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Sea lions squabble over prime dock real estate in the autumn sunshine in Newport, Oregon | LotsaSmiles Photography

Wordless Wednesday: Turf Wars

November 7, 2018November 12, 2018 by Brianna Shade
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TWO5: 9/10/18

September 10, 2018September 13, 2018 by Brianna Shade
Brianna Shade
Another week has inexorably slipped by.. how did that happen??  My summer has been so ridiculously busy.  I really hope it starts to slow down a bit soon.  Incidentally, I only got two photos up this week: one on Instagram and one on 500px.  I promise more this next week. (more…)
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Photostory: Seagull Attack at Kyrping

August 2, 2018August 2, 2018 by Brianna Shade
Brianna Shade
We saw plenty of fauna in Norway (though certainly not as much as in Costa Rica).  And while the species didn't really surprise us, their behaviors did.  We passed lounging yaks, curious goats, and baying sheep (were we in Norway or Scotland?).  And I was attacked by a seagull. (more…)
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WC: Photographing Frosty Elk

January 21, 2018January 18, 2018 by Brianna Shade
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While autumn will always be my favorite, I also love winter.  I don't like being cold - or, in the Northwest, wet - but I love the magic of snow.  Ice is mysterious.  Frost is magical. And they're all wonderful to photograph. (more…)
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Backpacking Alaska – Returning Home

January 10, 2018January 9, 2018 by Brianna Shade
Brianna Shade
As we were turning around at the Johnson River to head back to the lodge and our pick-up spot, our early pilot spotted us and touched down in the soft sand. Good news: we didn't have to hike anymore.  Bad news: that sand was really soft.  So much so that the…
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Backpacking Alaska – Day 5: Bears

January 3, 2018January 2, 2018 by Brianna Shade
Brianna Shade
Ordinarily, this post would be for my monthly photo challenge, but that didn't seem too popular, so I'm tabling that for now.  Perhaps I'll revive that sometime later.  In the meantime, you get more bears! In fact, this is the last daily installment of my grand backpacking adventure through the…
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Phono Photos: December Challenge

December 20, 2017December 19, 2017 by Brianna Shade
Brianna Shade
Welcome to the third month of musical photo challenges!  I hope your holidays are shaping up well and you're a little less busy than I am! You can see last month's submissions here.  You'll have until the end of the month to submit your responses for December's challenge. This Month's…
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TWOI: 12/1/17

December 1, 2017December 1, 2017 by Brianna Shade
Brianna Shade
Another week has flown by!  This one was really crazy, following Thanksgiving last week.  On top of wrapping up Kumoricon pictures, there's no time to slow down! I did a few more grid photos this week on Instagram.  How do you like them? This first one was from the train…
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Backpacking Alaska – Day 3: Wind

November 29, 2017November 27, 2017 by Brianna Shade
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The second night came and went in a blink of exhaustion.  Crawling out of my tent, I found some of our crew were already down on the beach.  They'd spotted a bear out clamming in the receding morning tide. This was my first real opportunity for shooting the bears we…
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WC: Shrinking Your World

October 15, 2017November 3, 2017 by Brianna Shade
Brianna Shade
We're all quite small in this vast world.  We fill our lives up with work and projects and social lives and activities.  With everything we add, we discover how much the earth has to offer, and we realize we could never experience it all, given a hundred lifetimes.  The world…
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