by btharp | Jan 2, 2016 | general photography, Insights, Landscape Photography, road trip
What makes I stop to photograph something we see? Often, it’s a scene that triggers a response, and emotional reaction. I was driving down this road heading for a small town I had been told was ‘pretty’, and about 60 feet past this tree, I stopped...
by btharp | Dec 16, 2015 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Landscape Photography, nature photography, road trip
This past weekend we drove back from DRY Death Valley, up 395 on the eastern side of the Sierra. We were on our way to visit a friend at his cabin on highway 50, but things changed, so we continued on up to drive the shores of Lake Tahoe. Our gain!! Saturday...
by btharp | Nov 22, 2015 | America, Landscape Photography, nature photography, photographs, road trip, USA
I stood in the shallow edge of the river, watching as the river breathed. Each surge of water over the submerged rock was different, more or less, as it flowed over the submerged rocks, resulting in varying undulations of the surface ‘waves’. I tried...
by btharp | Nov 23, 2014 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Landscape Photography, nature photography, Photo Blog, road trip, The Blog, workshops & photo tours
When I hear the words ‘storm’s a-brewin’ I get excited, because that means the potential for dramatic light and CLOUDS! I love love love clouds. They make those blank shapes of sky work within your landscape images so much more effectively. Not...
by btharp | Sep 25, 2014 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Landscape Photography, nature photography, photography, road trip, The Blog, workshops & photo tours
After arriving home with 9000 images to sort through, I ran out of hard drive space to put them and things just snowballed from there, slowing down the whole process. I’m back up and running – but who said technology would make it all easier! HA! lol....
by btharp | Dec 11, 2012 | Landscape Photography, nature photography, Photo Blog, photography, road trip, The Blog
A howling wind Over the pounding waves An eagle soars. There was an eagle – really – only it didn’t fly over my shoreline landscape! But poetry allows creative license… I had never seen waves so strong on a LAKE before. I felt as if I were...