Through The Viewfinder

I found this Through the Viewfinder photo of an Amish scooter resting on the side of a barn when I was in Oxford last year to shoot a produce auction. I gained permission to take a photograph from the family after explaining who I was, and how this photo would be used.

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This picture was taken while hiking on the Mill Creek Falls Trail in York County, back on Sept. 18, 2019. This trail is on River Road in Airville, just over the Norman Wood Bridge from Lancaster County.

For the past few years, I’ve made several trips in late November and early December to photograph bald eagles at Conowingo Fisherman’s Park on the Susquehanna River just below Conowingo Hydroelectric Generating Station, or Conowingo Dam. This trip was Dec. 7, and it was my third trip in abou…

One of the wonderful parts of this job is meeting and photographing interesting and diverse people. Or sometimes reconnecting with them. Back in September, I had the privilege of working on the first Firefighters of Lancaster County calendar sponsored by LNP. One of the subjects I was to pho…

My husband and I took a fall foliage train ride from Reading to Jim Thorpe in October, via the Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad. It was a lovely 2 1/2 hour train ride each way, with a stop at Port Clinton to pick up or drop off more people along the way. In total, there were 600…

Once again, as I drive across this picturesque county, I catch glimpses out of the corner of my eye that interest me.

I came across this negative of me with a camera around my neck back in 1969, I believe. It was taken by my father, Walter Blackburn, with his trusty Zeiss Ikon Ikonta 35 mm film camera.

Just like a few of my other Through the Viewfinder photos, this one was taken while on vacation near the beach in Ocean City, Maryland. I shot this photo of a great blue heron (Ardea herodias) on Oct. 26.

I arrived in Lancaster for the first time two months ago. With most new places I visit, I try to familiarize myself with the area by aimlessly walking around photographing whatever catches my eye.

This month I was assigned to shoot pictures at the March for Life along Third Street, in front of the Capitol building, in Harrisburg. I arrived a few minutes after 10 a.m. as the Prayer and Praise pre-rally was getting underway.

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Thirty-five years ago Human Rights Now! was a concert series in venues worldwide over a six-week period. The concerts were to bring awareness to both the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on…