ohio photography
6th favorite image of 2024 is an image I made with my iPhone. In a rare event as an Ohioan I was able to see the Northern Lights and make a few pretty images. For me while this image displays the colors of the Northern Lights and is a good, pretty image it doesn’t have the wowing landscape to really make it a standout— this is more because of where I was located and the fact I didn’t believe we’d ever see the Northern Lights in Ohio.
Read MorePicking my 10th favorite image was hard! I love this image I choose and would have loved to move it down the list, but the images that follow I love just as much if not for different reasons.
Read MoreYou may notice a trend with the images I selected from horsing events. Most of them in this top 15 are from Grizzle Ridge, not because I prefer them or was only at their events but because they had the most shows I was able to attend this year and further offered the ability for me to photograph new events.
Read MoreSometimes I forget everywhere I have shared my images and find out later that they are performing well. I got an email month or so back about an image I created of my sister last fall that was nominated to move on in a online contest.
I call the image Among the Sunflowers and I have entered it in the International Photography Competition so hearing it is a nominee in the color chronicles contest gives me great hope for its future in the IPA competition.
Read MoreOn the writing side of my life and business, I have taken a step back from writing books after my memoir in 2022 was released. Namely because I have a few ideas but in different genres and after the bout of post-creative depression I had after the memoir I am not mentally ready to try again. But event with the step back I do on occasion write a helpful, how-to guides.
Read MoreWhen we start in photography we are excited, we are making art, meeting new people, traveling and creating. And then at some point we start doing the same thing over and over until it starts to feel stale and as if we are stuck in a rut. So what can we do to get out of a rut and grow as a photographer?
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