by btharp | Mar 7, 2016 | America, Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Landscape Photography, nature photography, photography, USA
The Tohona O’ogham people of southwestern Arizona believe that the saguaro cactus represent their relatives, because when you die you go back to the earth and the cactus spring up from the earth. As I drive through these forests of giant cactus, I can see the...
by btharp | Mar 6, 2016 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog
Did you know that billions of seeds lie in wait (for years) in the desert for enough rain to germinate and grow? And of those billions, not all will get that chance. Wind, bird/animal droppings all play a part in where seeds come to rest, and if they are lucky...
by btharp | Mar 5, 2016 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Landscape Photography, nature photography, photography, USA
By many accounts this is a super bloom year in Death Valley. And in my opinion, it was super no matter whether the media/park service called it that or not! It was spectacular to witness the landscape bathed in bright cheerful yellow. You would step out of your car...
by btharp | Aug 24, 2014 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, general photography, Landscape Photography, nature photography, Photo Blog, photography, The Blog, wildlife photography, workshops & photo tours
We’re having a grand time in Namibia! Today, we photographed all day at Kolmanskop, the old mining town that is being buried by sand. What an amazing place. There is such an aura there, of lives lived. I challenged everyone to capture the essence of place in...
by btharp | Dec 14, 2012 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Landscape Photography, nature photography, Photo Blog, Photo equipment, photography, The Blog
I’ll bet you were expecting one of those infamous rocks that moves across the playa. Well, we found those, too, although it’s increasingly difficult to pick out the real ones versus the ones people have pushed around. And so many have been taken,...