Steve Heap
@backyardimage.bsky.social
Photographer, Artist, Writer and all-round "good guy?" I write about my work at BackyardImage.com and my portfolio can be found at SteveHeap.com
We are waiting for a threatened ice storm, but on Wednesday afternoon, the mood over the Colorado river in Austin Texas seems very mellow and warm. Aerial drone panorama of this modern cityscape. And no cranes visible, a first for this city! #Austin #AerialPhotography #BuyIntoArt
January 23, 2026 at 11:11 PM
We are waiting for a threatened ice storm, but on Wednesday afternoon, the mood over the Colorado river in Austin Texas seems very mellow and warm. Aerial drone panorama of this modern cityscape. And no cranes visible, a first for this city! #Austin #AerialPhotography #BuyIntoArt
I've written one of my articles on BackyardImage .com about my attempts to photograph these hummingbirds in Costa Rica. Here is a montage of my favorite images from that shoot.
#hummingbird #BirdPhotography #Photography #BuyIntoArt
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#hummingbird #BirdPhotography #Photography #BuyIntoArt
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January 17, 2026 at 3:13 PM
I've written one of my articles on BackyardImage .com about my attempts to photograph these hummingbirds in Costa Rica. Here is a montage of my favorite images from that shoot.
#hummingbird #BirdPhotography #Photography #BuyIntoArt
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#hummingbird #BirdPhotography #Photography #BuyIntoArt
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A white-throated mountaingem hummingbird sits patiently on a twig. But which is the best as a piece of wall art - photo or pencil sketch?
#Photography #Buyintoart #AYearforart #birds #bird
#Photography #Buyintoart #AYearforart #birds #bird
January 15, 2026 at 8:55 PM
A white-throated mountaingem hummingbird sits patiently on a twig. But which is the best as a piece of wall art - photo or pencil sketch?
#Photography #Buyintoart #AYearforart #birds #bird
#Photography #Buyintoart #AYearforart #birds #bird
Christmas has certainly come early! A buyer from Oakland, MD bought three large, framed prints of Morgantown last night, the largest being almost 5 feet wide. This is that print, the moon rising over the WVU Hope Coliseum. #Photography #Morgantownwv #AYearForArt
www.pictorem.com/625749/moon-...
www.pictorem.com/625749/moon-...
December 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Christmas has certainly come early! A buyer from Oakland, MD bought three large, framed prints of Morgantown last night, the largest being almost 5 feet wide. This is that print, the moon rising over the WVU Hope Coliseum. #Photography #Morgantownwv #AYearForArt
www.pictorem.com/625749/moon-...
www.pictorem.com/625749/moon-...
My latest print available in my BackyardImage Etsy Store in many different sizes up to 40 x 90 inches. Quite a statement in your home! #Nature #Macro #Photography #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt
www.etsy.com/listing/4418...
www.etsy.com/listing/4418...
December 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
My latest print available in my BackyardImage Etsy Store in many different sizes up to 40 x 90 inches. Quite a statement in your home! #Nature #Macro #Photography #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt
www.etsy.com/listing/4418...
www.etsy.com/listing/4418...
My latest image on my Etsy store. A pastel drawing of a famous Hawaiian canoe with Hanalei pier on Kauai in the background. Perfect for a Christmas present.
www.etsy.com/listing/4417...
#Hanalei #Kauai #Hawaii #Ayearforart #BuyIntoArt
www.etsy.com/listing/4417...
#Hanalei #Kauai #Hawaii #Ayearforart #BuyIntoArt
December 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
My latest image on my Etsy store. A pastel drawing of a famous Hawaiian canoe with Hanalei pier on Kauai in the background. Perfect for a Christmas present.
www.etsy.com/listing/4417...
#Hanalei #Kauai #Hawaii #Ayearforart #BuyIntoArt
www.etsy.com/listing/4417...
#Hanalei #Kauai #Hawaii #Ayearforart #BuyIntoArt
I'm thrilled to see that someone in South Dakota has purchased a 54x34 inch framed print of my aerial sunset over Hanalei Bay on Kauai. A Black Friday sale! #ayearforArt #Kauai #Hanalei #Photography #Landscape #Sunset
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November 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I'm thrilled to see that someone in South Dakota has purchased a 54x34 inch framed print of my aerial sunset over Hanalei Bay on Kauai. A Black Friday sale! #ayearforArt #Kauai #Hanalei #Photography #Landscape #Sunset
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I was thrilled and honored for my print of an old tin mine on the coast of Cornwall to be awarded first place in the annual Photography Club competition in the Landscapes category. All 120+ entries can be seen until mid-December #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt
www.pictorem.com/2494033/long...
www.pictorem.com/2494033/long...
November 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I was thrilled and honored for my print of an old tin mine on the coast of Cornwall to be awarded first place in the annual Photography Club competition in the Landscapes category. All 120+ entries can be seen until mid-December #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt
www.pictorem.com/2494033/long...
www.pictorem.com/2494033/long...
