Glenn Franco Simmons Blogs

In the photos I offer on Pixels and Fine Art America, I often upload more than one choice per image. This is because people unfamiliar with ordering photos online have asked me why I don't crop them closer. It's because the original photo is often fr... 

"Rosa Francis Meilland" is also known as "Prince Jardinier" and "Schloss Ippenburg." In the USA, it's known as the Francis Meilland Rose. I've added numerous photos where I've "softened" the image's texture digitally. Developed by Alain Meillan... 

"Rosa Francis Meilland" is also known as "Prince Jardinier" and "Schloss Ippenburg." Developed by Alain Meilland, of Meilland International, in France in 2006, it has won awards in the United States and Europe. It was named in honor of the Peac... 

"McWay Falls is an 80-foot waterfall located in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park that flows year-round," according to Wikipedia. "This waterfall is one of only two in the region that are close enough to the ocean to be referred to as 'tidefalls', t... 

I was testing a new Nikon several years ago. My wife Kathleen and I were driving around San Jose, and I found Communications Hill. Part of the area, which is really several hills, was heavily developed, with a communications area and a police substat... 

From photos I've seen of this area of Big Basin, these trees sustained significant damage from the 2020 fire that burned through Big Basin Redwoods State Park. It truly is a tragedy, even though fire is a natural part of a redwood ecosystem. It wa... 

Some days in the early morning, Golden Gate Park in San Francisco is nearly silent, despite busy thoroughfares nearby. Oftentimes, I would arrive when it was drizzling or actually raining. I would wait patiently in my car until the drizzle or ra...