I purchased a macro lens a few months back and I’m finally getting able to practice with it a little. Plants and bugs are the natural subjects of macro lenses but since this particular model (Pentax DA35mm Limited) literally focuses right up to the front element, bugs are out of the equation for now. So my focus has been on plants. I…
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Feed me
Trying to come up with good content for a photography blog gets to be a little tough after a while. I guess if your a full-time photographer or journalist it’s not that tough. Or maybe if you’re a travel photographer who is always on the move visiting new places every week, I guess filling the blog with exotic imagery may not…
Wrestling with the wind
Yes, I am still in my spring blossom shooting mode. It happens every year for a week or two, then I’m done. After this week I’ll go back to shooting buildings and such, trying to find abstracts, and chasing the light and looking the other way. After yet another bout of weekend illness (flu, fever, cold, whatever you want to…
But Mama, that’s where the fun is
Mama always told me not to look into the eye’s of the sun But mama, that’s where the fun is – B. Springsteen (I always liked the Manfred Mann version) In my never-ending quest to take Spring Blossom photos in new ways (at least for me), today I discovered the sun. Spring has been so long in coming and coupled…
Not about the bunny
Even though the Easter Bunny gets most of the headlines, we all know, the holiday isn’t really about the bunny. The bunny just became a sort of mascot for spring and, just like Christmas, the meaning of the holiday gets diluted into a generic fun fest. That aside, after a nice Easter dinner my wife and I decided to take…
Scenery?
No need for a tripod for a long exposure to smooth out the water when it’s frozen! A straight forward scenic photo, with a little processing enhancement to take the boredom away. It’s rare that I take or share shots such as these, mostly because I don’t do them well. I like scenic photos when done by others but I…
My test, your pleasure
I wanted to test a recently acquired macro lens and, as it’s still a little yucky around, I decided to try it out at the Phipps Conservatory. A little jump start on spring. Nothing artsy, just flowers.
Man, if I only had the time
I took a short trip to Vermont over the weekend and spent most of my time behind the wheel of my car. It was a WAY longer drive than what I was thinking and I probably bit off more than I could chew, so to speak. But I wanted to see one of my photos in a gallery exhibition and it was…
Over the couch
For some reason, this image reminds me of an abstract painting that someone from my past had hanging over the couch. I know it wasn’t a painting of glasses but there is something about the colors and shapes that strikes a chord. May be it was a friend or a friends parents or someone in my family, or maybe just…
Gold in them hills
My photo, “Can’t Wait” was chosen as a Gold Selection winner for the North Valley Art League International Juried Photography Show, which opens Tuesday, April 29, 2014. It is an honor to be chosen but the hard part is still ahead of me – writing an Artist Statement! I’ll try to do my best with that but, as anyone who has spent…
What I Pic 