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Tips For Photography Planning

Taking a beautiful photograph involves a lot more than just showing up somewhere and pushing a button! From equipment to composition, each decision has a big impact on what kind of image you end up with, but perhaps the biggest decisions take place well before you take the photo. In fact, I would say how well you prepare for a photo is perhaps the key difference between a great photo and a “just okay” one....
Nubble Lighthouse Maine

Dawn at the Nubble Lighthouse

After 3 weeks in the United States, I’m finally back and have been able to start processing the many photos I took during the trip. I was fortunate to photograph so many amazing and beautiful locations in New England, it was difficult to know where to begin, but I figured – where better to begin than the beginning! This photo comes from the oddly named but stunning Nubble Lighthouse in York, Maine. Officially known as...

Bamboo Forest of Kyoto

Today’s photo and this post in general are the result of many months of planning, preparation, and hard work, so I am super excited to share it with you today! Read more below the photo to find out why! Click Here To Purchase A Print Back in May I took a trip to Kyoto, and while I took a number of different photos, this photo was the main reason I went. Actually, it wasn’t this...

Carolina Fog

For the past week and a half (with another week and a half to go) my family has been in the US visiting family. It’s been 3 years since we last visited our homeland so it’s been really nice and as you might imagine I’ve been taking lots of photos here! Unfortunately my computer is at home so it will be a bit before I can get to editing the images I’ve been taking here...

Monsoon Magic

Recently someone on my Facebook page challenged me to produce a sunset photo processed only in Lightroom, and this is my answer to that request! Although rainy season in Japan certainly produces a lot of rain, it also produces some incredible sunsets. We’ve had a string of those this year, but I’ve been super busy preparing for a trip to the US this week so I haven’t had a chance to really photograph them, so...