Five Tips for Sharp Photos

Five Tips for Sharp Photos

Why Are My Photos Blurry? One of the leading causes of blurry, out of focus photographs is movement. However, other factors lead to unsharp images too. And although better glass (read more expensive) is a factor in image quality, it does not mean you can’t...
Vancouver Snow Storm 2020

Vancouver Snow Storm 2020

I live in Coquitlam, a suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia. Here on the west coast, we experience a mild, temperate climate. Our winters are typically dull and damp, very damp, in fact! Our temperatures typically vary between 1C and 9C (34F and 48F). Believe it or...
Glancing Backward, Looking Ahead

Glancing Backward, Looking Ahead

2018 was a crazy year for me. As some of you know, at the beginning of the year I started my photography instruction business. Then in the spring of 2018, my husband and I started a total renovation of our forever home. In order to complete the renovation, we had to...
Bosque del Apache in Photographs

Bosque del Apache in Photographs

In early January I was lucky enough to travel to New Mexico’s Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. I attended the Photography Intensive Workshop put on by the Friends of the Bosque del Apache. The workshop was lead by three amazing...
On the Pascagoula River

On the Pascagoula River

The Pascagoula River The Pascagoula River is the largest free-flowing river system in lower 48 United States. It is approximately 80 miles long. The river starts flowing at the confluences of the Leaf and Chickasawhay Rivers in northwestern George...
Photo Walk in Steveston

Photo Walk in Steveston

Today my daughter and I went on a photo walk through Steveston. We spent a day there exploring, birding and taking pictures. Steveston village is a historic salmon canning centre at the mouth of the South Arm of the Fraser River, in Richmond,...
Saturna Island, British Columbia – August

Saturna Island, British Columbia – August

At the end of August Paul and I spent a week on Saturna Island with our family. Saturna Island is one of the Southern Gulf Islands. It is situated midway between the Lower Mainland of B.C. and Vancouver Island. We rented at a...
Green Tree Frog

Green Tree Frog

Last Tuesday while I was helping out at the old Pascagoula River Audubon Centre in Moss Point, I stumbled upon this cute little green tree frog. He let me take a couple of pictures before he hopped away.
Baby Rat Snakes – July 25

Baby Rat Snakes – July 25

Yesterday I was filling up the bird feeders when I found seven small snake skins that had recently been shed. The skins were all found in a very small area. They were just over a foot long and the width of a pencil. After a bit of research (thank you Robert Smith),...
Home Sweat Home, Gautier Mississippi – July 2014

Home Sweat Home, Gautier Mississippi – July 2014

This past spring my husband accepted a new position with his company, and in July we moved from Houston Texas to Gautier Mississippi. Gautier is a small town, two hours east of New Orleans, on the Gulf of Mexico. It has been a big change moving from the fourth largest...
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