It’s been super hot since mid-June, which is basically what summer is here. I find the heat very demotivating when it comes to getting out hiking and shooting photos, but I had had enough demotivation and late Monday afternoon I went for a hike at the wildlife refuge. And as usual, I found that the… Read More 35mm and Hot
Stormy skies can be fun for landscape photography, but we don’t seem to get a lot of stormy skies here. On Saturday afternoon a line of dark clouds moved in to interrupt the clear blue skies, so I decided to head out to the wildlife refuge to see what I could do with the gloomy… Read More Stormy Skies at the Wildlife Refuge
If you want to hide and secretly watch the daily life of birds, you probably need a bird blind or a bird costume. If you aren’t up for looking like a Sesame Street character, Inks Lake State Park has a bird blind that you can easily get access to that will enable you to spy… Read More The Shooting Gallery
A couple of weeks ago I spent an afternoon hiking around Colorado Bend State Park and am just getting to my photos. It had been raining quite a bit and I was hoping that Gorman Falls would really be flowing. So, my first hike was down to the falls. The hike from the parking area… Read More Afternoon at Colorado Bend State Park
In the spring, we get a lot of wildflowers and they are very pretty, but I have found it difficult to get compelling photos of them. I think what makes them so difficult to photograph well is that there can be so many of them that the photo can lack a focus point for the… Read More How to Shoot Wildflowers
Enchanted Rock is a good place for a hike if you are in central Texas. It is a state park built around a massive granite dome that people seem to enjoy climbing. Most weekend days, the park is at capacity and you can’t get in without a reservation. The park is kind of remote and… Read More Bluebonnets at Enchanted Rock
I watch a lot of photographers on YouTube, because that’s the kind of exciting fast-paced life I have. Anyway, in one of the videos the landscape photographer was advising about how to spur creativity while you’re out shooting by taking some long focal-length photos, some normal focal-length, and some wide shots in the same scene.… Read More Telephoto and Wide Angle Landscape Image
The Chimneys in Big Bend National Park are an erosion carved outcropping of rocks in the middle of desert flatlands. There is a hiking trail that leads to the Chimneys from two different trailheads. The most popular trailhead is on the paved scenic drive in the park and the hike to the Chimneys is a… Read More The Chimneys
The problem with sunrises at Big Bend is that there are rarely clouds in the sky so all of my sunrise photos have been clear sky with hopes of some color on the horizon provided by the constant dust layer in the atmosphere. And even with the lack of clouds, I thought that I could… Read More Mules Ears
One of the more popular trails at Big Bend National Park is the Lost Mine Trail. This is because of the many beautiful overlooks along the trail and it’s proximity to the Chisos Basin camping and lodge area. In fact, one of the most challenging aspects of hiking this trail is finding a space in… Read More The Lost Mine Trail
Jason Frels 