Just believe…
I’ve been ‘offline’ with the blog the past week simply because I’ve been cranking out changes/additions to the new website, fixing a few problems, and trying to get pictures processed! One-man band at...
View ArticleThoughts behind the man-Freeman Patterson
While sorting through my file cabinet the other day, I came across an old paper; it was a one-page article on Freeman Patterson, an interview of sorts with him, published in Reader. Can’t even recall...
View ArticleBack from NFRCC Photo Conference
Looking Over Had the opportinity to give a banquet keynote talk this weekend to this fun group. i was to arrive in time for Ellon Anon’s talk Friday night but airline cancelled flight and messed with...
View ArticleDiscoveries
I walked by this garden for several weeks before the tree blossomed. I had seen the stone ‘river’ and liked the s-curve, but it wasn’t a photo – yet. It was too plain, things hadn’t greened up, and...
View ArticleGO FOR THE GOLD – er, pink?
While the world athletes are putting out their best effort at the Olympic Games in London, here in the remote offices of Brenda Tharp Photography we are having our own Olympic effort! We are cleaning...
View ArticleCapturing Mood
mood/mo͞od/ 1. a temporary state of mind or feeling. I get quite a few people asking how they can create a mood in their photography. Interesting question, really. It’s not an easy thing to define...
View ArticleThe Old Homestead
While teaching last week in Maine, we went to the Olson House, the home made famous by Andrew Wyeth. It stands empty now, with just a few pieces of furniture, tattered wallpaper, old stove and such....
View ArticleMost Amazing
I find it truly amazing how things in this world can often look like something else than what they really are. Take this photo for example, it looks for the world like crunchy snow to me, but it is...
View ArticleSky Art
First pink, but faintly. As the sun bids farewell to another day the clouds begin to glow. Blue, then orchid, then wild peach and flaming pink – as if rolling through giant palettes...
View ArticleLet’s not take things for granted!
For this blog post, I am posting snippets from an email one of our participants on our January Cuba Tour sent to me. She assembled several PDF slideshows she shared with us all, each one prefaced...
View ArticleRockin’ around the rocks in Namibia
I love geology, and when I travel to places with weird rock formations, I get excited. Nature’s processes to shape our world never cease to amaze me. I’m also amazed at the transformation an image...
View ArticleResponding to a memory
What makes I stop to photograph something we see? Often, it’s a scene that triggers a response, and emotional reaction. I was driving down this road heading for a small town I had been told was...
View ArticleRed, White and Blue – An American Barn Study
I’m a sucker for the countryside, with all its barns and farming paraphanelia. Perhaps because I grew up near farming, as it was just 10 minutes outside of town where I lived. We would take Sunday...
View ArticleThoughts and Images from 2016
Yes, it’s that time of year when everyone is posting their ‘favorites’ – or asking you to choose your favorite. But what about the stories and experiences behind some images that might be my...
View ArticleWinter Wonderland
I’ve been spending the past week with family in western Maine and my sister has a hoop-house for growing greens during the winter. One morning the frost on the window was lovely, and I got a few...
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Red, White and Blue – An American Barn Study
I’m a sucker for the countryside, with all its barns and farming paraphanelia. Perhaps because I grew up near farming, as it was just 10 minutes outside of town where I lived. We would take Sunday...
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Thoughts and Images from 2016
Yes, it’s that time of year when everyone is posting their ‘favorites’ – or asking you to choose your favorite. But what about the stories and experiences behind some images that might be my...
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Winter Wonderland
I’ve been spending the past week with family in western Maine and my sister has a hoop-house for growing greens during the winter. One morning the frost on the window was lovely, and I got a few...
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Looking for Love in All the Right Places
OK, so it’s a play on the song, but it still rings true. When I am out in nature, I am seeking not only photographs, but the love that is out there in nature. By love, I mean that connection to...
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Forest Bathing
Gottcha! – This conjures up images of naked bodies standing in waterfalls, swimming in quiet pools or streams. But in this case ‘forest bathing’ is the practice of taking in the forest atmosphere – by...
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