Travel & Photo Goddess: Tuesday Blog

Another beautiful day here in Minnesota. I love, love this weather! Please Mother Nature keep it coming!
One of my Guilty Pleasues is watching Dancing With The Stars. Last night's show was awesome. Tonight they get one more dance before the eliminations. I hope Catherine wins it.
My other Guilty Pleasure is American Idol which also wraps up this week. I would like to see Jessica win even though she is only 16 years old. Her voice is amazing.
One of my very talented Photo Buddies just started a new business doing Portrait Photography. I have taken some of his classes and he is very talented and a great guy to boot. Here is a link to his website:
http://www.zuralesphoto.com/
Here is an article that gives you tips for Landscape Photography. He has compiled a list for Beginners and for Advanced shooters. One tip I learned from reading an article about the famous Landscape Photographer, Ansel Adams, is to get down low when you are shooting. I think having something in the forground makes the photo more interesting as well.
http://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/10-landscape-photography-tips-beginner-and-advanced/
Here is a slide show that I saw on UTube of 700 pictures of the Solar Eclipse the other night. It is very cool to watch. I hope you enjoy it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DtkoAlwIpWY

I often get asked what settings my camera was on when I shot an image so I thought I would add an image and tell you how I shot it. It will be called How I Shot It. I know when I started shooting in Manual Mode, I had a hard time figuring out what F Stop to start with so this might inspire you to try shooting in Manual Mode. This shot from the Raptor Release was taken with my Olympus E510 SLR at F8 and at 1/250th of second.