A pink waterlily sits in a tiny pool bathed in a beam of sunlight. Image by Sally J Smith.

My promise to you: No AI-generated images

Dear Friends, There's a LOT of buzz in the online and digital art world right now.  Using AI (Artificial Intelligence) to make "art" is all…

A magical Fairy House with a white roof nestled in deep blue Hydrangea blossoms. Sculpture and photograph by Sally J Smith.

NEW video on Youtube!

Greetings Friends, While winter has quietly passed by and we are now ready to embrace spring (at least here on the northern side of the…

Anticipating Spring

In my garden, the first rush of color is blue. Scilla Siberica. Siberian Squill. April is a challenging month here in the north-country. We’ve just…

Out of the deep silence, one voice returning

Welcome back to the conversation. Yes, there has been a very... long... pause. Much of the world has changed since I last posted. As with…

Return to Spring

These past few weeks have been a mad scramble of photo-taking and editing as the final push to get my images ready for Amber Lotus…

Holocene Twilight

This post may be disturbing for some readers. I make no apologies. As an artist who creates visions of idyllic fantasies I often question my…

Sparkles

As I had hoped, shooting the same house in the same location in morning light yielded a better image. Sometimes all we have to do…

Too close for comfort

Sometimes when I'm shooting a faerie house image, lower light conditions can require a longer exposure and thus using a tripod is mandatory. But tripods…

Photo editing - A before and after example

I've rarely talked about what I do with my images after they are taken. I used to think that keeping quiet about that part of…

The Halcyon Hydrangea Days of Summer

    Does anything say "High Summer" better than Hydrangeas?  In this part of the world, they bloom and bloom and bloom and bloom!  They capture…