Brent Pennington: Photographer

BRENT PENNINGTON – Sunrise on the beach at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, VA, on the morning of 10 May 2025. BRENT PENNINGTON – Sunrise on

I’ve shared selections for this winter outing at the Eales Preserve, but as winter (hopefully) has wrapped, here are the final few in the series. 

This could be an April Fool’s Day post, only because early April in Pennsylvania has equal odds for being warm and sunny, or having several

Hiking in March is challenging in many ways.  The trails are often wet and muddy as the earth thaws.  The temperature can vary across a

Tucked into the woods past the boundary of the barrens, the trail arcs past this forest spring.  Just a small pool with a trickle of

Looking back over the past few weeks, I’ve shared a number of winter photos with cold tones, black & white shots, and muted scenes.  So

For me, this photo is all about shapes and tonality.  The angled wedge of the rock face and its facets and cracks; the horizontal shelves

Returning readers will recognize these trees; the Eales trees, which stand along the first quarter of the Blueberry trail at the preserve.  I photograph these

The trails around Kennedy Creek and Lee Hill are some of my favorites at Lackawanna State Park.  It’s been my go-to area of the park

Another evening out chasing the winter light.  The clouds moved in for sunset and dampened the scene more than I had hoped, but that’s just

Winter has some of the best light, if you can mitigate the cold and the snow to reach it.  I bundle up in my old

Wrapping up a late hike a couple of weeks back, I was greeted with a wintry sunset as I approached the parking lot.  The color

When you think of February in the woods, you probably imagine blankets of snow, or wind-driven waves and valleys around the base of trees.  Picturesque

Winter comes with its own inherent beauty, cold blues and pristine snow.  But there’s a point each year when I start to yearn for the

A cold sunrise filled with blue tones, and the reaching branches of a willow along the shore.  I still shiver at the memory of this

Looking down into the Delaware River in Narrowsburg, NY.  Pennsylvania is on the western bank, and New York on the eastern, and this is one

A sunrise on a new day, and on a new year about to dawn.  There are clouds on the horizon, and not even the seers

Icy winter mornings possess a quality of stillness that is otherwise uncommon.  The trees, the grass, the water, and even the very air are all

With the winter solstice upon us, what better way to celebrate than to be among trees in the sunset light!  From this point, for the

Just a simple orchard scene while apple picking this past fall.  Rolling hills and rows of trees, sunlight falling through openings in a patchy sky,