Tag: digital

Walking, shooting….and thinking

These photos were taken while walking around Charleston, South Carolina on one rainy day. There’s  something about being in a different city that puts me in tourist mode instead of photographer mode. My creativity just sinks and I end up leisurely shooting the sites. That’s not a bad thing, I guess, since the idea of the trip was just to get…

Maybe it was for the better

I was trying to think of what to post last night, thinking that I had no interesting photos from the weekend, when the power went out at my house. My house and the surrounding neighborhood, for whatever reason since it wasn’t storming and there wasn’t an accident that I was aware of. My electric flickered off and on just a few days…

For fun’s sake

Since ol’ man winter is still hanging around this year and more snow is coming tonight I thought I would look into my files to see what last year looked like at this time. I found that I had a lot of photos of spring blossoms and flowers that are nowhere to be seen this year. In a related note, while…

We-eeell, I can’t quit you, baby, But I got to put you down a little while

To quote the late great Willie Dixon I think I’m going to take a little break from the blog and photography for a week or two. I just need to spend some time catching up on things like my guitar playing, some reading, research, work on the house, etc. Maybe even sit down and watch a movie or two. It’s…

Glass

I find that glass, in the form of bottles and vases, always makes for interesting still lifes. The transparency, curves and reflections allow for an almost endless variety of compositions. Subtle changes in light or angle can take on a whole new look. I should make it a quest to collect old bottles when I find them and save them…

Thorns can scratch

This little leaf cluster caught my eye amongst all of the dried tree branches against the lovely snow and mud background.  They just looked so vibrant and alive. And as soon as I saw the photo on the LCD I knew I wanted to do a texture treatment with it. Like always, I just wasn’t sure which way I was going to…

Well in hand

I thought I would rework an image I had in my files from a while back. This was taken in an environmental warehouse at a former employer. I always liked the gloves “reaching out” towards the camera and the lone light-colored glove. It’s bordering on creepy, so maybe that’s why I like it. And by that I mean I don’t…

I need to get to the point

A roadside find I came across today. These skulls and antlers were on the side of a barn in West Virginia, which was literally right next to the road . Besides the collection I really liked the matching patina of the bones and barn siding. They all kind of blended together, which made it a little difficult to photograph. So I…

Ghosts of the machine…….NOW with bokeh!

How about a few shots of what was a piece of construction machinery that burned up? The machine was hauled away but some debris remained. Melted glass (in a nice aqua color, I might add), burnt rubber, and steel. And while we are at it, who can’t resist bokeh? Everybody loves it! So when you add bokeh to trash it…