One thing about blogging I love is the friendships I have been blessed with here. Here is one for my dear friend at Snow Bird Press. And yes you should visit her place. It is a beautiful and wonder filled place where Art meets Haiku.
As a hack photographer I am blessed to have a supportive wife in this my photo blogging journey. I am blessed by those who follow, like and comment. I am blessed with having several cameras I can choose from. I am blessed at how wonderful my point and shots are. But all that means nothing if I did not follow through and do one thing: Take the shot.
The two following photos are examples of what I am talking about. One, the Rose, I took the photo in the full on midday sun. No filters were involved in the taking of this photo. I have been told midday sun is bad. Me? I went with my default setting: Take the shot.
The Thistle was taking early morning but almost facing the sun. I took it with my pops FujiFilm S700 he is loaning me. I wanted to catch the dew on the Thistle but knew my pops camera does macro only so-so. Once again I went with my default: Take the shot.
We can always wait for perfect equipment, the perfect weather, setting and such but life is oh, so very short so just take the shot.
As I was taken a few shots on my break today I had an “experience”. Follow the story in the photo captions below. An as always: Enjoy!
After a dear friend was relived of her camera, by her youngest daughter for summer travels, I lent her my new Canon SX260 HS back in May. I had not taken very many pics with it but knew my friend, who has a photography problem like myself, needed it more than I. Her youngest daughter is back from seeing the world. The last pictures taken with this camera by my friend was of her other daughter as she returned from Afghanistan. I hope it served you well!
Now that it is back in fold I will, over the next few weeks, hopefully l get to know it and see what it can do. Until then here a few with the camera on full auto.
I have times when I have no other way to live but on the fly. I am trying out the scheduler feature on WordPress for those moments when I do not have a moment to post. The first was Saturday when I set up Sundays post because I knew I was going to be with the folks.
I would encourage you to set up a few drafts and when you know life will be a little exacting, “Poof” a little media posting magic!
Here are a few from this overcast Labor Day. Enjoy!
You see three separate pictures within this picture if you really look for them: The pretty yellow flowers, the ginormous rock and the shadows gracing said rocks’ side. It takes all three to make the picture but each element can be a subject in and of itself. Maybe that is how real haiku writers see the world. I have no haiku for you but feel free to add your own!
The Bride and I are heading out to the Farmers Market then to my folks house later today. So here is one more till the next time!
For those who follow me, both of you, I hope my lack of variety in my subject matter does not drive you away. Life has presented me with very few photo ops so I am revisiting some ducks pics I took with my now deceased PowerShot S3is. I have compared them with the ones I took this past weekend with my sister-in-law’s Nikon D40. I like both series of shots equally but I decide to show this one. It is an untouched photo shot at dusk taken with the PowerShot S3is. Enjoy my friends, both off you!
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