Christmas 2020 Sale!

 

This has been a hard year for so many. This holiday season will be like no other in most of our life times.  I hope you can all still find joy. To that end, I'm announcing a flat 30% off all my digital prints sale starting today through Christmas Eve in my Etsy store.  No minimum purchase required.  Get your own personal favorite and save 30%. While you're at it, pick up the set of birds or flowers you favorited and save 30% on the entire set!  It's a great deal. Hope it helps brighten your day.

Thanks for your support of AHP this year and may next year be much brighter, prosperous, and healthier for us all!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Split Canvas Print

 

Hi everyone!  Hope your Thanksgiving was blessed and safe. I thought I'd share an idea with you on a creative use of your favorite AHP landscape photo.  We just finished having our living room repainted and decided we needed some new art for this particular wall.  I used one of my personal favorites, a shot from Sleeping Bear Dunes which you can find here on my website.  Then I went to canvas print site which did split prints, and had this 4-part canvas print done.  It's overall dimensions are approximately 64" wide by 32" high. It's a nice change from a simple rectangular print.  What do you think?  

Remember, my Cyber weekend sale is in full swing through Wednesday, December 2.  Buy 2 photos and get 15% off.  Buy 3 or more and get 30% off!  Plus, many canvas print sites, e.g. easycanvasprints.com, canvaschamp.com, etc., have sales on now too.  What a great time to update your own wall art.  

Enjoy!! 

Cyber Weekend Sale Extended - Both Ways!

 

 

Everyone seems to be starting their Cyber Weekend Sales early this year and running them longer. So, I thought - why not? Starting Tuesday, November 17 and running through Wednesday, December 2, I'm running a tiered sale.  The more you buy, the more you save! Buy 2 photos and get 15% off from my Etsy Store.  Buy 3 or more and save 30%!   

2020 has been a challenging year for us all so I'm hoping this helps make your holiday gift giving a little easier. This applies to all my galleries. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out.  

 Merry Christmas and here's to a much happier and healthier new year!! 

 

Flowers with Textured Backgrounds

 

I'm getting ready for the holidays on my Etsy Store.  I've added textured backgrounds for all my macro flower photos.  Now you'll get both the black background and the textured background version of the photos for the same price.  These square format flowers make great cluster combinations. 

There are 12 different flower photos to choose from. Mix and match any way you like.  Be sure to share a photo of your collage on my Facebook page.

I'm also getting a great Black Friday sale ready.  Stay tuned for an announcement soon! 

Enjoy!
 

New Additions to Birds Gallery on Etsy

 

 

Just in time for the holidays, all my listings in my Birds Gallery in my Etsy store now include two new downloadable images along with the original image.  So here's what you now get with all my Birds photos: 

1. The original natural background as shot in the camera 
2. A 2nd version that has the background replaced with a beautiful textured background
3. A 3rd textured background image that has been cropped to a square format.  

Let's look at an example.  Here is the original Indigo Bunting photo: 

 

 

The textured background version looks like this: 

The textured square crop looks like this: 

You can download all 3 and use any or all of them.  The square crop can make a nice grouping of your favorite bird photos like this: 

 

Lots of value for your money.  Enjoy!! 

 

 

Get Notified When a New Photo Comes to AHP

 

I have been asked how you can be notified when a new photo is published to AHP.  Here's how you can do it using a method that has been around the Internet for a long time. It's called RSS which stands for Really Simple Syndication. It's going to look a little techie but most of that can be ignored. 

You need an RSS aggregator.  I use a site/app called Feedly. You can use this from your favorite browser or download the app for IOS or Android and use it from your phone or tablet. 

The other thing you need is the RSS URL you paste into your aggregator of choice and this tells the aggregator to highlight for you when new photos get added to a gallery you're interested in. 

Let's take a specific example which will help make this more clear.  The first thing to do is go to the AHP homepage.  Then you would choose a topic from the menu on the left side of the page. Let's say you wanted to know when a new photo was added to the Butterflies gallery. You would click on Birds & Butterflies and then click on the Butterflies gallery thumbnail. In the footer for the gallery, you'll see a small icon that looks like a dot with 2 arcs pointing to the upper right. (See the orange icon at the top of this article. It would look similar to this but probably without the orange background.) 

You could click on this icon and select RSS, it will open a page that looks very scary with all kinds of XML code on it.  Not to worry. You only need to click in the URL window and copy the URL address. 

 

Once you copy the URL, you can go to your aggregator and click on the button to add a new news feed and paste in this URL.  Then you check to see if a new photo has been added by opening your aggregator and looking at this feed.  If a new photo was added, you'll see it there and be able to click on it and go directly to the AHP website to view.  

As I said, this is a little techie but I hope you'll give it try.  Leave me a comment if you have a question on how to do it.  

