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Lorelle VanFossen is one of the top bloggers in the world, and host of the Lorelle on WordPress, providing WordPress and blogging tips for bloggers of all levels. A popular keynote speaker and trainer, she is also editor, producer, contributor, and official disruptive thinker for Bitwire Media which includes WordCast, Making My Life Network, Stories of Our Journeys, Life on the Road, WordCast Conversations, and the very popular WordCast Podcast. She is also author of one of the first books on blogging, "Blogging Tips: What Bloggers Won't Tell You About Blogging" and the recently released ebook, Social Media for Crafters: Covering the Basics of the Social Web. Taking Your Camera on the Road, founded by Lorelle, is one of the oldest personal websites in continuous existence in the world.

Lorelle’s World as of August 25th, 2011

Lorelle VanFossen shared Managing Multiple Authors: Managing Writers in a Multiple Author Blog. Managing Multiple Authors: Managing Writers in a Multiple Author Blog Lorelle VanFossen published Lorelle’s World as of August 18th, 2011. Lorelle VanFossen shared WordPress Tips: Exploring the WordPress Text Widget. WordPress Tips: Exploring the WordPress Text Widget

Just Bugging You

I’m not a fan of funny email jokes (seen them 58 times before you did and emailed it to me), videos, and other virtual time wasters. But this one had me going for over an hour. I emailed the graphic to a bunch of my RVing and outdoorsy friends and they are now having too […]

Lorelle’s World as of August 18th, 2011

Lorelle VanFossen published Lorelle’s World as of August 11th, 2011. Lorelle VanFossen shared Testers Needed for the Plugin Beta Tester WordPress Plugin. Testers Needed for the Plugin Beta Tester WordPress Plugin

Lorelle’s World as of August 11th, 2011

Lorelle VanFossen published Lorelle’s World as of August 8th, 2011. Lorelle VanFossen shared The Most Powerful Life Changing Conference Event, SOBCon, Comes to the Pacific Northwest. The Most Powerful Life Changing Conference Event, SOBCon, Comes to the Pacific Northwest Lorelle VanFossen published The Beautification of a Danelion. Lorelle VanFossen shared How to use WordPress Bulk […]

The Beautification of a Danelion

In our series on Background Magic, we talk about how to do this, to blur the foreground of your subject by holding a leaf or flower petal in front of it, close to the camera lens. It becomes a blur, almost a transparent wash of color around the subject. Brent and I were photographing wild […]

Lorelle’s World as of August 8th, 2011

Lorelle VanFossen published Lorelle’s World as of August 1st, 2011. Lorelle VanFossen published Lavender Festival: Photographing People and Hats.

Lavender Festival: Photographing People and Hats

When I photograph people and I don’t have time for signing model releases, I take care to hide their faces. This beautiful woman, an artist selling her wares at the Lavender Festival, Washington County, Oregon, turned her head away to reveal the lovely hat she was wearing, which was what I really wanted to capture […]

Lorelle’s World as of August 1st, 2011

Lorelle VanFossen published Lorelle’s World as of July 25th, 2011. Lorelle VanFossen published A Reflection of Trees. Lorelle VanFossen shared Word11 AudioCast – UX: Developing Content to Enhance the User Experience. Word11 AudioCast – UX: Developing Content to Enhance the User Experience Lorelle VanFossen published Alligator Feeding Frenzy.

Alligator Feeding Frenzy

It was feeding time at the Alligator Farm in Saint Augustine, Florida, and we were there to capture the excitement. Brent slowed down the shutter speed a little and increased the depth of field by closing down the aperture to capture the blur of motion as the alligators spun and twisted over their meaty dinners […]

A Reflection of Trees

A select few artists and photographers specialized in working with reflections, images captured in lakes, rivers, ponds, and puddles, then turning them upside for display, making what would normally be seen upside down be right side up, a portrait of abstract Monet-style photography. This particular image I took in spring at the Bellingrath Plantation and […]

Lorelle’s World as of July 25th, 2011

Lorelle VanFossen published Lorelle’s World as of July 18th, 2011. Lorelle VanFossen published Tree House. Lorelle VanFossen published The Stack of Old Books.

The Stack of Old Books

Among the man-made patterns I love to photograph are books, specifically old books. I love the pattern of them stacked, their cover jackets of different colors, patterns, and textures, especially the older books with their leather and paper bindings. I think of the hard work that went into designing the colorful covers, the care taken […]

Tree House

Traveling around the Oregon countryside during the Lavender Festival, I found this amazing tree house soaring up into the forest ceiling. It was around the McMinnville area and also featured a whole survival boot camp layout with a rope and board tree-to-tree bridge, tires to climb through and over, and other obstacle courses. I’ve always […]

Lorelle’s World as of July 18th, 2011

Lorelle VanFossen published Lorelle’s World as of July 11th, 2011. Lorelle VanFossen shared Firefox 5 Crashes: What is Causing Them and How to Fix It. Firefox 5 Crashes: What is Causing Them and How to Fix It Lorelle VanFossen posted Genealogy is Serious Big Business for Ancestry.com and MyHeritage. Lorelle VanFossen published Sadness at the […]

Rows of Tulips – Skagit Valley Tulip Festival

Rows of tulips at the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. There were several intriguing things about this composition that compelled me to take it. First, the leading rows moving into the distance towards the cars. Then the cars at the end of the line. It’s like a strange parking lot in the flowers. Second, the building […]