Photography | Frank's Photography Blog

Archive for the 'Photography' Category

Dec

Global Landscapes Please join me tomorrow (Dec

By Frank T. Smith Closed

Categories: Photography

. 12th at 2:20 PM) for this free presentation. The event is being sponsored by @getolympus and @danscameracity. Registration is required. For information & to sign up, please go to Dan’s Camera City Website.

#getolympus #olympus #travelphotography #Travel #DansCameraCity
#travelphotographer #landscape #landscapephotography #mzuiko #omd #photo #photograph #franksmithphotos #olympusvisionary #franktsmith #franktaylorsmith #franktsmithdotcom #franksmithphotography #OlympusOMD #BreakFreeWithOlympus #CloseToHome #HomeWithOlympus

Dec

Window Shields I enjoy architectural photography and in particular black & white

By Frank T. Smith Closed

Categories: Photography

. I look for small segments or vignettes in the buildings. I enjoy architectural abstracts and in this case I purposely exaggerated the contrast.
Camera: @getolympus #getolympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Lens: M.Zuiko ED 12-100mm f4.0 IS PRO
Settings: ISO 200, 38mm, f/5.6, 1/800 sec.
#olympus #travelphotography #Travel
#travelphotographer #landscape #landscapephotography #mzuiko #omd #omdem1MarkIII #OMDEM1mk3 #photo #photograph #franksmithphotos #olympusvisionary #franktsmith #franktaylorsmith #franktsmithdotcom #franksmithphotography #OlympusOMD #BreakFreeWithOlympus #CloseToHome #HomeWithOlympus #Abstract #Architecture #Architectural #Windows #BlackandWhite #Allentown

Nov

Parking Deck Many of you know I really enjoy architectural photography and in particular black & white

By Frank T. Smith 2 Comments

Categories: Photography

. I especially enjoy architectural abstracts and in this case I purposely exaggerated the contrast.
Camera: @getolympus #getolympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Lens: M.Zuiko ED 7-14mm f2.8 PRO
Settings: ISO 200, 7mm, f/8.0, 1/800 sec.
#olympus #travelphotography #Travel
#travelphotographer #landscape #landscapephotography #mzuiko #omd #omdem1MarkIII #OMDEM1mk3 #photo #photograph #franksmithphotos #olympusvisionary #franktsmith #franktaylorsmith #franktsmithdotcom #franksmithphotography #OlympusOMD #BreakFreeWithOlympus #CloseToHome #HomeWithOlympus #Abstract #Architecture #Architectural #ParkingDeck #BlackandWhite #Allentown

Nov

November 2020 Newsletter

By Frank T. Smith 4 Comments

Categories: Photography and video
Tags: Autumn, Fall, Hike, Hiking, Instructional, Landscape, Newsletter, Olympus, OM-D E-M1 MkIII, PA, Pennsylvania, Photo, Photograph, Photography, Ricketts Glen, Ricketts Glen State Park, video, Waterfall, Waterfalls

Please check out my current newsletter and if you don’t subscribe please consider. Click here for the link!

Nov

Reach to the Sky While hiking on the D&L Trail between Slatington and Palmerton I saw this amazing looking church from a distance

By Frank T. Smith Closed

Categories: Photography

. After the hike I made an effort to find it. Its name is Saints Peter & Paul Byzantine Catholic Church.
Camera: @getolympus #getolympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Lens: M.Zuiko ED 7-14mm f2.8 PRO
Settings: ISO 200, 10mm, f/5.0, 1/1250 sec.
#olympus #travelphotography #Travel
#travelphotographer #landscape #landscapephotography #mzuiko #omd #omdem1MarkIII #OMDEM1mk3 #photo #photograph #franksmithphotos #olympusvisionary #franktsmith #franktaylorsmith #franktsmithdotcom #franksmithphotography #OlympusOMD #BreakFreeWithOlympus #CloseToHome #HomeWithOlympus #Hike #Autumn #Fall #D&L-Trail-Slatington #Church #dl_trail

