To begin with, what are low key and high key photography? Firstly, High key photography is a style of photography that uses unusually bright lighting to reduce or completely blow out dark shadows in the image. High key shots usually lack dark tones and the high key look is generally thought of as positive and upbeat….
Category: Floral
Macros and Closeups
Today’s post is about the photography of small objects. It’s often referred to as macro photography. All macro photographs are closeups but not all closeups are macro images. In simple terms, a macro image is one where you get a 1:1 or greater ratio of the image size on your camera’s sensor to the actual…
Terravita Garden
Today’s post is a gallery of plants we have in the front and back yards of our home in Scottsdale, Arizona. It includes some trees, shrubs, cacti and their flowers. April and May are the best months to see Arizona’s plants in bloom. We’ve enjoyed a good spring season this year with most of our…
Variety Pack
I haven’t been out on any photographic excursions of late, but I have continued to photograph in and around home in Scottsdale. Today’s photo is a mixed selection of shots, with no specific theme. I begin with this image taken in the nearby town of Cave Creek. This building is called “Village Apartments”. It appears…
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Yesterday, Barry Stewart and I traveled to the southwest corner of Arizona to scout some locations for another Milky Way photo shoot. The primary consideration for this area is its darkness. It’s remote, distant from the large light sources (Phoenix and Tucson) and there are not many communities on the Mexico side of the nearby…