Looking Up

Looking Up, originally uploaded by senecacreekphotography. Spring seems to be right around the corner but there is still some lingering snow on the ground, or if you are in Michigan like me, a few inches are still falling! This photo was taken in Yellowstone National Park from a car window and really reminds me of…

Total Lunar Eclipse Tips

Exploring Our World has a great article about the total lunar eclipse that is visible in North America at around 10-11pm ET tomorrow night. As a photographer, this is a wonderful opportunity to get out and take some really interesting and unique photos of the moon! Here is a great article about how to photograph…

Love in the Wood

Love in the Wood, originally uploaded by senecacreekphotography. Although a few days late, this photo is in honor of valentines day! Sometimes its nice to find creative ways to express “i love you” and i felt that saying it in graffiti on weathered piece of wood was not part of the norm 🙂 This was…

Carpet of Bluebells

Carpet of Bluebells, originally uploaded by senecacreekphotography. In just a few months, the bluebells in this photo will be entering their peak blooming season that only lasts for a few weeks. It seems like this time in winter just seems to drag on forever and looking at beautiful nature scenes like this gives me hope…

Coreopsis

Coreopsis, originally uploaded by senecacreekphotography. As the winter months drag on and whatever remaining color is covered in white snow, i start to dream of the vibrant colors of the warmer months! This photo was taken at hight noon right from my backyard, and just the right angle and settings naturally gave me this black…

Looking Down the Fountain

Looking Down the Fountain, originally uploaded by senecacreekphotography. When James Scott died, he left everything he had into making this beautiful fountain. With a circumference of 510 feet and water projecting 40 feet into the air, and multiple tiers of marble structures, the Scott Fountain is one of the most beautiful fountains i have seen….

Lewis River

Lewis River, originally uploaded by senecacreekphotography. Although winter may seem to be this desolate time full of boring monochrome landscapes, it seems that some national parks are just a total exception to that. Evergreen trees and blue rivers overpower all that white snow and still allow you to see the color that you remember in…

Twilight Summer Flowers

Twilight Summer Flowers, originally uploaded by senecacreekphotography. Sometimes I find it difficult to make flowers look muted and soft when it is high noon on a bright summers day, but as they always say, practice makes perfect. This shot was taken with a blaring, hot, sun at noon on a summers day, despite how none…

Nature Meets City

Nature Meets City, originally uploaded by senecacreekphotography. A year ago if you had asked me if I wanted to go take pictures of the downtown of a city I would have told you we should get together to go hiking instead. Typically in my pictures I tend to leave out just about any traces of…