by Martha Brettschneider | Aug 1, 2021 | Mindful Photography
EMPOWERED Visiting the lotus ponds at Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens in Washington, DC, has become an annual pilgrimage for me. My hilly suburban plot in northern Virginia doesn’t lend itself to water gardening, which makes this 12-acre marshland botanic...
by Martha Brettschneider | May 8, 2021 | Mindful Photography, Photography
Earlier this week I took a road trip to Longwood Gardens with my new photography mentor, Emily Carter Mitchell. Like any good teacher, Emily has been helping me lean into new ways of honing my craft, new techniques, new ways of seeing. She’s helped me let go of...
by Martha Brettschneider | Feb 28, 2021 | Mindful Photography, Motivation, Photography
This will be short and sweet. I just wanted to send you a shot of color that my cold and muddy garden gifted me yesterday. Today it’s once again rainy, grey, and bone-chilling outside here in the Washington, DC, metro area. We want this all to be DONE —...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 17, 2020 | Mindful Photography, Products
Gratitude. This single word, this intentional choice, has been my antidote to 2020’s uncertainty, chaos, and overwhelm. That’s why I’m even more excited than usual to unveil my new notecard collections, which I’ve created specifically to share...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 4, 2020 | Mindful Photography, Mindfulness, Motivation
Wow — a lot has happened in our world since my last blog post. Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. The presidential debate took place. Covid-19 has invaded the White House, its advisors, and top supporters. President Trump is in the hospital. And all of this in just the past...
by Martha Brettschneider | Sep 12, 2020 | Antiracism, Life Lessons, Mindful Photography, Mindfulness
As I wrote in my last post about turning my camera upward to trees to shift my usual point of view, I’ve made an intentional effort to widen my lens and embrace new perspectives this year. I can feel at the very core of my being that this is what we are all...
