Patricia Davidson Photography Blog

One Year After Switching From Canon to Fujifilm

By Patricia| 2018-05-11T14:36:06+00:00 May 10th, 2018|Gear|

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!

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5 Free Online Website Testing Tools

By Patricia| 2018-04-14T11:05:56+00:00 April 13th, 2018|Tips|

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.

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More Updates to My Website

By Patricia| 2018-04-13T15:48:58+00:00 March 29th, 2018|News|

Back in January I wrote about changes to my website. In this post, I wrote about more changes that I've done since then.

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FreshBooks for Photographers

By Patricia| 2018-03-28T16:53:45+00:00 February 6th, 2018|Tips|

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.

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New Website for 2018

By Patricia| 2018-03-29T08:55:07+00:00 January 29th, 2018|News|

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.

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2017 Year in Review and Looking Ahead

By Patricia| 2018-03-28T18:21:13+00:00 January 9th, 2018|News|

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.

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My Top 10 Favorite Photos of 2017

By Patricia| 2018-03-28T16:52:24+00:00 January 2nd, 2018|News|

In this blog post I chose ten of my favorite photos taken in 2017.

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Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays

By Patricia| 2018-03-28T16:51:54+00:00 December 23rd, 2017|News|

I created my annual slideshow video of the landscape photos I took during my travels in 2017.

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My Solar Eclipse Experience at Smith Rock

By Patricia| 2018-03-28T16:51:28+00:00 September 4th, 2017|News|

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.

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Why I Won’t Be Photographing the Eclipse

By Patricia| 2018-03-28T16:51:00+00:00 August 9th, 2017|News|

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.

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My new print book: Colors of Bandon

By Patricia| 2018-03-28T16:50:35+00:00 July 17th, 2017|News|

I'm happy to announce the release of my first print book, Colors of Bandon! You can purchase one right here on my website.

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Another visit to Valley of Fire State Park

By Patricia| 2018-03-28T16:50:08+00:00 April 18th, 2017|Places|

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.

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Utilizing my YouTube Account

By Patricia| 2018-03-28T16:49:41+00:00 March 19th, 2017|News|

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.

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2016 Year in Review and Looking Ahead

By Patricia| 2018-03-28T16:49:09+00:00 January 10th, 2017|News|

Each year I like to look back and view my growth & accomplishments as a photographer. It's a chance for me to see if I fulfilled my photography goals I set and to gauge where I need to focus and plan for the new year.

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My Top 10 Favorite Photos of 2016

By Patricia| 2018-03-28T16:48:43+00:00 December 30th, 2016|Blog, News|

Each year photographer, Jim Goldstein graciously features a list of photographer blogs who share their best photos of the year. I have been participating since 2013 but have been a follower of Jim's blog since 2009.

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My Switch to Fujifilm X-series Cameras

By Patricia| 2018-03-28T16:48:01+00:00 November 19th, 2016|Gear|

I've been using Canon cameras since my husband bought me my first DSLR a number of years ago. Over the course of the years I've upgraded my Canon cameras to newer models, my latest being the Canon 6D full frame.

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National Parks 100th Anniversary

By Patricia| 2018-03-28T16:47:34+00:00 August 25th, 2016|News|

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. Over the years I only had a chance to visit a few National Parks. They have certainly been on my bucket list for a long time.

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Interview on the Three Colors Podcast

By Patricia| 2018-03-28T16:47:06+00:00 August 12th, 2016|News|

I was recently interviewed on Johny J. Spencer's nature and landscape photography podcast called Three Colors.

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Tips for Photographing Lower Antelope Canyon

By Patricia| 2018-03-28T16:46:08+00:00 May 4th, 2016|Tips|

I recently traveled with my husband to Page, Arizona in the northern part of the state. My main goal was to see and photograph the Lower or Upper Antelope Canyons...

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