May is here! I've decided to keep offering my free downloadable desktop wallpaper calendars of my artwork every month. May's photo featuring a beautiful Italian Poppy!
I know last year I also did my May calendar featuring poppies but to me they just say MAY! I love the poppy fields that would bloom every May. This one is different, I chose a close up to really appreciate the details of the poppy.
In North-East Italy, in view of the Dolomites, fields of poppies pop up all over in fields dotting the countryside during the month of May. They only last a few […]
Welcome April!! I've decided to keep offering my free downloadable desktop wallpaper calendars of my artwork every month. April's calendar has a photo featured from the Keukenhof in Holland.
Hopefully April will bring out the sun and the warmth that has been trying to elude us. I think most of March I heard of it snowing some where. Here in Germany it was rainy most of the time. I am looking forward to a little bit of sunshine so I can go out adventuring again!
The Keukenhof is Holland's Tulip festival. Last month I talked about my trip to the Netherlands and […]
Happy March!! I've decided to keep offering my free downloadable desktop wallpaper calendars of my artwork every month. March's calendar features a photo from my trip to the Netherlands.
I absolutely love when March begins because that means that winter is ending and we are moving into spring. (I am also St. Patrick's Day obsessed! Here's a post I wrote about spending that day in Dublin!) When I deciding what photo to use for this month's calendar I was instantly thinking a photo from Ireland but since this March also has Easter in it I decided to make it a little less […]
Today's photography tip is about watching out for reflections.
When you are out and about photographing we tend to get really involved in the subject and sometimes forget to watch out for smaller details. Reflections tend to be some of those details in a photo shoot that can get forgotten about. Whether you might be accidentally getting another person or animal in your shot that you didn't want or even getting yourself, you need to check for those reflections while you are photographing. Sure these things sometimes can be edited out but it is always nicer and a time saver […]
Welcome February!! I've decided to keep offering my free downloadable desktop wallpaper calendars of my artwork every month. February's calendar is showing off one my favorite castles in Germany.
To me, nothing is more romantic than exploring an old beautiful castle. So for February, the month of love, I wanted to use a picture of one of the many castles I have visited here in Germany. Cochem is a beautiful and charming town sitting right on the Mosel river and in the heart of German wine country. This castle sits on hill over looking the town with its majestic architecture. Definitely worth […]
Welcome 2016!! I've decided to keep offering my free downloadable desktop wallpaper calendars of my artwork every month. January's calendar is featuring a photo with a snow covered field.
I took this last winter and it was one of my favorites because it really emphasizes how the snow can make something dull interesting. When a new year starts it is a chance to decide what life you want to live this year, to redesign your life. That is why we make resolutions. I always like the picture of a blank sketch book with a 365(6) days to make beautiful art. To […]
This photo tip is on the subject of composition.
Composition is the placement of visual elements in an art work, basically meaning of why your photos look a certain way. The way a photo looks or a piece of art is important because it changes how we see it, the emotions it can evoke, and how it tells a story. So learning how to improve your composition can be very important.
The compositional rule of Simplification basically means: "When in doubt leave it out." Literally, if it isn't lending to the story your photograph is trying to tell, don't include in […]
Continuing through this whole year of 2015, I'm offering my free downloadable desktop wallpaper calendars of my artwork every month. December's Calendar is featuring snow and a German Castle.
Winter has definitely begun here in Germany. We have already had our first snow. This photo I took earlier in the year so we aren't quite to this level of snow yet. This is Burg Lichtenburg or also known as Kusel castle. I photograph here often because it is close to my home and love all the different views it offers. When I photographed this I purposely went out when it […]
Sharing a photo tip today, don't be discouraged when the weather doesn't always give you beautiful blue skies with puffy white clouds for your backdrops, you can still make great outdoor photos even with grey skies.
I know that here in Germany most of the winter it can be quite gloomy outside. This cannot stop you from going out and photographing. Sometimes grey skies can be better for photos, the light is diffused so you don't have any harsh shadows or have to worry about where the sun is and if it is in the right position. Cloudy or grey […]
Continuing through this whole year of 2015, I'm offering my free downloadable desktop wallpaper calendars of my artwork every month. November's calendar is from a small German city.
Autumn time is beautiful here in Germany, with all of it's colorful trees and hills. This beautiful view is of Idar-Oberstein. A small city with a mountain that has a church built right into the rock called the Felsenkirche and a castle atop of it. From this church is where I photographed this sight of the city. The clock tower on the left houses the bells the ring in the hour.
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