Nov

Touch the Moon I saw this image while hiking on the lower level of D&L trail outside of Slatington

By Frank T. Smith 1 Comment

Categories: Photography

. I looked for a location where I could have the moon just above the rock outcropping.
Camera: @getolympus #getolympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Lens: M.Zuiko ED 12-100mm f4.0 IS PRO
Settings: ISO 200, 100mm, f/8.0, 1/200 sec. (4 images Focus Bracketed)
#olympus #travelphotography #Travel
#travelphotographer #landscape #landscapephotography #mzuiko #omd #omdem1MarkIII #OMDEM1mk3 #photo #photograph #franksmithphotos #olympusvisionary #franktsmith #franktaylorsmith #franktsmithdotcom #franksmithphotography #OlympusOMD #BreakFreeWithOlympus #CloseToHome #HomeWithOlympus #Hike #Autumn #Fall #D&L-Trail-Slatington #Moon #dl_trail

Nov

Photographing Steamtown USA + Live Composite and Rust

By Frank T. Smith Closed

This video details my visit to Steamtown, USA. This place is an assembly of vintage trains and period associated railroad structures. This is part of the National Park service. The images include daytime Live Composite, gritty rust and abstract compositions. I share my setup and some of my settings.

Here is the video link.

Nov

Lonesome Green Before the Storm Camera: @getolympus #getolympus OM-D E-M1X Mark Lens: M

By Frank T. Smith Closed

Categories: Photography

.Zuiko ED 12-100mm f4.0 IS PRO
Settings: ISO 200, 30mm, f/8.0, 1/200 sec.
#olympus #travelphotography #Travel
#travelphotographer #landscape #landscapephotography #mzuiko #omd #omdem1X #OMDEM1X #photo #photograph #franksmithphotos #olympusvisionary #franktsmith #franktaylorsmith #franktsmithdotcom #franksmithphotography #OlympusOMD #BreakFreeWithOlympus #CloseToHome #HomeWithOlympus #Hike #Autumn #Fall #Green #Storm #Lonesome #LehighParkway

Nov

Bridge Remnants I remember this place as a teenager

By Frank T. Smith 2 Comments

Categories: Photography

. There was a small beautiful bridge that connected this area to a tiny island. Not much left any more.
Camera: @getolympus #getolympus OM-D E-M1X Mark
Lens: M.Zuiko ED 12-100mm f4.0 IS PRO
Settings: ISO 200, 21 & 12mm, f/5.6, 1/50 sec.
#olympus #travelphotography #Travel
#travelphotographer #landscape #landscapephotography #mzuiko #omd #omdem1X #OMDEM1X #photo #photograph #franksmithphotos #olympusvisionary #franktsmith #franktaylorsmith #franktsmithdotcom #franksmithphotography #OlympusOMD #BreakFreeWithOlympus #CloseToHome #HomeWithOlympus #Hike #Autumn #Fall #Bridge #Remnants #Island #LehighParkway

Nov

Enter If You Dare Any guesses as to what this is? From the D&L trail at the Farmersville trailhead

By Frank T. Smith 4 Comments

Categories: Photography

.
Camera: @getolympus #getolympus OM-D E-M1X Mark
Lens: M.Zuiko ED 12-100mm f4.0 IS PRO
Settings: ISO 800, 29mm, f/5.6, 1/60 sec.
#olympus #travelphotography #Travel
#travelphotographer #landscape #landscapephotography #mzuiko #omd #omdem1X #OMDEM1X #photo #photograph #franksmithphotos #olympusvisionary #franktsmith #franktaylorsmith #franktsmithdotcom #franksmithphotography #OlympusOMD #BreakFreeWithOlympus #CloseToHome #HomeWithOlympus #Hike #Autumn #Fall #Enter #Dare #Farmersville #dl_trail

Follow Frank's Photography Blog on WordPress.com

Follow Blog via Email

Join 2,288 other subscribers

February 2026
M	T	W	T	F	S	S
	1
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28

