For fun, try playing around with color and orientation/framing in your photos for new ways to see every day things, like my interpretation of the moody winter sky from yesterday’s neighborhood walk.

Here we go, friends. I’m kicking off another Year in Pictures project, starting with this hilarious and ominous Cylon. What can I say? We are sort of huge Battlestar Galactica fans.

Congratulations to Heaven’s Gate for his winning photo, “Only the clouds for company,” in this week’s contest.

Some weeds, some bokeh. It’s the perfect combination.

Congratulations to Mehreen.Qudosi, this week’s winner in the Photo A Day contest.

OK, so I’m behind on my photo posts. Can you blame a girl for enjoying spring?

Ahhh, water. There’s nothing like a tall glass of clean, cold, clear water.

I stumbled across a tree to photograph that brought me back to my childhood climbing days.