I had expected to do some flash work this week, and I did not. But the cactus down the street? The one that I caught a late bloom on and shared two weeks ago? It bloomed again! And a neighboring cactus bloomed also, that one with white flowers. (That’s the lead image.) My plan when … Read more
Shots from around the neighborhood, as most shots are these days. It’s interesting how many things I’m seeing that I haven’t seen before, despite walking, running, and biking in the same places not only in the last month and change, but in the few years we’ve lived here. Locks on a gate that I’ve passed … Read more
Lots of photos this week! First, a walk around the neighborhood with the camera. There’s a house with scads of roses that we’ve biked by a couple of times. I finally remembered to walk over and take some pictures. Quite a few came out well, but they’re dull. Photographs of roses. Here are a few … Read more
It turns out, most of the photos I took this week are head shots of The Kid, which I don’t want to share here. But I do have this one: The Climbing Daddy is a shopper. He has stuff stashed in a closet that he’s bought, and it’s been a good time to slowly roll … Read more
Taking photos is a good way to spend some time in normal times, and it’s been good in these weird times as well. I’m pleased to say that I’m fully in manual mode now and am getting many shots that look good. (And the ones that aren’t good are less often setting and more often … Read more
Well … I’ve done a lot of academic learning this week, with just a little photo-taking. But I’ve graduated to all photos being taken on manual mode, which is exciting and yields only marginally more failure than other not-fully-manual-but-not-point-and-shoot-either settings. Getting there! Here’s what I have to share with you, all from the yard or … Read more
Joshua Tree! It’s such an amazing park! We’ve been so many times in recent years and I don’t get tired of it. We were there for just a couple of days. The last day, there was mist and fog and light rain (and not-so-light-rain) and I didn’t get photos of that (I don’t have rain … Read more
Last weekend, I took a portrait photography class at a local park. We were asked to bring a model, and a friend volunteered. We had a fun time (lots of silly faces), I learned a few things, and I got lots of practice with some feedback. Inching closer to comfortable in manual mode… The lead … Read more
A friend has an enormous cactus in her front yard. She mentioned all the birds in and around it, and I said I’d noticed, that several times when I’d been to her house, I’d been sad not to have brought my camera. And then we went over again, and I brought my camera! Unfortunately, it … Read more
We went for a hike on a trail we don’t do often. We established ahead of time that it was for hiking and for photos. (Need to clarify that!) We had a goal and not a lot of daylight, so the way out was all hike (except when we stopped for the inevitable snack). Fun … Read more