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 | Dec 31, 2016 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, general photography, Insights, Landscape Photography
Yes, it’s that time of year when everyone is posting their ‘favorites’ – or asking you to choose your favorite. But what about the stories and experiences behind some images that might be my favorites? Is it not, after all, the images that...
by btharp | Oct 16, 2016 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Cuba, Insights, photographing people, Street Photography, travel photography
In Camagüey, eastern Cuba, they were ‘puttin’ on the ritz’ with fresh coats of paint on a lot of buildings when I was last there. The town, like Trinidad, is a UNESCO world site, and boasts a strong collection of classic Spanish colonial, art deco,...
by btharp | Oct 12, 2016 | Black-and-White, Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Insights, photography, Street Photography
Just because we can doesn’t mean we should convert our color images to black and white. Not every picture works as a straight conversiosn, that’s for sure. With my ages-old training and development as a photographer being in black-and-white, I learned to...
by btharp | Oct 11, 2016 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Insights, photographs, travel photography
The Lock I just discovered this image from a tour in Venice that I lead last Fall – a year ago! Too many things going on, not enough time to review and process, but it’s nice to have surprises like this pop up in Lightroom unexpectedly! I remember when I...
by btharp | Jan 15, 2016 | bird photography, Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Insights, nature photography, photography, wildlife photography
After I left Yosemite in a winter’s dream, I headed for the central valley refuges where I like to observe and photograph the migrating geese and cranes. It wasn’t the best weather the first afternoon, semi-raining and cloudy, not the light to be...