A Photography Drive in the Scenic Canaan Valley, West Virginia
The Canaan Valley in West Virginia has some beautiful mountain scenery. The two primary photography and tourist attractions in the Canaan Valley are Blackwater Falls State Park and the Dolly Sods Wilderness. Outside of these two beautiful tourist attractions, there…
What to Photograph at Blackwater Falls State Park?
Blackwater Falls State Park in Davis, West Virginia has a terrific selection of attractions for nature photographers. Blackwater Falls Blackwater Falls State Park has several waterfalls and scenic overlooks for landscape photographers. If you want to visit Blackwater Falls for…
Multitasking for Nature Photography
While it pays to do your homework for nature photography walks, it’s also important not to lock yourself into one genre of nature photography during your photo walk. Multitasking or looking at more than one type of nature photography during…
Photographing Roaring Fork Waterfalls in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The Roaring Fork Auto Tour is a popular destination in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Roaring Fork is just a few miles from downtown Gatlinburg. Roaring Fork has several old cabins to photograph, but I enjoy photographing the waterfalls…
Photo Story: Yellowstone – Just One Tree
This photo was taken in Yellowstone National Park just west of the Lamar Valley. It was a cloudy and stormy afternoon in Yellowstone. I really like the composition of this photo with the single tree on a barren hillside with…
A Panoramic Tour of Yellowstone National Park with the iPhone
Lamar Valley iPhone Panorama (Above Photo) Panoramic photos are a good fit for photographing the Western United States where big, wide landscapes are the norm. On a recent trip to Yellowstone National Park, I took several iPhone panoramas of popular…
Top Yellowstone Landscape Photography Ideas – Part 2
This part two of a two part blog on some of the top Yellowstone Landscapes to photograph. In this blog, I’ll disclose some of my favorite Yellowstone Landscape locations to view and photograph, where they are located, and when to photograph…
Top Yellowstone Landscape Photography Ideas – Part 1
Yellowstone National Park is widely known for its wildlife and geothermal activity such as geysers, pools, fumaroles, and mudpots. While its neighbor park, Grand Teton, is known for its iconic photographs of the Teton Range. Yellowstone also has some beautiful…
The Olympus OM-D E-M1 is now my Go To Camera for Landscape Photography
On a recent trip to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, I brought along my Canon 24 – 105mm f/4 lens and Canon 17-40mm f/4 lens and didn’t even use them. Instead I used an Olympus OM-D E-M1, Olympus M.Zuiko 12-40mm…
Visiting and Photographing the Plantations along the James River
Berkeley Plantation (Above Photo) There are numerous historic James River Plantations along John Tyler Highway (Virginia Route 5). Many of these plantations were either privately owned or closed when we visited in October. We did find three plantations open to…
