by btharp | Feb 6, 2017 | America, Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Insights, nature photography, photography, Yosemite
Bare trees dapple the golden light falling on Bridalveil Creek in Yosemite Valley. The past several months I’ve been finalizing text and selecting images to illustrate my upcoming book Expressive Nature Photography. I first selected about 600 images – way...
by btharp | Nov 15, 2016 | America, Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, photography, USA, workshops & photo tours
Howdy Folks, Don’t miss this incredible learning opportunity and the fun of attending a workshop with me and MISA (Madeline Island School of Arts) during their Southwest program in Tuscon. The Tanque Verde Ranch is a special place; Conde Nast Traveler just rated...
by btharp | Nov 2, 2016 | America, Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, general photography, photo tips, road trip, USA
So here I was, driving through the Willamette valley in September, on my eventual way home, looking for an apple stand, when I saw this huge dust cloud from a distance. I could see the tractor at one point, and I decided I had to get there somehow to photograph this...
by btharp | Oct 15, 2016 | America, Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, general photography, USA
I’m a sucker for the countryside, with all its barns and farming paraphanelia. Perhaps because I grew up near farming, as it was just 10 minutes outside of town where I lived. We would take Sunday afternoon drives (gas was a LOT cheaper then) and the family...
by btharp | Oct 5, 2016 | America, Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Landscape Photography, nature photography, road trip, USA
Hi, all! I just returned from a quick road trip to the Northwest, to teach at Pacific Northwest Arts School, and took a week to drive back. The trip was fraught with ‘photo-misses’. I arrived at Mt. Rainier to do night sky photography reflecting in a...
by btharp | Jun 19, 2016 | America, Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Landscape Photography, nature photography
I had gone to the overlook with the hopes of capturing a great sunset over the Goosenecks area, but storms had been building up all afternoon and the sky was very cloudy. Still, I thought that I might get dramatic storm light, if not a great sunset. It was so windy...