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 the many castles I have visited here in Germany. Cochem is a beautiful and charming town sitting right on the Mosel river and in the heart of German wine country. This castle sits on hill over looking the town with its majestic architecture. Definitely worth […]
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 year starts it is a chance to decide what life you want to live this year, to redesign your life. That is why we make resolutions. I always like the picture of a blank sketch book with a 365(6) days to make beautiful art. To […]
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 to this level of snow yet. This is Burg Lichtenburg or also known as Kusel castle. I photograph here often because it is close to my home and love all the different views it offers. When I photographed this I purposely went out when it […]
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 you from going out and photographing. Sometimes grey skies can be better for photos, the light is diffused so you don't have any harsh shadows or have to worry about where the sun is and if it is in the right position. Cloudy or grey […]
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 mountain that has a church built right into the rock called the Felsenkirche and a castle atop of it. From this church is where I photographed this sight of the city. The clock tower on the left houses the bells the ring in the hour.
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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 Rhine river, which you can see in the background. From my understanding the castle is the only castle along the Rhine river that wasn't destroyed. It has over 700 years of history. I would definitely recommend a visit.
Not only is the castle great to […]
Continuing through this whole year of 2015, I'm offering my free downloadable desktop wallpaper calendars of my artwork every month. August 2015's calendar is featuring Hohenschwangau castle surrounded in it's beautiful scenery.
Last month I remarked: "One thing that I have learned and love about Germany is that it is covered in castles! I love exploring around Germany and finding them in all shapes and sizes." Well this month is also featuring a beautiful castle. This one is located in the Bavarian Alps in Southern Germany. This is a slightly different view because it is viewed from above where you […]
Continuing through this whole year of 2015, I'm offering my free downloadable desktop wallpaper calendars of my artwork every month. The image for July's calendar is featuring the Boosenburg Castle.
One thing that I have learned and love about Germany is that it is covered in castles! I love exploring around Germany and finding them in all shapes and sizes. Boosenburg Castle is a small castle in the town of Rüdesheim. It really isn't much more than its 12th century tower and 19th century residence but it is still beautiful with its "front yard" full of grape vines. It is […]
Continuing through this whole year of 2015, I'm offering my free downloadable desktop wallpaper calendars of my artwork every month. April's calendar is featuring the beautiful yellow fields full of rape seed flowers that fill the German landscape in April.
One of my favorite parts about living in Germany is that every spring in April the yellow fields full of the bright rape seed flowers bloom. I am so excited to see them bloom for a third year, I love going out and photographing them as much as I can, because they don't last more than a month usually. They […]
2015 is going to be a goal year for me. Part of that is continuing through this whole year in offering my free downloadable desktop wallpaper calendars of my artwork every month. January 2015's calendar is from a trip I took in January 2014 to the beautiful city of Heidelberg, Germany. One of my favorite cities in Germany so far. It features a beautiful downtown area with great buildings and atmosphere, a historic walking bridge, and an interesting castle nestled on the hill above with a great view of the city.
This photo featured for the calendar is from one of […]
