Rocket Kid and I took late evening hikes several days this week, and the sunsets and moonrises were beautiful backdrops. The first two have some light editing done to them. The rest are the way they came out of the camera. This image is available as a print or on several other items here. I … Read more
Nursing an injury, I wandered around the trailhead area where I usually run at South Mountain and took some macro shots. I had a few problems. First, it was breezy, so catching flowers and the like when they were still was challenging. Second, I was lazy and didn’t bring my tripod. Third, it was quite … Read more
My first trip to the Grand Canyon since acquiring the Nikon! And the maiden voyage of a clip to hold the camera on one of my backpack straps. Sometimes, Big Nik was the best tool for the job. But I also had my phone, and Nik, Jr. for macro. Shots from all three are mixed … Read more
As promised, photos from our quick trip to Austin, along with a bit of storytelling. All of them were taken with my phone. As they say, the best camera is the one you have with you. We took a walk on a path along the Colorado River. Not THE Colorado River, the one I have … Read more
Climbing Daddy and I spent the weekend in Austin. Our trip had more of a squirrel theme than I was anticipating. It was warm and humid, and even the squirrels were trying to cool off. This guy would lay for a while, get up, move to a new spot and flop down. Also, they were … Read more
I’ve been wanting to hike this trail and have had some foiled attempts. (The hour one-way drive and several miles on an unimproved road don’t help matters.) Finally, on what is reasonably expected to be the last day with a high below 90 for months to come, Climbing Daddy and I made it out to … Read more
It’s been a while since I’ve just walked around the neighborhood, so I rectified that. The weather was warm and breezy, which was perfect for a walk but made macro rough. Which is to say, I tried to take pictures of flowers that were alive but only got two. (But the ant on one of … Read more
We have been gifted beautiful weather this spring—it hasn’t even hit 100 yet (which is unusual). I took advantage of the weather and went for a bit of a wander through a bit of the Riparian Preserve. Whenever I do aimless photography like this, I bring three cameras: Big Nik with the big lens; Nik … Read more
We didn’t get to hike the peak last weekend when we camped there, so the other mom and I took off early yesterday morning to go hike the peak. The weather was perfect, the company was lovely, the hike was hard, and it was a day well-spent. And we both were happy to stop and … Read more
We went camping! Just for a night, at Picacho Peak, a lovely little state park in between Phoenix and Tucson. Due to time and weather and children, we didn’t actually hike up to Picacho Peak. But we did some other hiking, and between the phone and the Nikon, I got some good shots. An unedited … Read more