"We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore

"Cause a little bit of summer is what the whole year is all about." -John Mayer Wendy Atkinson of Let the Light

“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment,

"Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine." —Lord Byron Rachel Ambroson | Canon 5D Mark IV, Sigma 20mm ART,

The ache for home lives in all of us. -Maya Angelou​ Heather Eijzenga of Little Bird Photography | Canon 5D

The art of negative space. An attempt to tell a story through art and space. As an art form, this

"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe,

"When you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in B&W, you photograph

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." -Eleanor Roosevelt Evelyne Lourenco | Canon 5D Mark III,

"Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been." -Alan Alda Wendy Bickis Photography

"The sky takes on shades of orange during sunrise and sunset, the color that gives you hope that the sun

"The human soul is hungry for beauty; we seek it everywhere - in landscape, music, art, clothes, furniture, gardening, companionship,

"The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to

In this TBC round, we asked our members to emphasize their subject while de-emphasizing the foreground and background using a

Red is such an interesting color to correlate with emotion, because it's on both ends of the spectrum. On one

“There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.” -Ansel Adams Kate Bragg | Canon 5D Mark III, Canon

"The best time for new beginnings is now." -Unknown Rachel Ambroson | Canon 5D Mark IV, Sigma 35mm ART, 1/100, f1.4, ISO

To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation. -Alexander Smith Stephanie Bryan Photography | Pentax 645N, Pentax

"In art, as music, there are rhythms, movements, flow and ebb." -Betty Jean Billups Stephanie Bryan Photography | Canon EOS 1V, Canon

Every object that is visible in a photo carries visual weight. This includes hue, color, the brightness, the size

"At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has

What is the meaning of the color orange? It is associated with joy, sunshine, and the tropics. Orange represents

The colors live a remarkable life of their own after they have been applied to the canvas. -Edvard Munch Crystal Livesay |

The windows of the houses even if the house is ramshackle are always beautiful because windows represent light! -Mehmet Murat

Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which