Sharpen Your Photography When the Desert Blooms in Arizona

By Jess R Lee~ Most people think of the Arizona Sonoran desert as a hot dry place, full of sand dunes, tumbleweeds and dry washes. Desert terrain can be dry and sparse. Although the look is different, the springtime does bring vegetation to the desert. When the winter rains are done, the desert comes alive with its own stark beauty. And wildflowers. Yes, there are... Read More

Artic Sancturay: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

“The refuge reaches whole and unbroken from the Arctic Ocean’s wash of blue, silver, and gray in the north to the greens and browns of the boreal forest in the south. Climbing as tundra up the North Slope to the foothills of the Brooks Range, it crests in glacier-clad peaks of the Continental Divide that settle southward into sparsely treed taiga. The refuge’s... Read More

Elpis’ Double Takes Photo Contest Winners: World’s Most Unusual Recycling Schemes

Double Takes  is a photography competition run by www.elpis.com, the social networking and collaboration platform, to find the most original, innovative and fun ways of recycling or re-using things.  Images can be of anything, in any style, that show how things can be re-used or recycled. They are unusual and fun everyday objects like light bulbs or shoes, or something... Read More