samueljhand

From: Raleigh

This dragonfly showed up in my backyard yesterday. It was courteous enough to allow me a couple nice shots before it moved on.

Fun fact: bananas are, in fact, berries. So yeah, we've got blackberries and, uh, "bananaberries" here folks! Grapes are berries too, meaning this fruit salad is actually just a gigantic bowl of berries. They look delicious!

This horse, which belongs to one of my best friends, is named Shadow. Fitting, right? I'm not a huge horse person, but it's my understanding that Shadow is a pony of some desirable variety. This photo is rather funny to me because I took it to spite the aforementioned friend: Shadow lives with family out of state, and I happened to be passing through the area shortly after Shadow was purchased. Ergo, I was able to see my friend's horse before she did.

This stunning sunset was captured at Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, just a few minutes away from world-famous Emerald Isle in the Outer Banks.

This photo really speaks to me. I snapped it as I passed another train on the way out of Chicago one evening, and something about the way the light hits the autumn leaves, combined with the motion blur of the speeding train really hits home.

This was taken near the Kentucky/Tennessee border on a trip to the Cumberland Plateau. This farm was near the Highland Rim area, and when I saw the cedar/barbed wire setup, I had to take a photo.

This stunning sunset was captured at Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, just a few minutes away from world-famous Emerald Isle in the Outer Banks. Surprisingly enough, I snagged this image with my iPhone! I love shooting with high end cameras, but this image is further proof for the old adage, "The best camera is the one you have with you."

A lot of people find rain to be gloomy and depressing, and while on some dark, cloudy days the weather does get me down, generally I love the rain. It makes for the absolute best photos. Simply having water droplets on your photo's subject can take a boring, everyday object and turn it into a masterpiece. See these sticks, for an example: they're just ordinary branches, but a lovely spring rain turned them into something anything BUT ordinary.

This beautiful sunset was captured at Atlantic Beach, just a few minutes away from world-famous Emerald Isle in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. I aimed for more of a blue tone rather than yellow or orange when I was editing in post.

Skateboarder in Washington, D.C. Just across the street from the Dept of the Treasury, dudes hang out and do sick flips to pass their time. I had consent to take this photograph.

So this contest is supposed to be about summer pets, eh? Well, in my book, summer means more time for two things: first, fun; second, relaxation. If this photo doesn't say, "Relax" to you, I don't know what does. My dog is the epitome of chill.

"Homegrown a stone's throw from a creek we used to roam" Homegrown blueberries. There's nothing like them.

Fireworks, hot dogs, and patriotism - things that I love about the 4th of July. But something I love more, and that I've been fascinated with since the age of four, is sparklers. There just something magical about a strip of magnesium compound burning almost white hot.

This is the iPhone 6s. The last iPhone made before Apple axed the headphone jack. Look at its beauty. Admire the ports you no longer have. RIP, headphone jack.

This blue tailed skink showed up on the wall by my front porch. I had to be sneaky but I managed to get the shot before he decided to blast off.

Every so often I get the privilege of heading up to the mountains along the Tennessee/Kentucky border on the Highland Rim. It's absolutely beautiful there. One day I looked out over the Cumberland Plateau and just had to grab a photo. This is that photo.

This is one of my favorite photos that I've ever taken. I walked out onto my back porch one day and noticed these beautiful Gerbera daisies in full bloom. They made ready, willing, and gorgeous models for a super quick photo shoot.

Last summer I had the opportunity to see some young calves at a friend's farm - let's just say this animal didn't want to follow the farmer on the lead, to put things mildly.

A couple years ago, I fell very ill and was hospitalized. After getting out, my activity was severely restricted, which was both a blessing and a curse. It meant I couldn't pursue my other passions, but it did give me plenty of time to focus on photography. I remember one April day a massive thunderstorm came through, and afterwords, all the flowers looked so beautiful. I snapped this photo of a red fringe tree just after that rainstorm, complete with water droplets hanging from the petals and all.

