Tag Archives: Outdoors

Golden Autumn Hues

Golden leaves in the fall in Midland, Michigan | Photographer in the tri-cities in MidMichigan

Autumn is my absolute favorite season of the year. It’s as though everything gets painted over with an enormous, golden brush. My husband claims that fall is more of a woman’s season. It probably is. 😉  Most women I know prefer the fall. Maybe it’s the sweaters and the cute boots. Perhaps it’s the pumpkin...

September Stroll

Four siblings playing in the fall leaves | Midland Photographer

September is a month where I start feeling like things are changing. Maybe it’e because my kids are starting school again. Or maybe it’s because it seems the weather gets its crispness in September. Perhaps it’s when I start noticing the sky becoming bluer or the shadows getting longer. But September is a month of...

Beauty in My Backyard

Freelensed leaves in beautiful backlight | Bay City, MI Photographer

We recently spent a whole lot of money on our backyard. The previous owners had a huge above-ground pool in the back, but I really didn’t feel comfortable with that since my kids are still so little. So they took it out just before leaving and left a big sand pit of death behind. My...

Rainy Day Macro

Water drop in the middle of a plant taken on a rainy day | Midland, MI photographer

Man, it’s been so rainy here lately! I haven’t checked, but I’d swear that we’ve had record-breaking amounts of rain these past two weeks. There have been so many days when our percentage for rain has been small, and then we’ll get a downpour for a solid half hour. It’s been crazy. And it’s been...

Freelensed Rose Garden

Moody pink roses outside on an overcast day

The rose garden at Dow Gardens is one of my favorite places to take pictures in the whole city of Midland. It’s therapeutic for me to do so. The light there is the best just as the sun is setting, and there is always such an array of roses just waiting for me to capture them....