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Author Archives: Lorelle VanFossen

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.

Looking for Landscapes – Scenic and Landscape Photography

Of landscapes, as of people, one becomes more tolerant after one’s twentieth year…We learn to look at them, not in the flat but in depth, as things to be burrowed into. It is not merely a question of lines and colours but of smells, sounds and tastes as well…C.S. Lewis: Images of His World Landscapes […]

Horizontal vs Vertical

Just as there are two sides to every story, there are two ways to take a photograph: horizontal or vertical. The most popular cameras use a 35mm format which creates a rectangular image. You can hold the camera in the traditional manner for a horizontal image, or turn it on its side for a vertical. […]

People Add Pizazz

While most of our images are of nature, people can be an enhancement to nature photographs. They provide a sense of scale and perspective. They draw USA, the audience, into the photograph. We tend to see the image from their point of view and not necessarily from our perspective outside the photograph. Putting people in […]

Managing Your Photographic Images

Monday, Time Magazine calls you for a photograph of an American Alligator with his eyes poking out from the water. They have to have it by Wednesday. You hang up the phone and stand in your once-a-bedroom-now-an-office and think, “Now, where did I put that?” When a client calls, can you find what they need? […]

Networking – Casting Your Net-work

“How are you?” “Fine. You?” “Fine.” End of conversation. Oh, yeah, there’s the babble about the weather and the latest sports scores, but the conversation often dies right after the last “fine”. Networking is about talking. Talking about what you are doing. Without talking about what you’re doing, no one knows what you’re doing. How […]

Books on Selling and Marketing Nature Photography Images

There are a lot of books we recommend to help you “sell” your work. Some of these are related to photography, but a lot are not, as the technique of selling isn’t limited to any specific category, and the more you know, and the more diverse your selling techniques, the greater your sales. We have […]

Scrapbook of Our Life Living in Israel

We’ve collected up some of our pictures from our experiences and explorations of Israel to share with you here. We hope you enjoy these. If you are interested in our scrapbook from our life on the road and our family pictures, check out our general scrapbook page. Lorelle and fellow Uplan student, Doris, dressed up […]

PhotoQuilts by Lorelle and Brent VanFossen

After receiving my first sewing machine as a birthday present while Brent and I were on the road across North America, I started experimenting with what I could possibly make. Soon I learned about making quilts, which led to making “watercolor” quilts, a technique of using fabric to “paint” images together. I created some interesting […]

Newsletter: Digital Debate

Due to many recent changes in the Internet and our lives, we’ve discontinued our monthly newsletter. Thanks to everyone who subscribed to our monthly newsletter. With the advent of feeds and feed readers, emailed newsletters are slowly becoming obsolete and redundant. To help readers keep up with the information on our site, we have dozens […]

Quotes from Our Website

Quotes From Our Pages Nature and Photography Quotes Travel Quotes Being and Living Quotes Lorelle has been collecting quotes since she first began to read, and has quite a collection. We have incorporated the most appropriate quotes from her collection and research into our pages where appropriate and enjoyable. We’ve had a lot of requests […]

Quotes about Travel

Quotes From Our Pages Nature and Photography Quotes Travel Quotes Being and Living Quotes Lorelle has been collecting quotes since she first began to read, and has quite a collection. We have incorporated the most appropriate quotes from her collection and research into our pages where appropriate and enjoyable. We’ve had a lot of requests […]

Quotes About Life and Living in the Moment

Quotes From Our Pages Nature and Photography Quotes Travel Quotes Being and Living Quotes Lorelle has been collecting quotes since she first began to read, and has quite a collection. We have incorporated the most appropriate quotes from her collection and research into our pages where appropriate and enjoyable. We’ve had a lot of requests […]

Brent’s Computer Game – She’s Got a Thing for a Spring – Continues to Receive Acclaim

PRESS RELEASE DATE: September 2003 SUBJECT: She’s Got a Thing for a Spring”, Interactive Fiction Game, Continues to Receive Acclaim The Internet – “She’s Got a Thing for a Spring”, the award-winning computer software game designed and developed by Brent VanFossen, continues to receive high acclaim and notice around the world, especially on the Internet. […]

Website Taking Your Camera on the Road Widely Referenced on Internet

PRESS RELEASE DATE: September 2003 SUBJECT: VanFossen Productions web site Widely Linked as Reference on the Internet The Internet – The extensive web site, Taking Your Camera on the Road by Lorelle and Brent VanFossen, continues to recieve high praise across the Internet. Many educational organizations and sites are linked to the site as a […]

A Brief History of Israel

The “war” in the Middle East has been going on in different shapes and sizes for thousands of years, even before the history recorded in the Bible. Many consider the Middle East as the birthplace of man. It could also be considered the birthplace of war. They have been at it longer and more consistently […]