Category Archives: outdoor photography


Free Downloadable May 2016 Wallpaper Desktop Calendar

May is here! I've decided to keep offering my free downloadable desktop wallpaper calendars of my artwork every month. May's photo featuring a beautiful Italian Poppy!

I know last year I also did my May calendar featuring poppies but to me they just say MAY! I love the poppy fields that would bloom every May. This one […]



Free Downloadable April 2016 Desktop Wallpaper Calendar

Welcome April!! I've decided to keep offering my free downloadable desktop wallpaper calendars of my artwork every month. April's calendar has a photo featured from the Keukenhof in Holland.

Hopefully April will bring out the sun and the warmth that has been trying to elude us. I think most of March I heard of it snowing some […]



Don’t Forget About Reflections

Today's photography tip is about watching out for reflections. 

When you are out and about photographing we tend to get really involved in the subject and sometimes forget to watch out for smaller details. Reflections tend to be some of those details in a photo shoot that can get forgotten about. Whether you might be […]



Free Downloadable February 2016 Desktop Wallpaper Calendar

Welcome February!! I've decided to keep offering my free downloadable desktop wallpaper calendars of my artwork every month. February's calendar is showing off one my favorite castles in Germany.

To me, nothing is more romantic than exploring an old beautiful castle. So for February, the month of love, I wanted to use a picture of one of […]



Free Downloadable January 2016 Wallpaper Desktop Calendar

Welcome 2016!! I've decided to keep offering my free downloadable desktop wallpaper calendars of my artwork every month. January's calendar is featuring a photo with a snow covered field.

 

I took this last winter and it was one of my favorites because it really emphasizes how the snow can make something dull interesting. When a new […]



Free Downloadable December 2015 Wallpaper Desktop Calendar

Continuing through this whole year of 2015, I'm offering my free downloadable desktop wallpaper calendars of my artwork every month. December's Calendar is featuring snow and a German Castle.

Winter has definitely begun here in Germany. We have already had our first snow. This photo I took earlier in the year so we aren't quite […]



Don’t Be Afraid of Grey Skies

Sharing a photo tip today, don't be discouraged when the weather doesn't always give you beautiful blue skies with puffy white clouds for your backdrops, you can still make great outdoor photos even with grey skies.

I know that here in Germany most of the winter it can be quite gloomy outside. This cannot stop […]



Free Downloadable November 2015 Wallpaper Desktop Calendar

Continuing through this whole year of 2015, I'm offering my free downloadable desktop wallpaper calendars of my artwork every month. November's calendar is from a small German city.

 

Autumn time is beautiful here in Germany, with all of it's colorful trees and hills. This beautiful view is of Idar-Oberstein. A small city with a […]



Free Downloadable October 2015 Wallpaper Desktop Calendar

Continuing through this whole year of 2015, I'm offering my free downloadable desktop wallpaper calendars of my artwork every month. October's Calendar features a photo from my German travels.

This photo entitled "Autumn Leaves at Marksburg" is from my trip and tour of Marksburg castle. This castle is a picturesque German castle sitting above the […]



Free Downloadable September 2015 Wallpaper Desktop Calendar

Continuing through this whole year of 2015, I'm offering my free downloadable desktop wallpaper calendars of my artwork every month. September's calendar captures the beautiful Lago di Barcis (Lake Barcis).

Lake Barcis is a beautiful lake located in the Dolomites in North East Italy. Nestled in the mountains, this lake is gorgeous from all view […]