More Fountains, Lilies & Other Beauties at Longwood Gardens

A week ago, I posted photos of the amazing Longwood Gardens Fireworks & Fountains performance. There’s still one more show left (in September) for the year, so you might want to see if you can catch it.  You won’t be sorry!  When we drove up to Longwood Gardens, we arrived in the afternoon, [...]

Fireworks & Fountains at Longwood Gardens

My flight leaves from New Orleans back to DC in just a few hours.  I’ll go away with a lot of satisfaction and the distinct belief that New Orleans is an incredible, wonderful city.  I’m also utterly exhausted, though, from all the walking (in the heat too!), so at the same time, I’m glad [...]

Megan in the Lilies at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens

Megan and I braved the heat last weekend for an early morning portrait photography shoot at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in Washington, DC.  Megan was choosing between Kenilworth and the National Arboretum for her shoot – good choice, Megan!  This is peak season, and the lilies were absolutely AMAZING – waist high, and fields and [...]

July 2010 Wallpaper: Sunset Over Great Falls

The summer sun sets in glorious colors over Great Falls in Potomac, Maryland.

July wallpaper is ready for download – click on the links below for the resolution and aspect ratio that best match your computer screen:

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Great Falls Sunset: Vision Doesn't End with the Click of the Shutter

The summer sun sets in glorious colors over Great Falls in Potomac, Maryland.

I’ve been contemplating the image-creation process this week, as I work on a series of images of Great Falls.  I thought I’d share some of my musings about the three essential steps to great image-making:

Step 1: Defining your vision [...]