I See Beauty All Around, by Rob Paine

Category: photo tips

  • Two Years Ago this Week : Framing Nature

    Today’s Wordless Wednesday photo was taken in downtown Asheville, N.C. When I was growing up my home away from home was Asheville, N.C. My mom’s family lived in Asheville so we would make at least one trip down to Western North Carolina every summer. Do flowers look better in color or black and white? Check…

  • Two Years Ago in ISBAA : Brightening Your Monday Morning

    Happy Monday! I shot these colorful flower photos a few years ago during a trip to a garden in Pennsylvania. For me, photographing flowers is akin to watching fireworks. The colors seem to jump out at your and radiate from the center of the plant. (please see below for two additional images)

  • Duck Tour in Suburbia

     These days it is not unusual in parts of the D.C. Area to see foxes, deer or hawks. Even coyotes appear from time to time. Over the weekend though we were treated to  a parade of sorts as a momma duck lead 7 ducklings throughout the neighborhood skillfully navigating busy streets and weaving through backyards and…

  • Walking Dogs Along Swallow Falls

    Earlier this month I took a hike along the river at Swallow Falls State Park in Western Maryland. (Please see more text and second photo below)

  • Looking for the Little Details Can Make a Big Difference

    I always challenge the photographers I coach to take a deep breath and step back and absorb the scene they are about to document before they fire off a single frame. Photographing architecture is a great case in point where taking this step can make a big difference. (Please see more text and photos below)

  • Winter Storm Pax Part II : Baby, Its Cold Out Here!

    Later in the day a flock of goldfinches visits the feeders. It was still snowing! (please see more text and second photo below)

  • Wordless Wednesday: Backyard Deer

  • Seattle Windows

    This photo was taken from a hotel window in Seattle of a building across the street from where  I was staying. 

  • Framing Nature

    Today’s Wordless Wednesday photo was taken in downtown Asheville, N.C. When I was growing up my home away from home was Asheville, N.C. My mom’s family lived in Asheville so we would make at least one trip down to Western North Carolina every summer. Do flowers look better in color or black and white? Check…

  • Black and White Sunrise Photos

    My favorite beginning is the start of a day, sunrise. It is the time of day where you are going to capture the best light. There is nothing like the solitude experienced when photographing a sunrise on a beach or atop a mountain where its just you and nature, (o.k. and sometimes if you are…