by Bonnie Caton | Apr 20, 2014
My best-selling stock photo is the result of a playful accident. You may have seen it before. It’s one I took a few years back in a tulip field near Portland. Here it is: It was overcast that day. And white or gray skies in photos tend to be boring and make your... by Lori Allen | Apr 9, 2014
“There’s turquoise in those hills,” our driver told us as he pointed to the right. Tiffany & Co., the jewelry company, used to have a mine here in New Mexico. The stones they found inspired the color on their jewelry boxes. Today is our second day here in Santa... by Lori Allen | Mar 23, 2014
Photo-editing is taking the world by storm… In fact, Facebook just recently bought Instagram, a booming photo-editing social media outlet, for $1 billion. If you’re not familiar with Instagram, it’s a program for smart phones that allows you to take a picture, slap a... by Bonnie Caton | Mar 22, 2014
Sometimes you have a great idea for a photo. You point your camera, line everything up just right, click the shutter, and smile all the way home, knowing you got something great. But when you view the photo in your computer, something isn’t right. It’s just not the... by Bonnie Caton | Nov 30, 2013
Every year on Christmas Eve, my family slides lottery “scratch-off” tickets into each other’s stockings. After we’ve emptied the chocolates, toys and other surprises, we all sit around in a circle, madly scraping pennies across our tickets to reveal a prize. No one... by Lori Allen | Nov 23, 2013
In Chiang Mai, there’s a reason why many of the apartments don’t have a kitchen. Thai food is delicious, very affordable, and can be found at every corner of the city. It’s actually cheaper to eat out every day than to buy ingredients and cook meals at home. Food...