Animal Quest: Birds of Prey

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I love animals and I really love getting to see animals that you don’t get to see every day.  I was inspired by some pictures that I saw last summer, and made a goal to find and get pictures of a nesting bird of prey.  Mind you, I never said that they had to be… [Continue Reading]

To Flash or not to Flash

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I still don’t know whether it is best to use flash indoors or not.  Here are two pictures that I took of the same thing.  The first one I used flash and the second I did not.    I think that I like the one with flash better.  What do you think? Digg this post… [Continue Reading]

Changing Point of View

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As I started taking pictures of therapy activities for Therapy Fun Zone, I needed to work on my photography skills. The first step is to change my point of view.  I noticed many of my pictures are taken looking down on the activity.  I needed to get my camera down into the activity. That made… [Continue Reading]

Dogwood

Right now in Yosemite valley the Dogwood trees are in full bloom.  They have beautiful white flowers that cover the trees, and they almost glow as the sun is going down.  I was almost able to capture that glowing quality.It is beautiful.  I had to turn the focus to manual, and turn my flash off. … [Continue Reading]

what kind of camera is best

I hear all the time that good pictures are not dependent on what type of camera is used, but on the photographer.  This is true a lot of the time, but I have found that it really helps your pictures if you have a good camera too.  I have a little camera that is a… [Continue Reading]

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