Happy Earth Day 2020! Earth Photos Too Make You Smile!!

April 22, 2020

Our Earth is 4.54 billions years old! The earth is precious. It’s the air we breath, the land we walk on, the land we want our children and their children to have, and as Climate Change shows temperatures are rising on land and on the high seas, drought, changing weather patterns, forest fires, pollution…all of these things put our Earth at risk. So, it’s up to us to do everything we can. Jolly Sienda Photography, based in the greater Puget Sound area (Bremerton, Washington), captures moments in time. Here are some images to celebrate our Earth!

Traveling in Patagonia to sail around Cape Horn -- this is a rainbow on the waterway with mountains of Tierra Del Fuego.

Heavinly sunlight streams through the towering Evergreen Trees

Waxing Gibbous Moon, Olympic Mountains, and Puget Sound

Wet haystack rocks make a zig zag pattern with tide pools, wet s

Storms followed by a sunset at the Columbia Gorge, Oregon and Washington.

Large, white cloud reflects in the water near a boat marina

Waterfall rushes down the mountside into the sea and a boat

Colorful, Caribbean row houses, hanging laundry, meadow, people

Morning light in the hot humid summer, Lancaster, PA.

Wrangell Mountains, forest, and a autumn lily pond

Mount Iliamna glacier looks down on a bear and seagulls

Taking a walk to enjoy autumn color in the Southwest.

Images on this post or on other posts may be purchased directly either on the website under Fine Art or contact us below. Jolly Sienda Photography is available for photo assignments for commercial and retail work: editorial, advertising, weddings, portraiture, food and beverage, stock, travel, architecture, interiors, and exteriors, and website branding images. Please contact us at Tel: 240-899-5295, E: info@jollysiendaphotography,com, Facebook and Instagram - Jolly Sienda Photography. Website: www.jollysiendaphotography.com.

Travel Photography - How to Capture the Local Culture of a Place - Be a Story Teller!

December 26, 2018

When I’m discovering a new place and culture, I am eager to capture, with my camera equipment, how people live and something unique about the place. I enjoy watching people and walking the streets. I look for color, every day lifestyle, movement, and dogs and cats. I take photos using different light sources and angles. To protect my knees, I wear knee-pads, so I can get down low to photograph my subject without pain. No matter where I am, I am always looking for a story to document in my photographs. I believe if you start to think about telling a story with your photographs, you will see improvement in your photos too. Here are some photos from our recent trip to Patagonia (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and the Falkland Islands). Enjoy!

Local farmers market in Montevideo, Uruguay

Pedro Bonifacio Palacios, Argentine Poet, graffiti wall

Woman selling vegetables and a Coca Cola sign

Spanish catholic church dome and stained glass windows

When your shooting - using a natural frame, like the tree limb adds something of interest to the photograph. The Coca-cola photo is nice; however having the lady selling her vegetables and the bike adds even more interest an authenticity to the image. And, when you are photographing indoors with flash remember to turn up the ISO on your camera. The photo on the left is a graffiti image of Pedro Bonifacio Palacios, an Argentine poet; iconic Coca-Cola signage and local lifestyle, and the dome of Santera Cathedral in Montevideo, Uruguay.

San Telmo, Argentina architecture, graffiti, and basketball courts and hoops

Collectable stuffed animals at the Sunday San Telmo collectable and antiques market, San Telmo, Argentina

Woman wears a plastic shield mask over her face as she checks he

Dog looks out on a Spanish rod iron balcony

What makes this photo work is the dogs in the picture.

Colonial Spanish architecture, blanconies, and a man checking hi

Lady in red walks past an art mural, Montevideo, Uruguay

Dog and a sunbather at Floralis Generica, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Cooking steaks in Argentina. Did you know, people in Argentina eat more meat and steaks than anywhere in the world? We thought the steaks were delicious!

What to become a better photographer? Jolly Sienda Photography offers private one-one lessons. Contact Jolly at info@jollysiendaphotography.com.

Stupendous Ring of Fire Mountains in Patagonia's Chilean and Argentina Fjords

December 22, 2018

Have you ever dreamed of seeing the ‘End of the World’? Or, checking off those ‘1001 Things to See and Do Before You Die’? Our recent trip to South America and Patagonia provided us some of the world’s most dramatic scenery; unveiling places few ever see. The weather too, in this area, can change so quickly; from calm to ferocious gale force winds preventing ships from traveling around the Cape Horn or arriving safely in Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. Boy, did we luck out! In fact, the captain of our cruise ship said, “This is the calmest it has ever been, on my watch, sailing around the Cape Horn” The following images were taken on our journey. Happy Holidays!

Osorno Volcano, Puerto Monte, Puerto Varis, Chile

Snow shoe hikers hike down a snow capped volcano

Icebergs float on blue green Chilean Fjord water

Usushia, Agentina - last city on the South American continent.

Pastel storm clouds and mountains on the Strait of Magellan

Tourists take pictures of the Brujo Glacier

Long water ripple and the snow capped Chilean Fjords

Glacial Striation and a beautiful reflection

Tierra del Fuego rainbow off of the Strait of Magellen near Usushia, Argentina

A cruise ship sails around the the Cape Horn, South America.