Author: Brenda

"We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey." -John Hope Franklin Kate Bragg | Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 24-70mm, 1/100,

"Cause a little bit of summer is what the whole year is all about." -John Mayer Wendy Atkinson of Let the Light in Photography | Canon EOS 3, Canon 35mm 1.4, Film: Fuji 400H, ISO 200, developed by The FIND Lab Hannah Terry

“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” ― Leo F. Buscaglia Christine

"Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine." —Lord Byron Rachel Ambroson | Canon 5D Mark IV, Sigma 20mm ART, 1/500, f2.8, ISO 640 Ann Mangum Photography | Nikon D750, 24-70mm, 1/500, f4.0, ISO 200 Evelyne Lourenco | Canon 5D Mark III,

The ache for home lives in all of us. -Maya Angelou​ Heather Eijzenga of Little Bird Photography | Canon 5D Mark III, Sigma 35mm 1.4, 1/3200, f2.0, ISO 200 Lexi Brenner | Nikon D700, Lensbaby Edge 80, 1/8000, f2.8, ISO 200 Johanna

The art of negative space. An attempt to tell a story through art and space. As an art form, this is mesmerizing and powerful. Hannah Terry of Hey Jewel Imaging | Canon 5D Mark III, 50mm L 1.2, 1/8000, f5.0,

"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love." -Marcus Aurelius Melinda Meredith | Nikon D810, Lensbaby Edge 80, 1/100, f5.6, ISO 5000 Kate Bragg |

"When you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in B&W, you photograph their souls." -Ted Grant Evelyne Lourenco | Canon 5D Mark III, Sigma 35mm 1.4, 1/1250, f1.4, ISO 250 Tiffani Danielle Photography | Canon

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." -Eleanor Roosevelt Evelyne Lourenco | Canon 5D Mark III, Sigma 35mm 1.4, 1/2500, f1.4, ISO 125 Kate Bragg | Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 24-70mm, 1/125, f4.5, ISO 400 Kristina Gorokhova

"Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been." -Alan Alda Wendy Bickis Photography | Nikon D750, 24mm, 1/640, f4.0 Kristina Gorokhova | Canon 6D, 24-70mm, 1/160, f3.2, ISO 2500 Ann Mangum Photography | Nikon D750,

"The sky takes on shades of orange during sunrise and sunset, the color that gives you hope that the sun will set only to rise again." -Ram Charan Tricia Bovey | Canon 5D Mark III, 24-70mm 2.8L, 1/30, f22, ISO 160 Ann Mangum

"The human soul is hungry for beauty; we seek it everywhere - in landscape, music, art, clothes, furniture, gardening, companionship, love, religion, and in ourselves. No one would desire not to be beautiful. When we experience the beautiful, there is

"The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun." -Christopher McCandless Heather Eijzenga of Little Bird

In this TBC round, we asked our members to emphasize their subject while de-emphasizing the foreground and background using a shallow DOF. As you can see with the submissions below, they came to impress! Brenda Acuncius Photography | Canon 5D

Red is such an interesting color to correlate with emotion, because it's on both ends of the spectrum. On one end you have happiness, falling in love, infatuation with someone, passion, all that. On the other end, you've got obsession,

“There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.” -Ansel Adams Kate Bragg | Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 24-70mm, 1/1000, f5.6, ISO 125 Kristina Gorokhova | Canon 6D, 24-70mm, 1/4000, f3.2, ISO 1250 Wendy Bickis Photography | Nikon D750, 24mm

"The best time for new beginnings is now." -Unknown Rachel Ambroson | Canon 5D Mark IV, Sigma 35mm ART, 1/100, f1.4, ISO 800 Sharlene Britton | Nikon D7200, Nikkor 35mm 1.8, 1/400, f4.0, ISO 100 Crystal Livesay | Canon 70D, 50mm 1.8, 1/1250, f1.8,

To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation. -Alexander Smith Stephanie Bryan Photography | Pentax 645N, Pentax 75mm FA, 1/60, f2.8, ISO 400 Sharlene Britton | Nikon D7200, Nikkor 35mm 1.8, 1/640, f2.5, ISO 100 Hannah Terry of Hey

"In art, as music, there are rhythms, movements, flow and ebb." -Betty Jean Billups Stephanie Bryan Photography | Canon EOS 1V, Canon EF 35mm 1.4L II, 1/125, f2.0, ISO 200 Sharlene Britton | Nikon D7200, Nikkor 35mm 1.8, 1/400, f2.2, ISO 100 Wendy Bickis

Every object that is visible in a photo carries visual weight. This includes hue, color, the brightness, the size and even the placement of objects. Those elements can affect the audience’s perception of the object’s symbolic weight.

"At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us." -Albert Schweitzer Stephanie Bryan Photography | Pentax

What is the meaning of the color orange? It is associated with joy, sunshine, and the tropics. Orange represents enthusiasm, fascination, happiness, creativity, determination, attraction, success, encouragement, and stimulation. It's one of the colors that symbolizes fall so with

The colors live a remarkable life of their own after they have been applied to the canvas. -Edvard Munch Crystal Livesay | Canon 70D, 50mm 1.8, 1/8000, f1.8, ISO 100 Kate Bragg | Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 24-70mm, 1/125, f4.0, ISO 1250 Kim

The windows of the houses even if the house is ramshackle are always beautiful because windows represent light! -Mehmet Murat ildan Stephanie Bryan | Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Helios 44-2, 1/100, ISO 1000 Crystal Livesay | Canon 70D, 50mm 1.8, 1/1600,

Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides. -Junichiro Tanizaki Stephanie Bryan | Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Canon 35mm II, 1/6400, f2.0, ISO 400 Crystal Livesay