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Dawn in Istanbul, and the sun was rising to the right of this picture. Thus the clouds are sunlit but the marvelous foreground of the Hagia Sophia is still shaded by night. Built in 537, it has served as a Greek Orthodox cathedral (twice), Roman Catholic Cathedral, Imperial Mosque, and finally, since 1935, a museum. Famous for it’s massive dome, it was the world’s largest cathedral for 1000 years. At the opposite end of this gorgeous plaza stands the stunning, active Blue Mosque.

Sally Ross retired from the University of Georgia Department of Language and Literacy, after many wonderful years of working with Georgia English teachers. She now thrives on travel, hiking, golf, and photography, making Scotland the perfect destination for several months every summer. Sally has always been a photographer, but creating fine art photography has now become a passion, a profession, and a path to learning and personal expression. “My work,” she says, “is often described as painterly, an effect I strive to achieve through my eye as an artist, my sense of composition, and my knowledge and use of the camera as a creative tool. I have come to understand that the central theme of my work—and my life—is to live and to create...