J. Otte Blog
This is where I share my stock photography, nature and fine art photography, as well as happenings at home. Much of the time, my stock images happen by accident while I'm documenting my personal life. Check the about page for some of my photography, art, and business background as well as personal insanity. ;) Scroll all the way to the bottom of this page for recent blog posts.
Maryland Silo – Harford Baltimore Photographer
I’m a sucker for interesting tones that the sky gives. I was coming home from a photoshoot this past week, and the sun had set, but we had this overall cast of violets and pinks. I just had to stop and shoot, but wasn’t sure what I wanted to shoot.…
Maryland Farms Photographer
I have been eyeing up this spot on the way to work several times. Well out of nowhere, they put up a fence. It’s a beautiful fence, but it ruined my view… well, maybe not. I kind of like the little peek I get from my vehicle. It’s so beautiful…
Sunflowers Northern Maryland
Got out a little early this morning after a great weekend camping with my daughter and our horses (see my instagram for pictures of that). I decided to stop at the sunflowers – yes, I live way up here in Northern Maryland where the “famous” sunflowers are. I see photographers…
Water Droplets | Maryland Commute Project
I need to catch up with a few of my commute project images…. that’s always the way, though… busy busy busy and then time to regroup. Arms packed with messenger bag, coffee cup, keys, phone, and whatever else I was trying to stuff into my car this morning, I noticed…
Hint of Fall in Shawsville, Maryland | Photography
Beautiful morning. The sky changed so many times, I didn’t know where to pull off on the side of the road to shoot. I finally settled on what was going to be a wide angle landscape, but as soon as I jumped out of the car, I spotted this purple…
Weekend Jumpers Show – Featherdown – Sparks, Maryland
Erynn is now in the Interscholastic Equestrian Association, riding for Greenway at Featherdown in Sparks, Maryland. She will not be riding her own horses in these shows. Instead, she will be “drawing from a hat” so to speak and getting random horses that she has never ridden and will be…
Stand Out
Stand Out (Black Horse, Maryland) I’d like to photograph the cornfields before they are gone for the year. It was a beautiful morning. I’ve been noticing a corn stalk springing up from all these – I believe they are soybeans – in the fields. We had a nice sky,…
Editing Series – Photoshop Secrets
It’s no secret that I am a HUGE proponent of getting it right in camera – per my instruction books HERE and HERE. While I’m a strong believer that a well-exposed and well-composed image does not need editing or retouching through PhotoShop or Lightroom, there is no doubt, that popping an image…
Fog in Norrisville, Maryland
Fog in Norrisville, Maryland I love seeing the morning fog right behind my house. While I hadn’t yet begun my commute this morning, I did run out with wet hair and muck boots to take this shot. Sometimes the fog is better than this, but I figured I would catch…
Project Commute
See below for details of this project. This image was tough. I was shooting at “high noon”. I pass by this location all the time in White Hall, Maryland. I pulled off to the side of the road at this building that looks abandoned and ugly. I had spotted some yellow…
Newborn Art – Float
Something Personal……
As many know, I took a “day job” as an accountant about a year and a half ago. Having been a full-time professional photographer for over 10 years, I saw the industry taking a nosedive, and I wanted to make sure that I would, no matter what happened to the…