Park. It is part of a group of jagged, volcanic peaks and ridges constituting the Superstition Mountains, the largest mountain range surrounding Phoenix with the highest […]
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Philadelphia Snow Scenes
Snow in Philadelphia added extra texture & interest to a cityscape already rich in imagery. The imagery is from Rittenhouse Square & Delancy Street. The cold and the deep snow was a challenge, but well worth it. On an early Sunday morning there were few people or vehicles to get in the way of all […]
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A Scenic Route for Photographers: Hwy 94 San Diego County, California
Like any tourist destination, particularly one mingled with salt air, warm climate, and Spanish influences—San Diego is just a photographer’s delight. Whether you are people watching, love seascapes or landscapes, plants, animals or architecture—Balboa Park and its’ adjacent attractions could keep a photographer busy for a lifetime. [Photographs copyright of Adrienne Campbell] If you are […]
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Scenic Routes for Photographers between Gallup NM & Phoenix AZ
We arrived back to Phoenix late Friday night after spending a few days in New Mexico. While a portion of the trip was devoted to the seminar at Kirtland, any road trip must have time for grabbing the camera. Time was short and we were visiting some unfamiliar territory, so anticipating what would be photogenic […]
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A Scenic Route for Photographers: Hwy 68 to Taos NM
Once we were done with the seminar at Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, NM, we headed north to take in some scenery. After visiting a bit of Santa Fe proper we headed to Taos in search of fall and perhaps a touch of snow. We took Highway 68 north and about 20 miles out of Santa […]
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In the moment: Pick up your camera
This blog input has nothing to do with camera accessories, sensor dust, shooting locations, or problems with cameras Today I want to indulge in some philosophy about photography and living life in today’s information saturated, highly distracted world. When I pick up a camera, place myself in an environment with images I want to capture, […]
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AZ Pow Wow
Fuji S-2 Image from 2008 Window Rock Pow-wow Last year, I experienced my “first shot” at using a Fuji S-2 to capture what most of us can only imagine exists in the American Southwest… a Native American Pow Wow hosted by the Navajo Nation, Window Rock AZ. This is not a commercialized event, it is […]
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