A Source of Photography Inspiration

Texas is too dry for flowers for most of the year, with the exception of spring. Starting early in the year, Texan fields are filled to the limit with flowers, especially the beloved state flower: the Texas Bluebonnet.

Realistic photos of hot air balloons are impressive and beautiful, but you can also use hot air balloons to create fantastic dream-like photos.

Stephanie Bracciano is a fine art photographer from Ann Arbor, Michigan. Her imaginative photos have a fanciful but slightly dark atmosphere, like Alice in Wonderland or fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm. Her sources of artistic inspiration are diverse but share a common mystique.

Tire swings are surprisingly versatile photography subjects. Their doughnut shape makes their silhouettes eye-catching, especially in black and white or sunset photos.

Paintbrushes and paint are used most often to create art. Here, through a camera lens, they become their own colorful works of art.

Michigan photographer Alison Uher of Alison Claire Photography has been obsessively shooting photos since she was seven, when she got her first camera. She’s detail-oriented and uses simple scenes with a few, specific elements to spark complicated emotions.

Katarina and Tomaž are two photography students from Slovenia who own a small shop together called Kitoki. Their combined work tends to focus on minimalism, landscapes, pastel colors, and horizontal lines.

Founded in 2009, Depositphotos has quickly become one of the leading microstock agencies online. They offer users the ability to buy and sell high-quality stock photos, vector images, and videos.

Brazilian photographer Juliana Coutinho has produced a lot of beautiful photos, but her series ‘Little Fingers‘ is especially clever. In it, she’s taken her interest in portrait photography to an unusual place: people’s hands.

Besides deciding which camera or lens to buy, the other most often question I get asked is how one can take the next step in their photography career.