Category Archives: personal

Okefenokee Swamp

Over the Thanksgiving holiday my family took a little day trip to the Okefenokee Swamp in southeast Georgia.  It was a gorgeous day to enjoy the outdoors, and see a few flowers and a little fall color from the boat.  And yes, there were lots of alligators enjoying the sunshine too! I didn’t realize that 75% […]

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U.S. Botanic Garden – holiday train exhibit

This year’s holiday exhibit at the US Botanic Gardens, created by applied imagination, is extra cute and creative.  The largest part of the train exhibit “Who Lives Here?” features cleverly named houses that resemble animals.  The second part is models of Presidential homes.  It’s amazing to see such detail created completely from materials found in nature.  applied […]

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Arlington Cemetery – Arlington Virginia Photographer

Last weekend I went to Arlington Cemetery for a client, to take pictures of a special site they were not able to visit in person, but wanted to remember.  I was honored to do that for them. Being in such a somber, peaceful place gives life a sense of perspective.  It’s more about the whole, […]

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ABC’s of Italy – a creative photography project

In addition to the texture collection, another project Kevin Kubota assigned during the photography workshop was to photograph the alphabet.  It’s a way to stretch your creativity in seeing something different in ordinary things.  You should try it, it’s fun! Here’s my Italy alphabet:

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A taste of Italy in photos

A sampling of the textures and details I’ve found in Italy (Lake Como and Lake Maggiore) during Kevin Kubota’s Secret Italy photography workshop.  The weather has been amazingly beautiful too!

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