Photo-Swap-Thursday - #3

Hoodoo Heaven” at Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah (USA)

Heather:   A couple of years ago, I took my three kids to southern Utah for a week of hiking and adventure.  Our biggest luxuries lay in the challenges, the stunning views and the freshwater we carried on our backs.  Below, I’ve posted a photo from Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah where a sudden hail storm turned a simple hike amongst the hoodoos into quite an adventure!  To read more about our experience, click the link below.

…One’s imagination can run a little wild amongst hoodoos, and each visitor’s unique vision seems to personalize the Bryce experience. My vivid childhood memories of spired castles rising above pink, red and orange people brought me back -with my own children this time. Intermittent rumbling soon lent a deeper hue to the sky as we hiked the Queen’s Garden and Navajo Trails. Eventually, I shoved the camera into our dry bag, and we raced for cover from a pelting storm!  

(click for MORE on “Hoodoo Heaven”)


Heather Dugan is a writer/photographer and voice-over/on-camera talent based in Central Ohio with clients worldwide.  A frequent traveler and lover of the outdoors, she is never without her camera and running shoes.
Her travel adventures are chronicled on "Footsteps"   www.heatherdugan.com/blogNEW 
Writing samples/article links and recording demos can be found at www.heatherdugan.com. "
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MY post you can see at HER blog: www.heatherdugan.com/blogNEW

Photo-Swap-Thursday #2

Edge View From Horseshoe Bend

Heather: Sometimes, the view itself is the adventure… Last spring I spent a week hiking around Arizona with my oldest son. I shot this photo from my own breath-taking cliff’s edge position at Horse Shoe Bend in Page, Arizona where there are no barriers except your own common sense.

“Sunset photos of Horseshoe Bend near Page, Arizona take a bit of planning.  Bursting, changing light and a cliff side tripod perch are just a couple of the challenges.  Wind and blowing sand can make the experience even more interesting…”

More photos, audio and the full story can be found here: Photo’s Edge

Heather Dugan is a writer/photographer and voice-over/on-camera talent based in Central Ohio with clients worldwide. A frequent traveler and lover of the outdoors, she is never without her camera and running shoes.

Her travel adventures are chronicled on "Footsteps" www.heatherdugan.com/blogNEW

Writing samples/article links and recording demos can be found at www.heatherdugan.com. "

Find her on Facebook here!

Photo - Swap - Thursday # 1

Hi Everyone,

Like all of you, I’m a big fan of Susanne’s work. I hope you will enjoy our Photo Swap Thursdays as much as I know Susanne and I will! This first photo was taken at sunset in Bodega Bay, California. The story behind it is below:

It was an ordinary sea gull doing nothing more than what sea birds ordinarily do. But the sun was dragging the light of coastal California back into the sea and launching its final spears of light at a craggy shoreline… It was too cold for crowds on the bluff, and soon it was only the bird and me. A fierce and chilling wind whipped my hair, blinding me until I turned to face its force directly. The bird soared effortlessly on its current, floating up again and again without twitching a muscle, merely tipping from side to side to catch the wind’s lift and riding the gusting draft as the sinking sun ignited sand and surf below…

A warm car awaited me. And dinner. A long drive too, during which I would be able to sink into my seat and watch the creeping night absorb the silhouettes along the road. The intensity of the chilling wind would fade instantly to a faint whistle when I leapt into the heated car. And so I could linger for a moment.

It was one of those perfect moments where the intensities of the external and the internal blend into a lasting sensory picture to file under “memories” in your inner library.

The wonder of this one was that I also got the photograph…

"Heather Dugan is a writer/photographer and voice-over/on-camera talent based in Central Ohio with clients worldwide. A frequent traveler and lover of the outdoors, she is never without her camera or running shoes.

Her travel adventures are chronicled on "Footsteps" www.heatherdugan.com/blogNEW

Writing samples/article links and recording demos can be found at www.heatherdugan.com. "

Florida Moon... and some exciting news!

Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.
John Lennon

Hi my friends,

Tomorrow is the start to a new era on my blog: It's "Photo Swap Thursday" 

with a wonderful blog friend of mine: 

Heather Dugan. 

She is a writer/photographer and voice talent based in Central Ohio with clients worldwide.

She will be my GUEST BLOGGER every Thursday from now on. 

Please come by tomorrow, give her a warm WELCOME with a lot of great comments!

I'm excited with this new project - and in reverse, you'll see me blogging on Thursday's on her blog: "Footsteps". Come over there tomorrow to read MY post too :))

See you tomorrow - "Happy Photo Swap"!! :))

~Susanne

In the meantime: my new CALENDARS 2011 are still available to buy!

No one is free...

No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky.
Bob Dylan

 

 

 

Hi my friends,

I was watching the loud screaming seagulls as they were flying around the fisher men who were casting the lines. A great moment to grab some pictures. :))

Thursday is the day for my first guest blogger - come over on Thursday and welcome her with a lot of comments!

I want thank you all who stopped by my blog yesterday and left a wonderful comment for me. 

I do appreciate every single one!

Have a nice day :)

~Susanne

CALENDARS 2011 are available to buy here:

http://tinyurl.com/25dc6gv

 

Are you talking to me....???

 

Are you talking to me.......??????

Hi my friends,

thanks for all the nice and wonderful comments yesterday!

I promised you a little surprise some days ago, do you remember? 

I will have from now on every Thursday a GUEST BLOGGER. 

She's a wonderful blog friend of mine and we've decided to do this guest blogging together
and give it a try the first time on coming Thursday. 

So, then: DON'T miss out coming next Thursday!!!! 

She will write something and show you pictures about her adventurous outdoor activities and her travels allover in the U.S. and so much more. I'm sure, it will be interesting and big fun to read her posts!
And in reverse, I'll be a guest blogger on her site with my photography. 

Keep this in mind and come back every Thursday, and to visit BOTH blogs, o.k.? 

If anyone of you is interested to do the same with me, I have one "seat" left for the right candidate. 

Just let me know, o.k.! :))

Have a wonderful week.

~Susanne

CALENDAR 2011 are available to buy here - they make a nice gift for Christmas gift.