Dance

I liked the floor, the lights, the legs. Reason to shoot. I used the floor and my strap to hold the camera in position and then hoped I'd get something reasonably recognizable. I used a wide angle and got as close as I could to the action. Honestly, I really didn't care if I got in the way or not. I was tired, figured they're dancing, they can dance around me if they're any good. I love the mini girl sitting to the right in the frame.

Urban Country Basketball

I don't know what provoked me to make this image. I think I aimed two different ways, used two different Iso's, two different Apt's and two distances of focus. The angles were the trick, you'd never know what I hid with the road through exposure and focus. This only took a few tries. It's funny, this image I almost deleted but kept it for some reason. After looking at the "money shot" I decided it was to busy (there was a third element), and this was the one the entire universe would see. I've given one image, one choice. I figure, to not like the image, you can't like basketball, electricity, or travel. I guess that would make you Canadian.

Sun Flower Field

I tried a few things here (as usual). The straight shot of the side of the side to back lit Sun Flowers with shallow dof, and the "Free Lens" technique in black and white. Both images from roughly the same spot. I didn't want to get my feet wet by running through the grass, luckily this angle was probably the best and I was forced by laziness to make it work. I keep thinking, what if it had been easy to get around to the front? Would I have shot the usual "look, a sun flower field image", or whooped it up a little.

Flower Farm

I tried to make this several times and only seemed to work out when I added a sliver of treeline you see at the top of the photo. I guess it helps with scale and perspective, people like that. No light for photography so I had to work with tones, composition, color, lens perspective, dof, etc. Lots of ways to make a pic. This is so typical of the "almost nothing in focus" images I've been making. Eventually maybe I'll posting images where nothing is in focus, not even fog. It's possible, I think, maybe. I'll make millions.

Old Truck

Although I've made images of this truck before, that never keeps me from doing it again. The day, time, weather, all have to be different, not to mention my attitude on the day. From two different spots on the road, I came up with two different shots. Normally the thing to do is show one, then you'll like it. By showing two, you now have one to not like.

Wedding

I was a guest and an assistant during this wedding. Free to create images out of the ordinary. This can be the double edge sword in that the goodness might be beyond the client (friend), not being what is expected, or more than they can believe (a good thing, amazement). I think we shot a lot of both. Yes, I even made kissing photos. I was amazed how many people wanted to know what camera I used. My tie was brought up (once), nobody asked about my watch, but only my camera. And I wore the tie! I used my "side of the road" techniques.

Time

I call this Time and I'm not sure if I title it as a verb, noun, or adjective. And I don't know if I like time or not. For something that could go on forever, I find it restrictive amongst other things.
I get engrossed in it, fascinated, and frustrated.

When I approached this subject, the image I made wasn't there. In fact, I was pissed to the type of day we had and the tide was in. After I stumbled into the image, I realized my problem was I was looking for something else. I don't know right now what that was, but reminded myself to be open and see what opportunity I might have.

I have two images. The first is what was there to see. The second, is what was made. If your thinking Photoshop, your stupid.

I'm Back

Ok so I took a vacation from the blog to .... do something. I haven't visited this sight since my last post in December. Ugh, I'll change things up to suit the pic, pix, or whatever. Not necessarily doing a new thing, and I may not do a daily pic, but, we could find several in a day and I may start posting people pix that I need to share. It's my Web Log, I'll do anything I want (My Mom see's the blog so I'll be good).

I have thousands, possibly trillions of images to share, no particular order. We're off...

Chandelier

Luckily, this image was taken right off the side of the road although I had to go in to shoot it. The interior didn't interest me at all, in fact, it looked pretty bad, but this fixture stood out. Seemed out of place. I moved quickly, before anyone could tell me to stop, and found a good angle with a background that wouldn't wreck the shot. People did watch but nobody seemed to care. I guess they thought I was a tourist and figured, "whatever" and let me do my thing. I took a couple of images and was happy with this.

Late Autumn

Just a week or two earlier and this view wouldn't be possible. The corn would have been in the way. I remember trying to make an image of this place before and this angle never seemed right although it interested me. I guess removing the corn made it. Now I see more layers rather than the tall corn waiting to be chopped. This field was pretty clean of corn. I hope a little was left for the deer in late winter.