I was printing some work for a competition and came across this of Coopers Rock State Park near Morgantown in West Virginia. It wasn't actually successful, but I liked the look of it! #Morgantown #WestVirginia #AlmostHeaven #AYearForArt
www.pictorem.com/990397/bw-co...
www.pictorem.com/990397/bw-co...
October 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I was printing some work for a competition and came across this of Coopers Rock State Park near Morgantown in West Virginia. It wasn't actually successful, but I liked the look of it! #Morgantown #WestVirginia #AlmostHeaven #AYearForArt
www.pictorem.com/990397/bw-co...
www.pictorem.com/990397/bw-co...
I've started to write my extended articles about the cruise we took from New York to Iceland and have written three of them so far covering New York, Halifax in Canada and then Nuuk in Greenland. More to come.
www.backyardimage.com/which-viking...
#myvikingstory #myviking #myvikingjourney
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#myvikingstory #myviking #myvikingjourney
October 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I've started to write my extended articles about the cruise we took from New York to Iceland and have written three of them so far covering New York, Halifax in Canada and then Nuuk in Greenland. More to come.
www.backyardimage.com/which-viking...
#myvikingstory #myviking #myvikingjourney
www.backyardimage.com/which-viking...
#myvikingstory #myviking #myvikingjourney
A new product in my BackyardImage Etsy Store of a beautifully calm sunrise behind Hanalei Pier in Kauai. 8 second exposure to get the smooth ocean. #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #hanalei #Kauai #hawaii #Photography #Landscape
www.etsy.com/listing/4392...
www.etsy.com/listing/4392...
October 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A new product in my BackyardImage Etsy Store of a beautifully calm sunrise behind Hanalei Pier in Kauai. 8 second exposure to get the smooth ocean. #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #hanalei #Kauai #hawaii #Photography #Landscape
www.etsy.com/listing/4392...
www.etsy.com/listing/4392...
Just saw another big sale occur on my Pictorem portfolio. This one was a composite that I made of the moon over WVU Woodburn Hall when clouds stopped me seeing the real thing! I was there and it would have risen there! #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #WVU #morgantown
www.pictorem.com/858408/moonr...
www.pictorem.com/858408/moonr...
October 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Just saw another big sale occur on my Pictorem portfolio. This one was a composite that I made of the moon over WVU Woodburn Hall when clouds stopped me seeing the real thing! I was there and it would have risen there! #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #WVU #morgantown
www.pictorem.com/858408/moonr...
www.pictorem.com/858408/moonr...
A blast from the past from back in the early Covid days - Halloween in 2020... This one is NOT available in my Etsy store!
#Humor #halloween2025 #Photography #halloween
#Humor #halloween2025 #Photography #halloween
October 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A blast from the past from back in the early Covid days - Halloween in 2020... This one is NOT available in my Etsy store!
#Humor #halloween2025 #Photography #halloween
#Humor #halloween2025 #Photography #halloween
My latest upload to my Etsy Store. The frozen icicles surrounding the waterfall at Cucumber Falls in Ohiopyle state park. You can add more photos now to a listing, and so I added one showing the print in a frame. #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #ohiopyle #Photography
www.etsy.com/listing/4388...
www.etsy.com/listing/4388...
October 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
My latest upload to my Etsy Store. The frozen icicles surrounding the waterfall at Cucumber Falls in Ohiopyle state park. You can add more photos now to a listing, and so I added one showing the print in a frame. #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #ohiopyle #Photography
www.etsy.com/listing/4388...
www.etsy.com/listing/4388...
Finally, I have managed to create my first Audiobook - A guide to selling your fine art photos online. Two hours of my best advice that has driven my own sales over the past few years. #AYearForArt #fineartphotography #BuyIntoArt
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backyardsilver.com/sell-your-ph...
October 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Finally, I have managed to create my first Audiobook - A guide to selling your fine art photos online. Two hours of my best advice that has driven my own sales over the past few years. #AYearForArt #fineartphotography #BuyIntoArt
backyardsilver.com/sell-your-ph...
backyardsilver.com/sell-your-ph...
This was one of the prints recently installed in the financial company office in Texas. It was taken at Valley Falls in WV with a telephoto lens using a very short exposure to freeze the water. #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt
www.pictorem.com/2176003/froz...
www.pictorem.com/2176003/froz...
October 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This was one of the prints recently installed in the financial company office in Texas. It was taken at Valley Falls in WV with a telephoto lens using a very short exposure to freeze the water. #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt
www.pictorem.com/2176003/froz...
www.pictorem.com/2176003/froz...
There is a mahogany plantation on the North coast of Kauai that you can walk around. Photos of it tend to be a little stark with the trees planted in rows, but with a bit of artistic license, it can be magic. #Kauai #AYearForArt #Photography #DigitalArt #Landscape
www.pictorem.com/2470623/oil-...
www.pictorem.com/2470623/oil-...
