Do Rainy Days Get You Down?
Do rainy days always get you down, or are they the best days for creativity?
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Jann Alexander
Dec 4, 20152 min read
15 Things Learned From 1440 Miles of Texas In Six Days
There are miles and miles of Texas , as Bob Wills famously sang long before Asleep at the Wheel recorded their live video , and I saw...
Jann Alexander
Nov 29, 20151 min read
Making The Transition
The daily transition by Jann Alexander ©2015 “Bursts of gold on lavender melting into saffron. It’s the time of day when the sky looks...
Jann Alexander
Oct 26, 20152 min read
How To Handle Flowers With Care
Handled With Care: An Edited Bouquet iPhoneography by Jann Alexander © 2015 Follow these steps to edit your photos like a pro. Whether...
Jann Alexander
Sep 25, 20153 min read
Where You Focus Is Where You’ll Go
Where you focus, in photography as in life , can make your vision clear to others. As the unfurling sago palm leaves, above, show,...
Jann Alexander
Sep 11, 20151 min read
Where Inspiration Lies, Motivation Lurks
Left Behind, Wiscasett © 2015 by Jann Alexander Mono Moment in Maine by Jann Alexander ©2015 Inspiration shows up anywhere and...
Jann Alexander
Jul 25, 20152 min read
How to Handle the Competition
Competing for Attention by Jann Alexander © 2015 When your photo subjects clamor for attention, you’ll have to make a choice: only one...
Jann Alexander
May 19, 20152 min read
Twelve Ways to Get Enveloped in Big Bend
This is what it is to be enveloped by Big Bend National Park in springtime: Big Bend Sky by Jann Alexander ©2015 Start with the sky at...
Jann Alexander
May 8, 20151 min read
Life and Death in The Bend
Alive in The Bend by Jann Alexander ©2015 Dying in The Bend by Jann Alexander ©2015 Dead in The Bend by Jann Alexander ©2015 What...
Jann Alexander
May 2, 20151 min read
The Intricacies of Entanglement
Tangled Web by Jann Alexander ©2015 “Oh, what a tangled web we weave / When first we practise to deceive!” — Sir Walter Scott, Marmion...
Jann Alexander
Apr 30, 20151 min read
Capturing a Fish Frenzy
Koi in Motion iPhoneography © 2103 by Jann Alexander “Life is in infinite motion; at the same time it is motionless.” ―Debasish Mridha...
Jann Alexander
Apr 27, 20151 min read
Shameless Photos of Dog in Motion (Mine)
Bird Stalking by Jann Alexander ©2014 Last-Ditch Attempt by Jann Alexander ©2014 Is there ever any better dog than your own? Is there...
Jann Alexander
Apr 26, 20151 min read
Pampas Grass in Motion
Pampas Grass in Motion by Jann Alexander ©2014 It sways, it shimmers, it makes a magnetic shape-shifting tableau against a darkening...
Jann Alexander
Apr 12, 20151 min read
Lily Pads Afloat
Lily Pads Afloat by Jann Alexander ©2015 Lily pads mysteriously afloat Their long tendrils an unseen connection to Nutrients and life...
Jann Alexander
Apr 8, 20151 min read
What I Like About Photography
Photography Quote by Jann Alexander © 2015 “There’s a lot to like about photography. But the thing I like best about photography is that...
Jann Alexander
Apr 7, 20151 min read
Marking the Memory
Supermoon by Jann Alexander ©2014 Not every photograph can be a masterpiece. Sometimes marking the memory is enough. When the supermoon...
Jann Alexander
Apr 4, 20152 min read
Summon the Power of the Blur
iCactus, Background Blur | iPhoneography by Jann Alexander © 2015 iCactus, Foreground Blur | iPhoneography by Jann Alexander ©...
Jann Alexander
Mar 31, 20151 min read
Perfect for Fleeting Moments
Ephemeral iFish | iPhoneography by Jann Alexander © 2015 “What you see with your eyes is transient and ephemeral, what you see through...
Jann Alexander
Mar 20, 20151 min read
A Fresh Sign of Spring
Fresh Dagger iPhoneography by Jann Alexander © 2015 Fresh? These photo challenges are becoming easier than taking candy from a baby,...
Jann Alexander
Feb 12, 20151 min read
Living Life in the Details
Green in Maine by Jann Alexander © 2014 Happy Flowers by Jann Alexander ©2014 Done In Maine by Jann Alexander ©2013 “A life is lived,...
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