I have noticed something around my house this summer that I don’t usually see – a plethora of Tiger Swallowtail butterflies. You’d think we had printed banners out that told them they were most welcome to stop by. Most years, I will see an occasional one fly around, but usually what we get are mostly the black colored swallowtails and a few monarchs, but for whatever reason, we have many, many of the Tiger variety flying around this year. And not only am I seeing them around our house, I’m seeing them everywhere. It’s crazy! They are very easy to spot (they may as well have huge digitally printed signs on their backs) because they are bigger in size like a monarch, but are yellow with black accents. What is cool about them is that I’ve noticed that they find areas that they like to stay around, meaning that we have some trees that every day have a couple of these butterflies flying around them for hours. So the other day I took this opportunity to attempt a shot that I’ve been trying to get since last summer – capturing a butterfly in flight. And I think I finally figured out the secret. Find an area that the butterflies are frequenting, then on a bright, sunny day with little wind, lay on your back on the ground, put your camera settings on a high shutter speed and also on the burst mode, point your camera up, cross your fingers, and shoot lots and lots of pictures. I finally got the shot I was going for and after tweaking it in Photoshop I got the look I wanted. Now just add some vinyl lettering and it could be placed in my front yard to be the business sign for the photography business that I’m going to (someday) start.