Merry Christmas! : Michael Frye Photography

Claudia and I really feel fortunate to have skilled many particular moments this previous 12 months, together with two mornings within the Sacramento Valley final month photographing tundra swans within the fog. I posted one of many swan pictures yesterday with my best-of-year nominees, however listed here are just a few extra. I had lengthy needed to {photograph} swans in fog – white on white, with elegant white birds towards a white backdrop. It was fantastic to lastly get that chance.

I hope these pictures really feel peaceable. In actuality, swans are sometimes squabbling with one another. After each altercation, nonetheless, they flap their wings, shrug it off, and swim away, wrapped in serenity as soon as once more. They’re centered on the current, not the previous, and the squabble is forgotten. That looks as if an excellent lesson for us.

Claudia and I hope your vacation season is serene and delightful. To those that have fun the day, we want you a really Merry Christmas, filled with peace, pleasure, the love of household and associates, and particular moments to recollect.

— Michael Frye

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Michael Frye is an expert photographer specializing in landscapes and nature. He lives close to Yosemite National Park in California, however travels extensively to {photograph} pure landscapes within the American West and all through the world.

Michael makes use of gentle, climate, and design to make pictures that seize the temper of the panorama, and convey the sweetness, energy, and thriller of nature. His work has acquired quite a few awards, together with the North American Nature Photography Association’s 2023 award for Fine Art in Nature Photography. Michael’s pictures have appeared in publications all over the world, and he’s the creator and/or principal photographer of a number of books, together with Digital Landscape Photography: In the Footsteps of Ansel Adams and the Great Masters, and The Photographer’s Guide to Yosemite.

Michael likes to share his information of images via articles, books, workshops, on-line programs, and his weblog. He’s taught over 200 workshops centered on panorama images, evening images, digital picture processing, and printing.