Tag: fine art

Who, wha, huh?

Between getting busy at work and following that with getting sick yet again, this past week has been  somewhat of a blur. I’m still recuperating a bit but I thought I would at least fire up the computer and see what I can share h my loyal followers. Since I didn’t get to take any photos at all last week…

Phoney photos

I am not usually a fan of phone photography. Personally I use mine more as a notepad device than an artistic instrument – taking photos of items that I may need for reference at a later time. However I do take a lot of documentation photos for my job during my typical workday and on occasion I grab a shot of…

Nice and wild

Couldn’t decide if I wanted to post a nice pretty picture or a wild crazy picture – so I’ll just do both! Lets start with the pretty picture. This is another one done with a teal split-tone B&W process. A little different from straight black and white. I like it and thinks it works great on flower pictures   And,…

Rustling up some photos

From the city shot of my last post to more rural things. I see lots of cattle almost every day during my work travels. An almost constant subject on my blog and I’m afraid I have to go there again! 🙂 Trying to get unique and interesting photos of cattle that aren’t mine, during the heat of the day is always…

It is what it is

I was going to post another toned black and white flower image but instead I’ll break things up with…..a broken up image! Playing with mirrors in downtown Pittsburgh. Somewhere there is a dinosaur involved! I was told by security that I can’t photograph towards the building shortly after taking this. Ah, modern life! 😦

Teal-riffic

I made my annual visit to shoot some water lilies at the pond outside of Phipps Conservatory, since they look their best this time of year. Although I try to challenge myself to be more creative each time, I am usually quite happy with the straightforward color shots.  The flowers are pretty and colorful and the lily pads and reflections always…

Back away from the slider

If there is one thing that I struggle with when processing photos, it’s the contrast levels. I almost always add some contrast to most of my photo. Processing from RAW files that is almost inevitable, but where to stop is the hard part. Contrast is subjective and what looks good during processing may not translate well later. My monitor screen…

Round in Circles

That’s the way I feel about my photography. Sometimes I like it, sometimes I don’t – and back again. Currently, I kind of like it. I’m not where I was thinking I wanted to go creatively, but I’m at least enjoying getting there. This is another shot taken during my exploration at the fairgrounds. It was just one of those…

LOL

Sometimes I like to laugh out loud -usually not when I’m typing on a touch screen 🙂

A post I forgot to title

This is, what I believe, a sago palm. Exotic looking, by all accounts, for a Pennsylvanian and that’s why it probably caught my eye as I was walking past it during my visit to South Carolina. I was struck by the sheer size of the seed pod and the fanning of the fronds which were perfect leading lines to my main subject –…