This beautiful silhouette was captured at Atlantic Beach in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, just a few minutes from world-famous Emerald Isle. Instead of pointing the camera out to sea like we so often do during sunsets, I decided to turn the lens inland to see what would happen. I'm happy with the result, down to the lens flare and the seagulls 👌

Just your standard Type A USB 3.0 flash memory stick...

Eyes are beautiful. They come in so many colors, and billions of shades within each color. Ironically though, eyes sometimes look the most stunning in monochrome - not because the color is bad, but because it makes every detail pop.

Since its release, the iPad has been the most popular tablet in the world. Since the original iPad, Apple has put out larger and smaller counterparts, the Mini and Pro models. While this image clearly depicts an iPad (Mini, specifically) due to the Lightning charge port and speaker cut-outs, no branding is visible, which makes it perfect for commercial needs where an iPad stock image is required, but lawsuits want to be avoided.

This street photo was one that I managed to snag as I ran around Washington DC between meetings earlier this spring. The building pictured is the Old Post Office, now the Trump International Hotel. It's a stunning piece of architecture - too bad you can't see the ornate stone inlays from this distance.

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This dragonfly showed up in my backyard yesterday. It was courteous enough to allow me a couple nice shots before it moved on.

Fun fact: bananas are, in fact, berries. So yeah, we've got blackberries and, uh, "bananaberries" here folks! Grapes are berries too, meaning this fruit salad is actually just a gigantic bowl of berries. They look delicious!

This stunning sunset was captured at Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, just a few minutes away from world-famous Emerald Isle in the Outer Banks.

This photo really speaks to me. I snapped it as I passed another train on the way out of Chicago one evening, and something about the way the light hits the autumn leaves, combined with the motion blur of the speeding train really hits home.

This was taken near the Kentucky/Tennessee border on a trip to the Cumberland Plateau. This farm was near the Highland Rim area, and when I saw the cedar/barbed wire setup, I had to take a photo.

This beautiful sunset was captured at Atlantic Beach, just a few minutes away from world-famous Emerald Isle in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. I aimed for more of a blue tone rather than yellow or orange when I was editing in post.

Skateboarder in Washington, D.C. Just across the street from the Dept of the Treasury, dudes hang out and do sick flips to pass their time. I had consent to take this photograph.

So this contest is supposed to be about summer pets, eh? Well, in my book, summer means more time for two things: first, fun; second, relaxation. If this photo doesn't say, "Relax" to you, I don't know what does. My dog is the epitome of chill.

"Homegrown a stone's throw from a creek we used to roam" Homegrown blueberries. There's nothing like them.

Fireworks, hot dogs, and patriotism - things that I love about the 4th of July. But something I love more, and that I've been fascinated with since the age of four, is sparklers. There just something magical about a strip of magnesium compound burning almost white hot.

This is the iPhone 6s. The last iPhone made before Apple axed the headphone jack. Look at its beauty. Admire the ports you no longer have. RIP, headphone jack.

This blue tailed skink showed up on the wall by my front porch. I had to be sneaky but I managed to get the shot before he decided to blast off.

Every so often I get the privilege of heading up to the mountains along the Tennessee/Kentucky border on the Highland Rim. It's absolutely beautiful there. One day I looked out over the Cumberland Plateau and just had to grab a photo. This is that photo.

This is one of my favorite photos that I've ever taken. I walked out onto my back porch one day and noticed these beautiful Gerbera daisies in full bloom. They made ready, willing, and gorgeous models for a super quick photo shoot.

Last summer I had the opportunity to see some young calves at a friend's farm - let's just say this animal didn't want to follow the farmer on the lead, to put things mildly.

Just your standard Type A USB 3.0 flash memory stick...

Eyes are beautiful. They come in so many colors, and billions of shades within each color. Ironically though, eyes sometimes look the most stunning in monochrome - not because the color is bad, but because it makes every detail pop.

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