With the temps in the single digits tonight I decided to go to the way-back-files. While I was there I found this dragonfly. Here is to the time I can pursue thee again ol’ flying dragon!
Category: Photography
My Assistant PhotoEditor
Tonight I have something new: An assistant photo editor. Butterfly decided that temperatures in the single digits, or lower, was an OK excuse for letting me kidnap her and bring her inside.Since being inside she has taking over the study or more specific The Bride or my desk. She would occupy both at the same time if she could I assure you…sigh. So meet my assistant photo editor.
Black & White Sunday: Architecture
I came across the Black & White Sunday: Architecture (Guest Challenge by Cardinal Guzman)@ Ese’s Voice and I thought why not. So here is are two photos I took in two small towns not far down the road.
Something Old, Something New
I was looking through photos of a wedding I took last year as the second shooter. I was to take the casual and non-traditional shots as well as group shots. Since The Bride is starting Nursing school in less than two weeks I have looked at ways to supplement our income. One is to do portrait/wedding photography and I looked at those wedding shots to see if I had the right stuff. That is when I came across this photo of the bard that served as a backdrop for group shots. I saw that the “old” barn had a “new” addition and felt it was poetic as a backdrop because of the saying ” Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue”
The New Place
I started photography for one reason: I found joy in it. Now I want to share with you the camera that was a big part of that journey: The Canon PowerShot S3is.
The act of selling an old camera and the challenge that Steve @ daPonte Photography set for himself had me pondering today about things. One of the things was I had a small point & shot for sale and it had me following strangled route of thought till today. Steve’s challenge to himself helped me focus and laying a course of action which led me to start this blog. But first things first, back to the camera for sale.
A lady contacted me and wanted to buy it for her daughter. Leaving their house after I dropped it of I was bothered by two things: 1) I apologized several times that it wasn’t a top-of-the line camera. 2) How grateful they were to get the camera. Not that gratitude is a bad thing it was just a simple inexpensive camera yet they were happy to have it. Then I remembered…
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Beauty In The Graveyard
The Bride and I visited Bardstown, Ky a few weeks back and I wanted to post these pics sooner but decided to wait till after the Holidays to do so. I simply did not want to bum anyone out at what should be an upbeat time of year. I took both photos with my Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS1. The top one was these random flowers laying on the wall of what may have been a crypt covering these unmarked tombs. The second photo I used a pin-hole camera effect within the Lumix to give it a look more reminiscent of period early in the area’s history.
My Top Ten Captures of 2014
Last year was a hard yet very good year for me and The Bride. The transition from almost two years of grieving, to moving past that and looking and moving forward breathed new life into my photography. I shot less but learned more and have big plans for 2015 in that part of my life. Here are my top ten captures I took, or rediscovered, last year in no particular order.
That I-Have-Been-Around-The-Block Look
This old car looks like it has some stories to tell and that I-have-been-wround-the-block look…..maybe more than once or twice look actually. I like it!
A Little Too Much Flash
Tonight I found this photo I took at the end of this past fall. Since I took this shot I have learned about flash diffusers and thought it would have been nice to had one for this shot. It would have also been nice to have known how to back the flash input down, I know how to do that now, and I should have used a tripod as well.I did shot this at the far end of the zoom to lessen the impact of the flash so the tripod would have been a good thing. But none the less I like the shot and at least I have learned a bit from having a little too much flash.
The Boy and His Bed…Sorta
Our nephew and his fiance gave us a dog bed for The Boy for Christmas. Now this may seem like strange Christmas gift but we love our dog and they asked what we wanted. Now finding a bed for a Corgi can be a challenge for those who do not own Corgis. None the less the bed was perfect and the boy loves it. So does Jerry O’ TomKat and that should explain the post title just fine….
Daffodil Hill Photography 