Valley of Grace, by Laria Saunders - Landscape Photography, Award Winning Photography, Photo of the Day, Laria Saunders, Photography Education

The Weight of Silence

In the high mountains, the air is thin enough to make you reconsider the necessity of breath. There is a specific kind of silence that exists above the tree line, a silence so heavy it feels like a physical presence, pressing against the chest.…
Springtime Daisies in Paris, by Louise Fahy - Nature Photography, Spring Photography, Paris Photography, Photo of the Day, Photography Awards

The Hum of Waking Earth

The smell of damp soil always pulls me back to the first thaw of the year. It is a thick, heavy scent, like wet wool left out in the rain, mixed with the sharp, green promise of things pushing through the crust of the earth. I remember the…