Photo taken in Japan at a festival, featuring acts ranging from comedy, acrobatics and musicians. All competing for a purse provided by the sponsors of the event.

If you’re willing to put in the time and effort, adventuring in Iceland can pay off 100 fold. Driving from cool place to cool place can be long and, in in climate weather, may not seem worth it. But on some level, you will be satisfied with what is on offer in Iceland.

Old Nordic style homes as kept in Iceland.

Colonial Williamsburg, in Virginia, transports you back to the 1700s, where life was made by the sweat of your brow, and the courage in your heart.

Eilean Donan Castle sits under brooding skies, highlighted by the depths of black and white post-production. Scotland can take on a whole different look in monochrome!

Tucson, Arizona has so much texture and color to it that I could blog all day about it. But there are so many other places to find both of those items. I hope you have the chance to notice some on your own!

This handsome specimen is a Great Short-Horned Lizard. You’ll find him and a whole bunch more cool animals and places in Arizona!

A Greater YellowLegs shuffles along to find an early morning breakfast at the Ridgefield Wildlife Preserve in Ridgefield, Washington.

From the 1700s, James Town, Virginia. Weaponry forged in iron and steel, used in defending our freedoms from British rule.

Shooting length-wise, clouds and people are just some ways that you can provide depth in your photographs. You can also demonstrate size differences in either direction from big to small.

Great Blue Heron as seen at Ridgefield Wildlife Preserve, Ridgefield, Washington

While traveling the back roads of where it is that you live, you may very well encounter rusty objects, big and small and in various levels of decay. Take this rail car for instance, rusty goodness abounds!

Colorpop is a wonderful and cool way to highlight part, or parts, of your image. There are several post-processing programs that can help achieve this result in your photos.

A dreary sky adds emotion and a backdrop to St. Mary’s Community Church and Parish Center in Ambleside, England

Sunrise at the nature reserve in Ridgefield, Washington. Every trip here brings new photographic experiences!

Even free-styling in a garden you’ve never been to before can be rewarding.

Textures are everywhere in our world and noticing them can open a whole new level of observation for detail and beauty.

Autumnal color is beautiful wherever you are. This photo, taken in Vermont, is indicative of that beauty. Pacific Northwest, Europe and even Japan all have beautiful examples of Autumnal color. Get out and enjoy them!

If you want to get away for a day, maybe an overnight, attend a concert at the White River Amphitheater. Nestled about 20 minutes, or so, East of Tacoma, Washington. A beautiful outdoor theater! It’s well covered and the breeze becomes cool when the sun goes down.

Friend schoolhouse, in Friend, Oregon, was built in the early 1900s and shut down in the mid-1930s after the railroad stopped passing through.