Earth day is coming!

Earth Day is coming up so I’d thought I’d share with you a photograph I recently took in Rome. Here I am shooting ancient ruins that are over 2000 years old and what do I see in the Tiber River- nonbiodegradable plastics. Modern ruins, you could call them.

The fact that there was an Italian soccer ball in the mix of colorful plastics is what really caught my eye. I usually don’t take pictures like these- my idea of a landscape is a bit prettier. But face it, unfortunately this is what a modern landscape looks like, and I did find beauty in the colors and shapes of the plastics as they rolled downstream.

My family and I have really made it a point to try to stop using plastics - including bags and bottles as much as possible. We try to bring our own sacks when we shop. We’re trying to do our little part.

As a photographer, one of the benefits of shooting digital these days is that we don’t use chemicals, and we don’t have film and film canisters to pollute the planet with. I used to spend a fortune printing editions but now because of high-end digital printing, we have a master file on our computers and we print to order. This saves paper, time and ultimately money for people like you who want affordable art for your homes .

In honor of Earth Month, here are some of our favorite landscape images. Let us know what you think! On our website, www.WillItLookGoodOverTheSofa.com, of course you can see a lot more- look under our travel, countryside and landscape categories! And we've got cityscapes, too!


Our photo of the month is our little part to save the planet. 5% of the proceeds of Trees in Fog by Mark Feaster (see below) will go to Conservation International. On Charity Navigator (charitynavigator.org) they’re listed as one of the top 10 charities that put their donations to good use. Their mission is to “conserve the earth’s living heritage, our global biodiversity, and to demonstrate that human societies are able to live harmoniously with nature.”

Happy Spring everyone!