Suzanne Powers Blogs

Summertime is almost here and with those lazy hazy days of summer the eastern seaboard states of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware is the tradition of the warm weather crab feast. It's usually nothing complicated with newspapers spread out on a picnic... 

When I was researching shell images for this post, the previous post had to do with the shore and my vacations to Nagshead, NC and Cape Cod, MA, I became inspired to write another post, this one, I was inspired by another artist's beautiful watercolo... 

Pink is such a pleasurable color it can be light or bright and comes in many forms, shapes and sizes - Spring wouldn't be spring without its glorious pinks! Like my neighbor's irises...and the early blossoms of the redbud tree... For the re... 

If anyone is a fan of Italy and art this post is about fashion of the 17th century using the character of Cassanova as a model for a European upper class dandy wearing silks and brocades. The images first appeared in an article in Swide.com an Itali... 

You never know what will be your inspiration. I’ve been told “save all your photography files, don’t throw anything away!” I believe there is another life for everything that didn’t turn out the way we had planned. As for my photography files, a l... 

I took this neat image of a star (it was on the mantel at home) put textures on it in the layers editing software and realized I couldn't write using the pad on my laptop and needed a writing tablet to implement my plan for an inspirational text "E... 

I don't know about you but I need to be bowled over when I need inspiration, don't give me nice, give me stunning! That's what happened when I did a search on FineArtAmerica.com and came up with a stunning stage set image of the 18th century by Tobia... 

As an artist I like to be remembered by friends and acquaintances by giving them a notecard of handmade heavy cardstock mounted with a 5" x 7" print of my photography (handmade matching envelope included) either in a set of four or a single card with... 

As an artist I like to be remembered by friends and acquaintances by giving them a notecard of handmade heavy cardstock mounted with a 5" x 7" print of my photography (handmade matching envelope included) either in a set of four or a single card with... 

I have learned a few things in the year and a half since buying my DSLR Pentax camera. A word of warning, it's probably not a good idea to go to the big box stores before you thoroughly research first the camera accessory you want to buy. I discov... 

When I transitioned from a point and shoot camera to a DSLR about a year ago, I realized now how little I knew about photography. I had never heard of the “Rule of Thirds” for composition (helpful in all art mediums by the way) and how to utilize l... 

I am a BIG believer in the forums and their communities. I became passionate about photography not long ago when I purchased my SLR camera to take better pictures for my blog. Now that I have experienced two forums, one for my camera and the other ...