Shooting Outside Gallery

Merry Christmas is for Family No matter what else you do this Holiday, get together with your family, and friends, or at least call them. Include them in your conversations, ask about their lives, their thoughts this season.  All of them have plans, goals and concerns they would love to share with you. If you can do nothing else, take a walk together, go cut a tree together, enjoy a Christmas meal together. And make sure in your busy life, that you set aside time to spend together, talking about you and them spending even more time together throughout the year. Maybe if you think some, you can even work in some time with them as they fit into plans you have set for a New Year's goal. Wishing you some together times this holiday that will create great memories, for you, your friends and family, and the children. They are all so special.   And take pictures so you can bring them out the next year, or a few years into the future. Enjoying the Christmas sea

Iron Creek Bottoms

. Can You Afford My Photo Art? . . First off you have to have an eye for Photo Art that you want to hang on your walls. You will only find that with enough searching until you see what you really want. I will leave a link for mine in this article.  Second you'll need to establish the price that you won't go above, per print. Get that set in your decision-making mind before you link to my art site. Look at your needs, your empty walls, or your walls where hangs art you are clearly tired of looking at, then assess your financial discretionary dollar amounts and finally head over to take a good, long look. I am unclear if I'll have anything within your budget, but it can't hurt to take a look. Who knows, maybe you've got quite a stash of greenbacks in your account and won't mind spending a fairly large sum for something that really catches your eye. Something that will turn heads when visitors drop by.  So Where's the Link to Your Photo Art

How my Photo Art Developed   Living in town was fulfilling for our family life, as we mostly all lived within the confines of a village, if you will. All other family members were within a block or two, church was literally a 5 minute walk. The market was only a 5 minute drive. Our neighbors were quiet gardeners and church folk. An idyllic setting one would think. And we did believe that, I am told. But at some point my Father decided to uproot our family, to a 15 acre plot of land, that became a working farm, where we raised chickens, pigs, cattle, horses and from time to time, geese, sheep, ducks, a peacock, dogs, cats and assorted farm animals too numerous to mention. We also grew crops for our animals and food in a large garden for our own family use, in short, a lot of hard work. I was five and a half when we moved, and by the time age 6 arrived I had been converted to a full time farm hand. Twice a day I found myself tending all the animals, feeding and gathering egg

. Looking for Details on any of my Photoart Prints?   I've made many sales in which I did not get the email address or phone number of the buyer, only to find later that I wondered if they wanted information related to where I got the shot, the location, the directions to where it was captured, how I created it, what I did creatively to cause the effect, or any other relevant data they might now wish they had asked about at the time they purchased it. It makes sense that a buyer, now owner of art, is able to discuss it with visitors to their home. It makes the piece much more interesting, than just the piece itself, even if it is dazzling, powerful or just the right color for their decor.  If you, as you wander through this blog, happen to locate pieces you'd like data on, just email me at rcphotos @ q. com and I'll be more than happy to send you all I have so your understanding is better than just the appearance of the photoart piece you're admiring. Also

Life on Dead Canadian Thistle Heads This is a pic from my cell phone, not any camera body or lens, so pardon the quality enlarged and mis-focused. I just was out at the property and walked out behind the barn to see quite an unusual site. On the thousands of dead seed heads from Canadian thistles were growing some sort of very small leafed plant, nestled in among the barbed seed brackets. I'll re-shoot this with my Canon and a good lens to get a much better shot over the next few days if I can find suitable sunlight for an ISO100 capture.

5 Simple Tips for Decorating with Art   Choosing art can be a difficult process. Not only are there millions of pieces out there for you to sift through, look at, dismiss and decide upon, you must also have a good understanding of what it is you are trying to accomplish when decorating with art . Below are five simple tips that can make selecting artwork easier and ultimately more enjoyable. Connect with it: Art is many things to many people, but when choosing how to decorate with it, it needs to be yours and yours alone. Whether the piece inspires you, calms you, excites you or just generally makes you happy, that is where you need to start. Blend it: Not only should the artwork affect you internally and emotionally, it must help create a space that surrounds you externally. Whether it is furnishings, accessories or the people who occupy the space, the art you choose should be a reflection of that and be able to pull it all together. Hang it: What good is w

Sun on the South Tehachipis

Foothills of the Tehachipis

Storm Lifting

Natural Rock Wall

Snow on the Tehachapis  

The Color of Autumn

Clouds on Water

Reflections on a Lake

Little Creek Falls

Light From Beneath

Happy 100 Year Anniversary to the National Park Service To get started celebrating, visit the National Park Service Centennial page And here are some activities scheduled for today, Visit this link   Remember entry fees at 124 parks are fee free today through Sunday

Could it be That Simple?   You've been staring at that spot on your wall for some time now, you've looked at countless prints, you've measured and compared with friend's walls and still you haven't ordered one. You know you want one but you feel constrained. What is it that's hanging you up? If its the price, buy a smaller one or from another artist or photographer, IF, that is, they have one you want.  You think if you buy one that you won't like it as much as you did when you saw it online. So you hesitate, cause prints aren't cheap, well some of them are, mine are affordable, not cheap. I have found each and every time I have hung a new print, that I loved it and have kept it up far longer than I should have. But I didn't make the decision lightly, because even as a photographer, prints still cost me too. Yet I've never been disappointed in what it does to a room.  Or you don't have a good sense of what colors will blend well

Raging Waters

Little Creek Falls Photo Art

A Big Thank You It's not something I normally do but on this particular sale I wanted to offer a heartfelt thanks to someone whom is such a very special person, and I hope this image print lights up their home for a very long time.  http://pixels.com/saleannouncement.html?id=3ae37a77a3e03a4ce5e2d8931de08f2b

Aqua Falls

Latourelle Falls

Latourelle Falls 2

Latourelle Falls 5

Latourelles Falls Art 4a

Latourelle #4b Art

Latoruelle Falls #4c

Latourelle Falls #8

Latourelle Falls Art

Latorelle Falls #9

B&W Latourelle Falls

Latourelle Falls

Long Beach Art

Dandelion Art

Gladiola Photo Painting

Mt St Helen

Lost on Mossy Trails

Dreamy Autumn Walk

Bumble Bee Art

Soft Desert Flower

Soft Desert Daisy

Soft Crocosma II

Soft Crocosmia