On a warm, summer day, when this image was taken, the garden beside the old barn was abloom with tall, colorful groupings of flowers that seemed to encircle the building and everyone who walked along its gravel paths. This scene is one that artists seeking nature’s inspirations would have been drawn to, eager to linger …

November 7, 2020 — Today was the 2020 TOPS IN CONNECTICUT Photo Competition, an event happening only every two years sponsored by the Connecticut Association of Photographers (CAP). My image, Looking Back, was chosen as one of the three Judge’s Choice Awards. There were 392 entries by 84 Connecticut photographers.Judges were highly respected photographers from …

The Bronx Zoo is one of the largest zoos in the United States and the largest metropolitan zoo in the country. Open in 1899 with 843 animals in 22 exhibits, it is now home to 6,000 animals and over 700 different species. This is an ebony langur, or lutung, whose native lands are the islands …

This image was taken on a recent trip to Manchester, Vermont, a picturesque town nestled in the Green Mountains, a range that extends north to south approximately 250 miles from the border of Massachusetts to Quebec, Canada. It basks in the shadow of Mount Equinox, ranked the 13th highest state peak of 3,840 feet. As …

This is not a story about politics. It’s about being in an unexpected place where you are able to capture the independent spirit of Americans through photojournalism. Let me explain. My husband, who is also a photographer, and I went for a drive to Essex, a picturesque town along the Connecticut River, where we came …

My husband and I were at Lyman Orchards, a 1,500-acre farm with hills of orchards, a farm market and bake shop, 3 golf courses and restaurant. The prettiest spot is at the top of the hills where we were as you can look down on acres of colorful orchards or look up and view 360 …

I was on assignment to photograph a Sunday church service for a friend who was a reverend in Hartford, CT. The building had previously been a small pharmacy that was converted into a community church. It was summer, and the Sunday service lasted much of the day. The congregation was so welcoming and full of …

This image was taken last October in Lancaster, PA, home to thousands of Amish families. I was sitting on the fence about going as I was told that they did not like their photo taken, and the farm roads were narrow with no room to pull over to take photos. But I decided to go …

Last evening, we traveled about 30 miles to capture a glimpse of a rare, and transient, celestial neighbor, Comet NEOWISE, a mere 64 million miles away. For three hours, I stood on the side of the road in the Litchfield Hills next to a giant cornfield, accompanied by the pungent smells of healthy manure and …

I fell in love with the Southwest a few years ago. Living in the Northeast, all you see are trees. While, of course, they are beautiful, they block the skies which I adore. This image was taken in Monument Valley on the Navajo Nation Reservation in Utah/Arizona. It is the most amazing place to photograph …