Photos Tagged: trees

Interlaken © 2011 Adrien Meredith Hefta. All rights reserved.

A foggy morning in Interlaken Park makes me happy…took a bunch of shots, with various settings in Hipstamatic, trying to capture the mystery and majesty of the mood. This was my favorite, and judging by the comments I got on … Continue reading

Puget Sound © 2011 Adrien Meredith Hefta. All rights reserved.

Taken on Samish Island, looking out to Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands. Samish “Island” is actually a peninsula, but it used to be separate from the mainland, before they filled in some low lying areas around it. It’s quite remote, quiet … Continue reading

Leaves © 2011 Adrien Meredith Hefta. All rights reserved.

Sometimes, as I’m driving in my car, I’ll see a sight so fantastically beautiful that I exclaim out loud, “ohhhh, look at that light!” And yes, it’s always some amazing light: the sun setting or rising, or perhaps not yet … Continue reading

Afternoon Sun © 2011 Adrien Meredith Hefta. All rights reserved.

All good photographers know it’s all about the volume. Shoot many, many photographs, because most of them are mediocre, at best. Take this photo, for instance. I took about 30 shots in the space of 10 minutes, while waiting to pick … Continue reading

Foggy Fall Morning © 2011 Adrien Meredith Hefta. All rights reserved.

I’ve never been a morning person and this time of year, as the days get rapidly shorter and shorter, can be tough.  Some mornings the only thing keeping me sane is opening up my eyes to the beauty of a … Continue reading

Ruit © 2011 Adrien Meredith Hefta. All rights reserved.
Maui Tree © 2011 Adrien Meredith Hefta. All rights reserved.

A beautiful site along the shores of SW Maui, near Wailea Beach.

Fun by the Pool © 2011 Adrien Meredith Hefta. All rights reserved.

I’d had my iPhone just six months when we took a trip to Maui in February 2011.  I’d only been on IG for about three, and was still learning a lot and just cutting my teeth with the new tools, apps and … Continue reading

Under the Banyan Tree © 2011 Adrien Meredith Hefta. All rights reserved.

Under a giant banyan tree, a girl steps along a path to wonderland…. Another artist on IG that encouraged and inspired me is a fantastically talented Brit named Andy (ajbaker50) whose enchanted forest scenes first caught my eye back in … Continue reading

February 9, 2011 © 2011 Adrien Meredith Hefta. All rights reserved.

Instagram has opened me up in other ways, too.  Not only was I influenced by other artists, but I was empowered by the social media site to actually tell them, to share with them work I made because of the … Continue reading