​JMS Nature Photography

The past few months have been exceptionally busy for me - with wonderful opportunities for displaying and selling my work! And this next week is our art guild's annual Fall Art Festival - which I am chairing for the first time. I chose the theme "Color Explosion" because we have so many different artists - and mediums - and attending the show is a bit like being in the middle of a color explosion. The atmosphere every year is simply wonderful to be in - and the artists usu

Silver Dollar City is a theme park here in Branson - similar in many ways to Knott's Berry Farm in Southern California. Each year at this time, SDC has a "Cowboy Festival" and craftsman from all over Missouri - and even other states - are invited to exhibit their work. The time available to each crafts person will vary but it's a wonderful experience for all. Members of our Art Guild exhibited for the first time last year and were invited back again this year. One thing I

This past week, several members of our camera club (Southwest Missouri Camera Club) met at a beautiful park up in Springfield for a challenge. Various photography subjects in the park had been written on small slips of paper and put into a "hat"; each of us then drew a subject. The subject drawn was then to be photographed a minimum of 25 times - from different perspectives. To make the challenge even more interesting, the focal depth was to remain constant on all 25 image

Like most people nowadays, I am on Facebook. In fact, I manage four different Facebook pages - two for myself and two for others. One concern I have with Facebook - specifically with my own pages - is that while I enjoy posting my images - especially after a special event or one of our day trips - those images go out to everyone on my friend's list - whether they want to see them or not. So, I thought a Blog might be better because people can choose to see my new posts - o