 

Crisp Point Adventure

 

 

 

We were in the U.P. again this month. The weather was great. The cabin where we stayed again was awesome.  Even Lake Superior was warm enough to just walk in and not have your feet hurt! Truly a nice break from all the day-to-day stuff going on around home.

 

The last day we were there, we decided we needed to make the trip out to the Crisp Point Lighthouse. We knew the last leg of the road was a dirt road sometimes describes as "2-track".  But we'd heard that they had improved the road over the last few years. For those wondering where Crisp Point Lighthouse is, it is west of Whitefish Point, almost due north of Tahquamenon Falls.  You go past Tahquamenon Falls on MI 123 though until you come to the gravel road that takes you out to the lake and Crisp Point Lighthouse.  It's only about 20 miles. The first 15 miles weren't too bad. You could go about 30mph for the most part. There were many large mud puddles as it rained the night before. The last 5 miles were the real adventure. We could only go about 5-10mph because of the ruts, large puddles, pot holes, etc.  The 20 mile trek took almost an hour to complete but was well worth the effort.  I was glad we were in my truck though! 

 

As you can see from the photo above, it was a beautifully clear day.  There was just a slight breeze.  The black flies were there too but not terrible. Here's a couple other shots I took.  I've seen this one from other photographers and sort of felt like I had to get my version. 

 

 

Here's one more from the shoreline to the east of the lighthouse. 

 

 

After doing some rock hunting and enjoying the scene, we finally decided we needed to make the trek back out to civilization.  So we climbed into the F-150 and headed back out. 55 minutes after we left Crisp Point, we made it back to the paved road and headed back to our cabin.  It was a great 12 days in the U.P.  We might go back in late September for some fall color.  If you're ever up that way, I would recommend making the trip to Crisp Point Lighthouse.  A truck makes it easier but there were people in cars making the trip too.  

Peace to you all!

4th of July Sale

It has been a while since I've written in this blog.  Time seems to get away from me.  With all the pandemic issues dominating our lives for the last few months, I think it's important to step back and remember how blessed we are to live in a country like the United States. We need to show some respect for the country and the leaders that have been elected regardless of which side of the aisle you lean towards.  If you're not happy with your elected leaders, you'll have another chance in a few short months to make your preferences known by voting in a free election.

In the meantime, I thought I'd help you celebrate a little by running a 4th of July sale at Ada Highlander Photography. Now through Monday, July 6th, you can take 20% off your favorite AHP photo on my Etsy store. 

Happy 4th of July everyone!

The Oregon Coast

Oregon Coast Trip

As many of you who follow AHP know, we took a trip to Oregon this past October with the primary agenda being to travel along  and see as much of the Oregon Coast as we could. This cover photo about was taken in the northern part of state near Ecola State Park. We had an amazing two week journey. The weather was amazing good for the first 3/4 of the trip.  And we were told that for Oregon in October, we were very blessed with the weather.  

Three New Additions Added to Oregon Gallery

I wanted to tell you all about three photos from our trip that I have added to my Oregon Gallery on my website and to my Etsy Store.  I just printed all three as 14x20 canvas prints and they look amazing!  

Photo #1: Crater Lake

I know Crater Lake is not on the coast but I had to share this one. When we were making plans for our trip, my wife came and asked me one day, "We're going to Crater Lake, aren't we?" I had to confess I didn't know a thing about Crater Lake. When I looked it up on the map and saw it was a little off our planned route to get to the coast, I said I didn't think we'd be going there.  She encouraged me to look up some pictures of it which I did and I immediately said, "Yup, we're going to Crater Lake!" We had a beautifully clear, cold day there.  It had snowed several inches a few days before.  In fact, we came into the National Park from the north entrance which would end up being closed for the winter just a couple weeks later. 

They describe the color of the water as cobalt blue. I can't think of a better name for it.  This view shows off the blue water and Wizard Island out in the lake.  Crater Lake is the deepest lake in North America. It could easily be one of the wonders of the world to me.  

Photo #2: Heceta Head Lighthouse

This view of the Heceta Head Lighthouse from a coast highway turnout is so picturesque. You can walk up the lighthouse from the parking area which is just off to the right (not shown) in this photo. Then, if you were ambitious, you could walk up a dirt path and get above the lighthouse looking out over the Pacific Ocean which we did. See below.

 

 

 Photo #3: Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach

No trip to the Oregon Coast would be complete without a stop at Cannon Beach where the iconic Haystack Rock sits along the shoreline. I took this photo just before sunset and it was really dumb luck I happened to catch this lovely couple in silhouette along with the giant rock.  

 

Website

As I mentioned above, the 3 photos have been added to my Oregon Gallery on my website.  All my photos are available to purchase as downloadable digital files that you can use to print on the medium of your choice.  My canvas prints turned out amazing! Metal would be another great medium for these photos. Simply go to the Oregon Gallery and from there, you can follow a link to my Etsy Store to purchase your copy of your favorite. 

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