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Travel Florida and Soul-searching at Shell Point

The day wasn’t about pictures, though I did make a few, it was more about trying to find some kind of closure, trying to find me and a direction for myself. I’ve been lost the last couple of months for...

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Some Thoughts on Picture Composition in Landscapes

Recently I made a visit to Turtle Park in Albany, Georgia with the intention of reflecting on life and it was a good day for some solitude. Even though the park is very popular there were only a couple...

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Kayaking Wakulla or My First Kayak Travel Adventure

For some time now I’ve been wanting to go kayaking largely due to a best friend of mine who has been kayaking for years and I had planned to go with her but she’s busy with relationship stuff so I...

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Five Tips for Twilight Photography

Twilight is my favorite time to photograph and in this article I’ll share some tips to help with your twilight photography for some great images. Twilight photography isn’t difficult and only requires...

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How I Do It: Post-Process Landscape Images

Cameras do not see light the same way your eye does and for that reason it’s necessary to process digital image files to bring out the best in them. Today I’ll show you step by step how I post-process...

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I Love Elle King’s Single Ex’s and Oh’s!!!

I am loving Elle King’s new single “Ex’s & Oh’s”!! The song was released as a single in September 2014 but I only just heard it and it is awesome. The single can be found on her new album “Love...

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Picture Composition and Cloudy Days

Sometimes I go out looking for interesting things to photograph but days with blue skies and puffy white clouds are my favorite for photographing and today was not that. After a few cloudy days I...

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Destination Earle May Boat Basin and Cheney Griffin Park

Travel Georgia and enjoy a visit to Earle May Boat Basin and beautiful Cheney Griffin Park in Bainbridge, Georgia when you’re struck by a fit of wanderlust. It couldn’t be simpler to find. The address...

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Distracted: A Moment In My Life

Oh my gosh!!! I am so easily distracted. SQUIRREL!!! I’m balancing my checking account, then stop to go looking for a past statement, find the last anniversary card my wife gave me and stop to look for...

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Return to Earle May Boat Basin

Gorgeous blue skies and puffy white clouds! What a beautiful day to photograph the park and Earle May Boat Basin on the Flint river in Bainbridge, Georgia. On my second visit to Earle May Boat Basin I...

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On Finding The Inspiration To Write

Sometimes it’s hard finding the inspiration to write. Ok, so it’s always hard and on this day I decided a change of scenery might help and packed the laptop along with the camera bag, of course I...

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Ben Sellars Monthly Blog Recap for October 2015

Alright, I said I was going to do the monthly blog recap as a way of sharing with you what’s happening in my life and how crappy I am at meeting goals. As it turns out this October falls into the...

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What I Learned About Using a Monopod

I never really thought about using a monopod but figured it might be handy so I purchased one last year and since learned some things about using it, including a problem I had not considered and want...

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Exploring St. Joseph Bay at Port St. Joe, Florida

New Year’s Day 2016 and there was cold, wind and rain which is not exactly beach weather but for Renda, of RRB Photography, and I, our destination on the Florida coast was Port St. Joe on US Highway 98...

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A Day Trip to St. George Island, Florida

A day trip to St. George Island, Florida should have been something I did long ago but I always thought it was too far. What the hell? What was I thinking? It’s right there. Two and a half hours from...

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A Winter’s Dawn Photographing Carrabelle Beach in Carrabelle, Florida

I traveled down to Carrabelle Beach in Carrabelle, Florida to spend the day with my best friend and her family and planned to arrive before dawn to set up on the beach for sunrise landscape photography...

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Photographing the Charming Southern Architecture of Dawson, Georgia

A warm January Saturday in south Georgia, and a far cry from the freezing weather of my beach trip to Carrabelle, Florida a couple weeks ago, I drove north to visit the charming town of Dawson,...

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How to Clean a Tripod: The Other Side of Those Pretty Pictures

Yes, there’s a little more to those pretty pictures than lollygagging around beautiful beaches and I really should have already done this. After several beach trips being sunk into the surf and...

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Life Is About Changes

Life is all about changes which scares the Hell out of people but it’s the one constant in life, that, and death though death is only the beginning not the end and change keeps things interesting with...

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Building Life After Heartbreak

Building life after heartbreak. My God. After moving to Florida a month ago in hopes of starting a new life with my Love I’ve now moved back home from Port St. Joe, Florida to Georgia. I still love her...

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