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Photographing Nature, Fast and Slow

Every year, for spring nature photography, I find myself back in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A place I return to season after season, not because I have to, but because I’m drawn there, sometimes with a few days and no agenda, sometimes with just a stolen sunrise before my naturalist classes start. There’s […]

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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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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

Cover image to Master Lightroom's HSL Panel

The complete guide to mastering Lightroom’s HSL Panel (hue, saturation, and luminance). Learn to adjust colors in your photos like a pro.

Quick Guide to Understanding Lightroom’s HSL Panel

Lightroom & Photoshop

At what point do we stop being a person with a camera taking snapshots and become a photographer creating images? Better yet, how do we grow into an artist?

Building Creative Confidence: What Makes You a Photographer?

Stories, Thoughts, & Reflections

The Among the Hills collection will be on display during the month of May at Wild Elder Wine & Cider. Prints in various sizes will be available and ten percent of the exhibition proceeds will benefit the local Carbon County Environmental Education Center

Introducing the Among the Hills Nature Photography Exhibition

Landscape Photography

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