Backyard Photography

Over the past few months I have been busy taking the time to try to bring nature closer to me. This has meant growing a new wildflower garden, hanging up some bird feeders, and my husband has built a beautiful little nature observatory or bird blind for me in the back corner of the yard. This deck overlooks a canal that I have been taking walks on to get many of my bird photos. Now I can  just sit under my umbrella and wait to see what will come my way...:)

One of my new bird houses. Hope it will make some little birdie very happy..:) 

Of course it helps to have a good camera and a long lens to get most of these shots. I am currently using a Nikon D7000 and a 100-400mm lens.  This is a great lens to use for the type of photography I do and with a little luck I just might be fortunate enough to get the new 150-600mm lens!  That would be a dream!

Observatory Deck in my backyard.

Canal behind my house. A Roseate Spoonbill coming my way!

Male Cardinal on top of Fence.

Ibis.

Blue Dragonfly in backyard

So far its been really good and I hope to continue being able to capture so much more of the wildlife that I know is around me.  Patience is what most of these shots are about and taking a lot of time to study nature and also let them get used to seeing me. Once they know that the big black thing around my neck is not going to harm them, nor am I... they get more relaxed with my presence. 

Being able to photograph so much nature from my backyard is a wonderful privilege and having a spouse who is also a photographer and great builder is also a plus, lol.  Thank you Bob for all your support and hard work..:)

Thanks for reading my post and for all the favorites and likes on my photos over on Flickr. I am now over 750,000 views!!!  If you would like to check out a few photos from today feel free to do so here.

Have a great day and keep those cameras clicking!!!

Julie

Fun With Bubbles!

Looking for some fun photography? Try bubbles! I purchased a bubble wand on eBay for about $9.00 and it came with instructions for making the bubble solution and I let it sit overnight as the instructions said to do and below are a few of my results.  Now, keep in mind, I am the bubble maker and the photographer at the same time. Not an easy thing to do but well worth the results.

Now THAT's a BUBBLE by Julie Everhart

The Art of Making Bubbles by Julie Everhart

Bubble Spectrum by Julie Everhart

Bubble Glow by Julie Everhart

Hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend and maybe given you an idea for some fun photography. You are never too old to play with bubbles...:)

Keep those cameras clicking!

Julie

325,000 Views To My Photos In ONE Month!

February was a very good month for my photos. I doubled the views I had to my photos in  my Flickr profile! Having 3 photos make it to Explore last month was certainly a great boost.  That alone was almost 100,000 views on just 3 photos.

The rest of the month I had some really good days with 25,000+ views and a few low days of around 2,200+ views. I am just thrilled that I have made many new followers and lots of new fans ( over 950 new followers) this past month. I am now over 650,000 views.

Hopefully I can continue to create and inspire photos that will enchant and delight you to keep you wanting more. Feel free to have a look at today's newest upload below:

A Walk In The Park by Julie Everhart

Keep those cameras clicking and and have a great day!

Julie

P.S. The sun is shining and I am heading out with my cameras to see what the day will bring.  Wish me luck!

Thank You for 5,000 views ( My First Month)

I just wanted to say a BIG Thank You to everyone for visiting my blog. I hope to continue to bring you valuable tidbits of information regarding photography. Your support is greatly appreciated!

Thank You for 5000 Views by Julie Everhart.

Inspirational Quotes-Great Way to Showcase Your Photos!

Good Morning Friends by Julie Everhart.

Being a photographer means that you have hundreds if not thousands of images stored on your computer. After a day of shooting photos you come home and upload all the images to your computer and start searching for the best shots to edit and upload to your photo profiles or website.  But what about the images that are maybe not so good or ones you would like to get a little more exposure?

Ever considered adding words to the image using inspirational quotes or maybe your own thoughts?  I started doing this about 2 years ago sharing my photos with my friends and fans on Facebook and had great success. People were very much waiting daily in anticipation of what I was going to upload so they could share it with their friends.

I found it to be allot of fun and was very shocked at the responses I was receiving, all good mind you. Seeing this images being shared on others walls was a really good feeling and knowing that these images were otherwise just hiding in my computer and not being used for anything it was nice that they finally had a purpose and a very good one.

Below are a few more samples of the images with quotes I put out on Facebook. When using inspirational quotes I like to use quotes by anonymous authors. If you use a saying by a famous poet or author, be sure to give credit to them by adding their name below the quote. Not all of my images were put out with actual quotes, some  just said a simple "Good Morning Friends" or " Have a nice weekend". Always be sure to sign your name on the image.

Change Your World by Julie Everhart.

Achievable by Julie Everhart

Since I already made all of these images available on Facebook feel free to use them on your blogs or Facebook if you so desire.

I hope you have enjoyed today's post and maybe given you an idea what to do with some of your images.Have fun and keep on clicking!

Julie