Lynn Amber - Travel & Photography
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Category: Photography
30 days and 30 photos – Day 1
A few days ago, I started to think about how I could challenge myself to become a better photographer. I’ve been starting to use my tripod more often – especially practicing late afternoon and evening shots. I also want to become better skilled with… Continue Reading “30 days and 30 photos – Day 1”
Thuya Garden Revisited
“A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.” –Gertrude Jekyll I finally took the time to return to Thuya Garden so that I could see the perennial borders… Continue Reading “Thuya Garden Revisited”
In Search of Acadia’s Public Gardens
Wherever I travel, I am drawn to seeking out public botanical gardens much like a hummingbird is attracted to Monarda or Lupinus or Aquilegia. Just as the hummingbird gets its nourishment from these flowers, visiting gardens and walking in nature sustains me. My love… Continue Reading “In Search of Acadia’s Public Gardens”
Settling in at Acadia NP
“My heart is tuned to the quietness that the stillness of nature inspires.” – Hazrat Inayat Khan I’ve completed my first two full weeks of work at Acadia NP and celebrated after the first week with an 8-mile round trip hike up Cadillac Mountain. … Continue Reading “Settling in at Acadia NP”
Photograph Tales 5 – Amateur Photography Primer 3
It’s sugaring season in Vermont. It represents, to me, the beginning of the end of winter! I walked back to our sugarhouse a few days ago to shoot some pictures and reminisced about the days when we built the sugarhouse and started tapping our… Continue Reading “Photograph Tales 5 – Amateur Photography Primer 3”
Photography Tales 4 – Amateur Photography Primer 2
“Buying a Nikon does not make you a photographer. It makes you a Nikon owner.” – Anonymous I love it! I couldn’t resist this quote! I’ve seen it written many times that it’s not the camera that makes a good photographer. That seems like… Continue Reading “Photography Tales 4 – Amateur Photography Primer 2”
Photography Tales 3 – Amateur Photography Primer
“I think this is the most exciting time in the history of photography. Technology is expanding what photographers can do, like the microscope and the telescope expanded what scientists could do.” – Richard Misrach I was looking for a quote that would help launch… Continue Reading “Photography Tales 3 – Amateur Photography Primer”
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Somewhere over the rainbow way up high There’s a land that I heard of once in a lullaby Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true. Our last evening in the Tetons, we… Continue Reading “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”
Far From the Madding Crowd
Thomas Hardy’s Victorian era novel with this title portrays the main character, Bathsheba, and her life on a Dorset farm far from the “hustle and bustle” of London. The term originated in the solemn 16th century poem by Thomas Gray, “Elegy written in a… Continue Reading “Far From the Madding Crowd”
Photography Tales 2
We were 2 miles into our hike from the trailhead that marks the start of the trek into Death Canyon here in the Tetons. I had not yet taken any photos, concentrating instead on just hiking – as I often do during our ascent… Continue Reading “Photography Tales 2”
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