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Austin, Upsidedown by Jann Alexander ©2014 “Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.” —Jean Cocteau Cocteau was...

Summer’s gone wild in coastal Maine. It’s a short season for anything that blooms there, so the wildflowers make the most of it.  ♣ See...

Surprise Inside by Jann Alexander ©2014 Looking closely through the camera lens, I discovered a surprise inside. The shiny red bromeliad...

Orange on Milkweed by Jann Alexander © 2014 It never fails to happen. Like white on rice, you fail to see, and then you do. You move in...

Unfolding by Jann Alexander ©2013 Just like a plant that’s spreading  its fan of color, my  Naturescapes Shop is unfolding today—making...

Patience on the Pier by Jann Alexander © 2014.jpg “The greatest art is to sit, and wait, and let it come.” —Yogi Bhajan She was still,...

Water Under the Bridge by Jann Alexander © 2014 In photography, as in life, timing is everything. Shooting boaters from an Austin bridge...

In Panama City Beach, Florida, clouds find harmony with the setting sun’s palette in a daily dance that twists from sea to sky.  ♣ A few...

A Twist on Fall Color by Jann Alexander © 2014 “The gift of an image is that it provides a place to watch your soul.” —JAMES HILLMAN...

Twisted by Jann Alexander © 2014 I don’t really believe in ‘directions’ in art; the rope twists as you follow it, that’s all. —GRAHAM...

Pampas Waves by Jann Alexander © 2014 Nature is rarely still. Witness the waves of pampas grass, always  on the move  thanks to a...

You’re in a car and on the move,  itching to shoot what’s flashing by, but there’s a window and 75 mph between you and your...

Not So Coy by Jann Alexander © 2014 There’s nothing too coy about koi. Perhaps because they’re not much more than common...

Austin in Lights by Jann Alexander © 2014 Blue. Austin, Texas is so damn blue in spring. It’s Austin’s most consistent feature most of...

Pretty in Pink by Jann Alexander ©2014 Ahhhh spring blooms.  So lovely, so many masquerading as weeds. If the tenacious, thorny Texas...

Verse used by permission of K. Brobeck . iPhoneography by Jann Alexander © 2014 Practice patience, listen to the birds, contemplate the...

Lotsa Hats by Jann Alexander © 2014 Every spring the Texas Hill Country wildflowers I await most fervently are the vivid, colorful,...

When it’s ready to throw up its March bloom, the Spanish Dagger’s magnificent flower always comes out on top. The thick-leaf yucca...

Learn to handle your ideas “Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple, learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.” —JOHN...

A Pot of Gold in the Badlands by Jann Alexander © 2012 As if the Badlands in South Dakota aren’t breathtaking enough, a rainbow...