Photography

Photo Tip: Look Up

Don’t think you have to shoot everything at eye level. By looking, and pointing your camera up, you can get a different perspective on the world.

I never would have seen that cherubic face if I hadn’t looked up.

I love the shape of this branching sycamore tree trunk, and looking up was the only way to capture it (unless I wanted to climb another tree).

Here’s a statue looking down at me while I look up at it.

There are some great angles in this photo of porch decorations and shadow.

Looking up allowed me to frame this cluster of dried flowers against the blue sky.

A Late Autumn Walk in the Woods

Wilderness Quote

“Wilderness reminds us what it means to be human, what we are connected to rather than what we are separate from.” ~Terry Tempest Williams

I was overdue for a dose of nature. So, I hopped in the car and drove to Lancaster County Central Park. I parked in my usual spot and planned to walk the same trail I usually do, but for some reason another trail caught my eye.

The sky was overcast and the light was flat when I first arrived, so I concentrated on pattern and color in my photography. I loved the reflection of trees in Mill Stream.

A few trees were still decked out in their fall splendor.

And then the clouds parted and the sun was lower in the sky and the light was beautiful.

I love how these leaves are catching the light.

And by taking a different trail I got a view of the covered bridge that I hadn’t seen before. And don’t the red leaves on that tree perfectly

My Favorite Season

"Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall." ~F. Scott Fitzgerald

I never used to be able make up my mind if fall or spring is my favorite season. Then recently, I decided that in summer and fall, fall is my favorite, and in winter and spring, it’s spring.