October 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
There is a mahogany plantation on the North coast of Kauai that you can walk around. Photos of it tend to be a little stark with the trees planted in rows, but with a bit of artistic license, it can be magic. #Kauai #AYearForArt #Photography #DigitalArt #Landscape
www.pictorem.com/2470623/oil-...
www.pictorem.com/2470623/oil-...
Fantastic news today - eight of my pieces now installed as large framed fine art prints in the offices of a high-end financial services company in Texas. Full story here on my website: www.backyardimage.com/major-sale-t...
#AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #Photography #Landscapes #Abstract
#AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #Photography #Landscapes #Abstract
October 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Fantastic news today - eight of my pieces now installed as large framed fine art prints in the offices of a high-end financial services company in Texas. Full story here on my website: www.backyardimage.com/major-sale-t...
#AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #Photography #Landscapes #Abstract
#AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #Photography #Landscapes #Abstract
Great to see a sale of the Tree Tunnel oil painting on canvas from Pictorem recently. One of my favorites from Kauai. #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #Kauai #Hawaii #photography #Landscape #Digitalart
www.pictorem.com/671537/paint...
www.pictorem.com/671537/paint...
October 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Great to see a sale of the Tree Tunnel oil painting on canvas from Pictorem recently. One of my favorites from Kauai. #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #Kauai #Hawaii #photography #Landscape #Digitalart
www.pictorem.com/671537/paint...
www.pictorem.com/671537/paint...
I've written long extended reviews on six Viking cruises now and decided it would help my readers if I wrote a summary of all of them to help people new to cruising to choose where to go. You can find it here: www.backyardimage.com/which-viking...
#myvikingstory #MyVikingJourney
#myvikingstory #MyVikingJourney
October 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I've written long extended reviews on six Viking cruises now and decided it would help my readers if I wrote a summary of all of them to help people new to cruising to choose where to go. You can find it here: www.backyardimage.com/which-viking...
#myvikingstory #MyVikingJourney
#myvikingstory #MyVikingJourney
I've decided to give my Etsy store a facelift. What do you think?
www.etsy.com/shop/Backyar...
#AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #etsyshop #photography #landscapes #nature
www.etsy.com/shop/Backyar...
#AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #etsyshop #photography #landscapes #nature
September 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I've decided to give my Etsy store a facelift. What do you think?
www.etsy.com/shop/Backyar...
#AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #etsyshop #photography #landscapes #nature
www.etsy.com/shop/Backyar...
#AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #etsyshop #photography #landscapes #nature
Great to see a sale last night of a 20x16 inch metal print of Mount Princeton near Buena Vista in Colorado taken as the rising sun lights up the chalky peaks. #BuyIntoArt #Colorado #Landscapes #Nature #Photography
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September 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Great to see a sale last night of a 20x16 inch metal print of Mount Princeton near Buena Vista in Colorado taken as the rising sun lights up the chalky peaks. #BuyIntoArt #Colorado #Landscapes #Nature #Photography
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fineartamerica.com/featured/2-c...
One week only - a massive 40% off all my prints in my Etsy store!
www.etsy.com/shop/Backyar...
#etsyshop #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #photography #landscape #nature #sale
www.etsy.com/shop/Backyar...
#etsyshop #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #photography #landscape #nature #sale
September 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
One week only - a massive 40% off all my prints in my Etsy store!
www.etsy.com/shop/Backyar...
#etsyshop #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #photography #landscape #nature #sale
www.etsy.com/shop/Backyar...
#etsyshop #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #photography #landscape #nature #sale
Another sale last week - I supplied the file for a 72x36 inch acrylic print that an Art Consultant was creating for a client. Newark may not be the most beautiful city in the world, but it did look quite peaceful this morning! #AYearForArt #newarknj #Cityscape
www.pictorem.com/2415832/skyl...
www.pictorem.com/2415832/skyl...
September 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Another sale last week - I supplied the file for a 72x36 inch acrylic print that an Art Consultant was creating for a client. Newark may not be the most beautiful city in the world, but it did look quite peaceful this morning! #AYearForArt #newarknj #Cityscape
www.pictorem.com/2415832/skyl...
www.pictorem.com/2415832/skyl...
Very pleased to have sold a 40 x 30 inch canvas print of my Supermoon over Seneca Rocks image from my Etsy Store. (Search BackyardImage on Etsy). #AYearForArt #Photography #SenecaRocks #Landscape #Supermoon #Photography #Nature
www.etsy.com/listing/1758...
www.etsy.com/listing/1758...
September 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Very pleased to have sold a 40 x 30 inch canvas print of my Supermoon over Seneca Rocks image from my Etsy Store. (Search BackyardImage on Etsy). #AYearForArt #Photography #SenecaRocks #Landscape #Supermoon #Photography #Nature
www.etsy.com/listing/1758...
www.etsy.com/listing/1758...