Going Mobile: Capture Fine Art with Smartphone Photography
Turn your smartphone camera snapshots into beautiful fine art photographs Over the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday break, I took a trip through Island Park, Idaho on my way to northwestern Wyoming. I have driven through Island Park numerous times, but never before in...
Total Solar Eclipse… Totality Awesome!
My favorite shots during totality of the total solar eclipse over Rexburg, ID On August 21, 2017, a rare phenomenon happened from the coast of Oregon to the coast of South Carolina: the total solar eclipse. Throughout history, light has been seen as symbolic for...
Printing on Glass – Part 1 of 2
A behind-the-scenes look into the process of taking a photograph to getting it ready to print... on glass. (Part 1 of 2) Remember the fish picture that I took earlier this fall? Well, I thought it would be the best candidate to try something new and different in the...
Time to Light the Night with Light Painting
Create awesome photographs at night with light painting One of the things that I love most about photography is showcasing the delicacy of light. Photography at night is one of the most difficult environments that a photographer can shoot in. With any long exposure...
Still Life Light Painting
How you can take plain old tabletop still life photography and make it extraordinary with some still life light painting. There's something magical that happens when you have a still life setup on a tabletop and then all the lights go off. With a flashlight ready,...
Winter Fine Art Photography Prints
Fine art photography prints perfect for your home or office that showcase the winter season. I love winter, especially in Idaho. Coming from North Carolina, we don't have these beautiful winter, snowy landscapes because we don't see a whole lot of snow! So being able...
Simple Winter Photography
How a trip to Grand Teton National Park ended with no sunrise or sunset... just simple winter photography. On my recent photo workshop trip, we woke up at 4:30am and made our way from the Sky Mountain Lodge in Victor, Idaho through Jackson, Wyoming into Grand Teton...
Night Sky Photography
How to photograph the night sky and get amazing long exposure star pictures - even if it's cloudy. This past presidents day weekend, I was able to rent two lenses for my Nikon Full-Frame D600. I have already used Nikon's 70-200mm f/2.8 lens before, but I was most...
The Magical Macro Photography
Some inspiration for those trying to make sense of Macro Photography Macro photography is always super fun but is crazy ridiculous to shoot because you have to keep so still! When shooting macro photography, there are three main ways that you are able to nail getting...
Macro Flower Photography
SOME INSPIRATION FOR THOSE TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY Macro photography is always super fun but is crazy ridiculous to shoot because you have to keep so still! When shooting macro photography, there are three main ways that you are able to nail getting...