My Blog

Birds, Birds & More Birds: Join Me in Florida This March 🐦 January 23, 2026
There’s a New Lens in Town: OM System M.Zuiko Digital ED 50–200mm F2.8 IS PRO Review September 12, 2025
OM System OM-3: The Compact Powerhouse for Creativity & Adventure! April 3, 2025
Winter 2025 Newsletter February 17, 2025
Top Nine 2024 January 1, 2025
Behind the Curtain Photography Workshop: Explore the Historic State Theatre December 2, 2024
Unlocking New Perspectives: Landscape Photography with the OM System 150-600mm Lens November 21, 2024
Online Photography Summit October 22, 2024
Mastering Light at Dingmans Falls: 4 Camera Techniques for Stunning Photos October 2, 2024
Photographing Great Blue Herons: Tips and Camera Settings August 12, 2024
Built-In GND: Does it really work?? July 23, 2024
Newsletter – Summer 2024 June 28, 2024
Bluebells & Flora at Bowman’s Hill June 3, 2024
Explore Beyond Limits with the OM System TG-7 May 24, 2024
Finding Clouds & Compositions at Waterloo Village April 22, 2024
Solar Eclipse 2024 April 8, 2024
Finding Compositions At Buttermilk Falls January 18, 2024
Newsletter – Summer 2023 July 11, 2023
Photographing Patagonia w/the OM-5 June 23, 2023
Fall Colors in Patagonia June 15, 2023
Architecture & the Art of Graphic Elements (Out w/ rule book) March 3, 2023
Atmospheric Magic In Promised Land State Park February 24, 2023
Grounds For Sculpture January 29, 2023
Newsletter – January 2023 January 9, 2023
OM-5 In the Dolomites & My Impressions December 1, 2022
Halloween October 31, 2022
Giving Pond – Landscapes and Butterflies August 15, 2022
Newsletter – Summer 2022 August 3, 2022
Misty Morning February 7, 2022
Don’t Fall January 30, 2022
Newsletter – January 2022 January 29, 2022
M.Zuiko 20mm F1.4 PRO Lens Review December 22, 2021
Follow the Flow December 6, 2021
View From Warwick Farm Brewing A beautiful day and a beautiful view while enjoying my favorite beer with the M November 20, 2021
Entry Into the Past This beautiful door screamed to be photographed November 17, 2021
The Portal Somebody wrote Portal To Hell on the inside November 16, 2021
Frosty Morning For the past couple of weeks I have been shooting with an advanced model of the new M November 7, 2021
Hornbecks Falls Off the Hornbecks Trail in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area October 28, 2021
Cooper at 5 Months We have been training him for several months and I’m happy to report he has officially graduated to Hiker & Photographer Assistant October 27, 2021
The Color of Autumn Off the Hornbecks Trail in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area October 26, 2021
We’ll Leave the Light on For You I found another mushroom grouping at the base of a different tree on the Hornbecks Trail October 25, 2021
Forest Guardians I love the way these mammoth trees appear to be guarding the forest October 24, 2021
Forgotten Stairway There appeared to be an entrance to a long forgotten residence off the Hornbecks Trail in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area October 22, 2021
Macro Mushroom Monday A purple mushroom??? I have never seen anything like this before October 18, 2021
Reaching Up From the Forest Floor My friend spotted this guy as we were heading back from the Toms Creek Trail October 17, 2021
Ghost Plantation II During my visit to Charleston SC, I wanted to photograph the live oak trees with the Spanish moss at some of the iconic entrances to the plantations October 11, 2021
Beach Sun Rays A late afternoon walk on the beach resulted in an interesting discovery October 9, 2021
Angel Oak As part of my visit to Charleston SC, I wanted to photograph the historic Southern Live Oak tree on Johns Island October 5, 2021
Behind the Curtain Photo Workshop – Easton State Theatre September 30, 2021
Mushroom Monday My hike up to Bake Oven Knob did not disappoint September 27, 2021

Thank you for viewing my blog.

Please return to my website

Social

View @Frank_T_Smith’s profile on Twitter