2018 Year in Review and Looking Ahead
Every year I highlight my favorite images of the year in a separate post. In this post, I discuss 2018 accomplishments in my photography. I also layout goals and events for the new year.
My Top 10 Favorite Photos of 2018
It's hard to believe that another year is approaching so quickly! Where did this year go? As I do every year, I write about my top favorite photos of the year. I've been participating in Jim Goldstein's blog project featuring his & other photographer's best photos of the year.
Out of Oregon Landscape Photography Conference
Out of Oregon – Out of Chicago’s 3rd Annual Landscape Photography Conference, taking place on the Oregon Coast from October 13-17, 2019. I am excited to be teaching alongside several of my personal favorite landscape photographers, some I call friends.
OPTIC 2019 Photography Conference
I've been invited to speak at OPTIC 2019 in New York. Save the date for June 2 - June 5, 2019. This annual photography conference is sponsored by B&H Photo. When registrations and conference schedule is available, I'll update this post.
First Trip Out With Fujifilm X-T3
Photography Trip To Photograph Waterfalls Since purchasing the Fujifilm X-T3, I finally had a chance to get out to do a little [...]
Tribute to a photographer friend
Recently I learned of the passing of a friend who loved photography much like myself. I just wanted to say a few words about her and recognize her photographic achievements.
5 Favorite WordPress Plugins
After my initial redesign of my website, I reevaluated all my WordPress plugins. It was time to clean house and get rid of the ones I didn't need and maybe look into adding some that would benefit my website now. In this post, I'll share my five favorite WordPress plugins either recently added or that I have continued to benefit from for a long time.
One Year After Switching From Canon to Fujifilm
It's been a little over a year since I switched completely from Canon to Fujifilm. I meant to write this post back in February, but it's better late than never!
5 Free Online Website Testing Tools
In this post, I will share with you five free online website testing tools I used during my recent redesign. These tools include: Broken Link Checker, XML Sitemap Generator, Pingdom Website Speed Test, Google Webmasters Tools, and Google Analytics.
More Updates to My Website
Back in January I wrote about changes to my website. In this post, I wrote about more changes that I've done since then.
FreshBooks for Photographers
In 2017 I started using FreshBooks for my online photography business accounting. In this blog post, I talk about why I switched from QuickBooks and how I set up FreshBooks. I think FreshBooks is a pretty affordable solution for photographers.
New Website for 2018
At the end of last year, I launched a revised photography website. I had worked on it on and off, for several months. I began updating the back end and then, finally ended with the redesign.
2017 Year in Review and Looking Ahead
I'm not one for New Year's resolutions but I like to post annually about the photography related goals I would like to achieve in the new year, as well as accomplishments.
My Top 10 Favorite Photos of 2017
In this blog post I chose ten of my favorite photos taken in 2017.
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays
I created my annual slideshow video of the landscape photos I took during my travels in 2017.
My Solar Eclipse Experience at Smith Rock
During the entire month of August, while camp hosting at Smith Rock State Park, park staff were preparing for the influx of visitors that would descend upon the park during the solar eclipse on Monday, August 21st.
Why I Won’t Be Photographing the Eclipse
For the last two years since my husband and I have been traveling in our RV full-time, we have spent the summers volunteering at Oregon State Parks to be close to our family.
My new print book: Colors of Bandon
I'm happy to announce the release of my first print book, Colors of Bandon! You can purchase one right here on my website.
Another visit to Valley of Fire State Park
We recently traveled to Nevada to visit with my family in Las Vegas. When we pay a visit, we usually stay in Boulder City at Boulder Beach Campground. It's much cheaper to stay out there than in Las Vegas.
Utilizing my YouTube Account
I've had a YouTube account forever and often spend time binging on great YouTube content like a lot of other folks these days. One of my goals this year was to utilize my account.