I’m an author who’s as passionate about photography as I am about writing novels. It all started when I was a kid. My dad bought me a Kodak Instamatic 100 camera to take to summer camp. When I was in college I purchased a Nikkormat (Nikon) 35mm for a photography…
Beaches are perhaps my favorite photography subject. I’ll never get tired of looking that the ocean, or hearing the sound of the waves crashing on the shore. I also enjoy listening to the seagulls. Must be because I grew up in the desert. San Diego was only a few hour’s…
I’m setting up my new website with my host, Art Store Fronts, and wanted to show it off with a Facebook ad. So, I thought why not create a video? They say video sells. It’s certainly eye catching. I’m a videographer as well as a photographer, so I created a…
I’ve taken another trip down memory lane. This time to the summer of 1979, when I spent a weekend visiting relatives who lived on the Brazos River, near Houston, Texas. They had a lovely home which backed up to the river, and I brought along my 35mm Nikkomat FT3. Unfortunately,…
© 2021 by Gayle Martin. All Rights Reserved. Monument Valley, Arizona, with its unique massive buttes, is a photographer’s dream. It’s located on the Navajo nation in northeastern Arizona, near the four corners. John Ford made Monument Valley famous in the 1930s when he directed a number of western movies…
©2020 by Gayle Martin. All Rights Reserved Let’s face it. 2020 wasn’t such a great year. However, I still managed to shoot some memorable photos, and I found lockdowns had some distinct advantages. I could find places to park. I didn’t have to worry about crowds or having someone walk…
© 2020 by Gayle Martin. All Rights Reserved. I’m still working on my 35mm project and have restored more of my vintage photos. This small series is part of a bigger series I took in the United Kingdom back in 1987. I was on one of those guided bus tours…
© 2017, 2020 by Gayle Martin. All Rights Reserved. It won’t make you a great photographer I’ve joined a few photography groups on Facebook and have learned some helpful tips and tricks. I’m also seeing some outstanding photography. Unfortunately, I’m also seeing a subliminal message coming from newbies.They all seem…
© 1979 2020 by Gayle Martin. All Rights Reserved. I attended Arizona State University in the late 1970s and early 1980s. ASU is a beautiful campus with impressive architecture and scenic landscaping. In 2011 I revisited the campus. Some areas looked exactly as they did when I was a student.…
Restoring my old 35mm photos has been a fun trip down memory lane. This series, circa 1980, features the European Crossroads Shopping Center, located near Bachman Lake in Dallas, Texas. I was going to an art school at the time, and the school was one of the tenants. Dallas gets…
I sold my home in Tucson, Arizona this past July. (I know. It’s sounds of like Jojo in that old Beatles song.) I then moved to Las Cruces, New Mexico. In the middle of a heat wave. In the middle of a pandemic. Yep, it’s how I roll. I bought…