Author: Michael Mellen

A Beautiful Sunrise Over Crescent Lake, Crescent City, Florida

Capturing a beautiful sunrise with a drone This morning’s sunrise over Crescent Lake was captured using a DJI Mavic Mini 2.  Some of the best places to be to shoot a sunrise or sunset in the state of Florida will be over a lake.  Florida has more than 30,000 lakes so as you can imagine,…


Return to the Everglades 2025 – PART ONE

RETURN TO THE EVERGLADES After 5 years, I am going back to shoot the Everglades National Park.  The past couple of days I spent exploring areas in the park that I want to spend some time shooting. One of the areas that I fell in love with is Long Pine Key.  There is a lake…


Milo’s 2024 Autumn Shoot – Pet Photography

Milo le Chihuahua’s Autumn Photo Shoot 2024 Here are a few pictures from this years autumn photo shoot of our little dog, Milo. Milo has his own Facebook pet page.  If you like to see more of Milo le Chihuahua, you can follow him here: https://www.facebook.com/MiloLeChihuahua Thank you for following Milo.   Thank you for…


OBX – Outer Banks North Carolina

Nags Head We left the campground early Tuesday morning, in plenty of time to get to the Outer Banks of North Carolina to shoot a sunrise. I wanted to photograph the Bodie Island Lighthouse early that morning, and I already had an idea of the shot I wanted to get. Of course, the best-laid plans…


My Trip to Virginia

Part One of Two Last week we loaded up the camper and made a trip to Richmond, Virginia to see our son. We weren’t able to stay at our usual campground because they didn’t have vacancy for the days we needed.  I was fortunate enough to find a campground not too far away in Petersburg. …


My Latest Trip to the Beach

A Trip to Marineland, Florida I love the beach!  As I stand here along the ocean’s edge, I can smell the salty sea air, feel a cool breeze blowing and hear the sound of the waves crashing onto the shore.  I can see the endless sea in front of me and the colorful clouds above…


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