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Meet Erica

Erica Tyler is a photographer of fine art, lifestyle, and commercial work for businesses across the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Erica also loves to travel and share her favorite places through both photography and writing.

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Explorer sharing experiences through photography

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Warmer nights with better views are on the way.
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#vaoutdoors #stargazing #optoutside #camping #longexpohunter

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I have a little notebook of quotes. Pieces that meant something once, and occasionally still mean something now. It's handwritten, though my handwriting is terrible. I started the notebook after watching a movie that came out in 2002 and somehow the practice has survived these 18 years. Every now and then I have nothing interesting to say with these photos, so I'll flip through my book of quotes for some inspiration. This often happens when I'm migraining and the only thoughts my consumed brain can form are "please make the room stop spinning" and "I'm dying much faster than everyone else." A migraining brain is often an overly dramatic brain. That's the state of things today. I'm off to someplace dark and quiet.

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In pursuit of magic... brb
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#moodyvibes #easternshore #mdinfocus #livethesimplethings

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In 2019 I went indoor skydiving, had one of my photos accepted into an art gallery, barely made it through my first portfolio review for my photography, had a lot of feelings and wrote about them, hung an aerial hammock in my living room (eliciting many awkward looks and questions from people who come in my front door), traveled to 1 new continent/4 new countries and read 18 books (a piddly dent in the 215+ on my Goodreads "Want to Read" shelf). Reading 19 books in 2019 would have sounded so nice, but Dune demanded more time.

Each year when I look back at my accomplishments and start thinking of my goals for the next year, I feel a little defeated. Some of my goals for 2020 will be exactly the same ones from 2019 that didn't get accomplished. Some things take longer than expected. When I look back at the last 10 years though, I'm amazed at how far I've come. Ten years ago, I had never taken a starry night photo. I wouldn't do that until 2012, and even then it would be 3 more years before I took one that was good enough to share publicly. That photo was actually also terrible, and it'd take me an additional 2 years to create something that I'm still proud of. Some things just take time. "Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years,” according to Bill Gates, and as the decade winds down that feels especially accurate.

I hope 2020 will be a year of continued growth. I hope to see more things that take my breath away. I hope to find a good pesto recipe that rivals what I've had in restaurants because the jarred stuff at my local grocery store just isn't cutting it. Happy New Year everyone.
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#milkyway #longexposure #starrynight #outdoortones #nightphotography

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"Well done everyone, we're halfway through the dark."
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And if you haven't seen The Christmas Carol episode of Doctor Who, I highly recommend it! .
#milkywaygalaxy #nightshooters #longexposure #nightsky #longexpohunter

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Under the right conditions, sunset colors can last well into the night. I have an old photo of this tree, and when I say old I really just mean from 2017 and when I saw 2017 I thought, "oh, only last year" because I'm in a total state of denial about what year it is. In the 2017 photo, the tree looks entirely different. The tide is higher and the tree is surrounded by water. The spindle-y roots of the tree are rising out of the water to meet the more dense roots at the base of the tree trunk. You can look straight through the roots and wonder how something so massive can be supported by something so small. The tree was taller in 2017 too, though still more of a stump than a tree really. I imagine that some kids whacked at it with sticks, but maybe it was just the wind and the rain and the unrelenting tides and all the normal things that wear everything down over time. .
#longexpohunter #nightimages #nightshooters #beautifulatmospheres #staywild

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Photography at night usually means starting with no light at all and creating any light you'd like. That was certainly the case with the last photo I posted. For that photo, I ran behind the bench as fast as I could without knocking over my camera in the dark, turned my flashlight on for the briefest of seconds and ran back. Sometimes I've gotten interesting lighting from a passing car that would usually be an annoyance but turned out to be a happy accident. I like the uncertainty of photographing in the dark, and the surprise after waiting for the image to process in camera.
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#milkyway #nightsky #longexpohunter #longexposure #stargazing

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Sitting, waiting, wishing.
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#nightsky #longexpohunter #optoutside #nightshooters #stargazing

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"The universe is in us. When I look up, many people feel small because they're small and the universe is big, but I feel big because my atoms came from those stars." Neil deGrasse Tyson
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The German alps sure were lovely 🏔️
#milkyway #longexposure #longexpohunter #nightsky #stargazing

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