It is not unusual for some people to get a little tired of winter. Is this happening to you? It may be cold, but there is plenty of green already in the landscape, not to mention blossoms as an early sign that spring will soon be in the air. I love to breathe the spring smell that the land produces in late March. It's equal parts rain and soil, grass and ozone, creating a perfume that no one can replicate. Can't wait for...

Every photographer wants its work to have some kind of “magical” quality in it.

In order to achieve that, one element you should add is something photographers refer to as “the golden hour.”

In very informal terms, the golden hour is simply the first hour of light after sunrise, and the last hour of light before sunset.

The golden hour is also known as the magic hour, but I prefer to think about it in terms of "pretty fast hour"...changes in lighting occur pretty fast, so keep shooting as much as you can and be sure to capture as many variations as possible!

Snow, ice and the air crispness that comes with freezing temperatures can add a new dimension to your photography. Even the most mundane of scenes can be transformed into a place of beauty and wonder with snow. After a nice snow, I find myself getting out to photograph vistas that I wouldn’t even think twice about without the white stuff. There’s just something about snow that makes everything pretty and exciting. I luv...