Check out more in-depth photography projects, tips and tricks, adventures, and more.
![Portrait photography of a woman.](https://photo.timothycdykes.me/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/20220612-DSC03512-683x1024.webp)
Posing Tips
Learn how to pose, whether you are a photographer or the subject of the photo, with these helpful videos.
![Indoor portraits of a woman surrounded by plants.](https://photo.timothycdykes.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/DSC04032-20200802-1024x683.webp)
Let’s Discuss Retouching and Editing Photos
Learn about the skills and techniques I use to improve my photographs.
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Flights of Fantasy Weekend at the 2024 Georgia Renaissance Festival
Awesome photos of cool people met at the 2024 Georgia Renaissance Festival.
![Rota Temporis performing at the 2024 Georgia Renaissance Festival.](https://photo.timothycdykes.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20240513-20240511-02406485-1024x683.jpg)
Viking & Barbarian Weekend at the 2024 Georgia Renaissance Festival
Awesome photos of cool people met at the 2024 Georgia Renaissance Festival.
![Macro photography of a large cluster of bees gathered on a flat surface.](https://photo.timothycdykes.me/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/20230415-20230415-dsc05665-1024x683.webp)
How We Became Beekeepers
We’ve wanted to do beekeeping for years – we just didn’t expect to get started this way.
![A timber rattlesnake (crotalus horridus) in situ in the forest.](https://photo.timothycdykes.me/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/20230422-20230422-00000586-1024x683.webp)
Rattlesnakes on Earth Day
Let’s celebrate Earth Day with timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus)!
![A spider web attached to tall weeds lit by sunlight.](https://photo.timothycdykes.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220915-20220915-DSC04888-1024x682.webp)
About Diffraction
A peek at the complexities of diffraction and how it can affect your photography.
![A twin-flagged jumping spider on an orchid.](https://photo.timothycdykes.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/202211106-20221106-DSC05237-1024x683.webp)
Twin-Flagged Jumping Spider
As a macro photographer, it is exciting to find surprises in my photography I otherwise couldn’t see.
![A butterfly covered in thousands of tiny water droplets.](https://photo.timothycdykes.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220915-20220915-DSC04920-1024x682.webp)
Early Morning Macros in the Forest
I went on an early morning walk in the forest and took some beautiful macros of a butterfly covered in dew.
![Southern devil scorpion (Vaejovis carolinianus) glowing bright green under a UV light.](https://photo.timothycdykes.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/20220907-20220907-DSC04875-1024x683.webp)
Southern Devil Scorpion (Vaejovis carolinianus)
Today, I found a couple of scorpions while hiking in the woods. Here’s what I learned about them.
![A snail on a bolete mushroom cap.](https://photo.timothycdykes.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/20220827-20220827-DSC04815-1024x683.webp)
Do You Want to Hear a Snail Eating?
I found a snail eating a mushroom on a walk in the forest. Then, I found a sound clip someone made of a snail eating!