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River scene in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park at night with fireflies and lightning bugs flashing all throughout the scene

Capturing the Magic: How to Photograph Fireflies and Lightning Bugs

The step-by-step guide on how to photograph fireflies and lightning bugs sharing how to prepare, the camera settings to use, and the editing.

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If we were on the trail together, standing with our tripods waiting for sunrise, or hanging around the campfire, this is a snapshot of what I’d share with you.

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The Three Most Important Words to Transform Your Photography

How do we train our brain to keep us motivated for landscape photography? There are three important words to improve and transform your photography.

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Wondering which gear is actually essential for landscape photography? In this Q&A, I share the lessons I wish I had known when I first started investing in landscape photography gear—from lenses to tripods and filters.

Q&A: Essential Tripod & Lenses for Landscape Photography

Landscape Photography

25 Photography Goals to Grow Your Creativity in 2025

Discover 25 creative photography goals for 2025 to improve your nature and landscape photography skills. From daily practices to long-term projects.

25 Photography Goals to Grow Your Creativity in 2025

Landscape Photography

Each year, I refresh my memory on how to photograph stunning fall foliage with these 6 essential fall photography tips.

6 Essential Landscape Photography Tips for Fall Photography

Landscape Photography

Choosing the Best Travel Days to Photograph Fall Foliage Blog Post by Chrissy Donadi

Master fall foliage photography in the Northeast US. Learn to time peak colors, plan your trip, and capture stunning autumn landscapes with expert tips.

Fall Foliage Photography: Secrets to Timing Peak Colors in the Northeast United States

Landscape Photography

Learn the correct way to set the white balance in Lightroom for nature and landscape photographs and achieve accurate colors in every image.

How to Properly Set the White Balance in Lightroom for Landscape Photographers

Lightroom & Photoshop

Straight path over a wooden bridge through a lush, summer Appalachian forest with a waterfall flowing underneath.

Lessons learned and actionable strategies to get out of a creative rut as a nature and landscape photographer.

Break Out of a Creative Rut: Strategies for Rediscovering Inspiration

Landscape Photography

Discover the mountain photography story behind the image Peak Companions plus a new photography tripod technique.

A Tale of Peak Companions

Landscape Photography

Unlock your landscape photography potential and become a more creative photographer by eliminating just one word from your vocabulary.

From Conformity to Creativity: Landscape Photography’s Paradigm Shift

Landscape Photography

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