Hear The Music  Evening Light 

We spent some time at the lake last weekend and these are a few shots I took.

The Boy

The Evening Fisherman

The Rays

The Tree

Bonus: Chevy from a carshow last weekend.

Chevy

Just a bunch of stuff off my hard drive...;0)

Toy Cameras  

Mutha Nature

Cocky

Note: I know there were no pictures of toy cameras, the images are process to resemble an image from an old toy camera.

Decided to go out and try long exposure last night about 11:30. I know it isn't the greatest ones of all time but I think it's kinda cool. It's really hard getting a good angle in a (flat)town to pull somethig like this off. I ended up on the 4th story of a parking garage extending only one leg of my tripod so the other portion(legs) hung over enough to take the shot. Ended up getting ran off by some rentacop-looking-cityofficial cop. Saying "We can't have people up here." Here I am on a saturday night having some good wholesome fun and I get busted by the cops. It just happened to be the Parking garage for the DMV. I'm thinking to myself hey I practially own this garage I pay my taxes. Anyways...Oh yea this might fit into the theme, the lights on the cars are "traces in time".

DESCLexington, Ky @ Night

Hello everyone.  Thank you so much for all the birthday wishes yesterday.  My family really pulled one on me by coming from out of town with cake, gifts, and flowers for me.  They brought our 87 year old mom with them. I was thrilled.
We had sunshine at last and I was able to get a couple of pics that fit the theme of Natural Light.
The first is an  old fence post.  We are finally at the stage of cherry blossoms, leaves and green grass. This blossom was taken at 7 a.m.  Then this morning I saw the light coming through the patio door on my   birthday flowers.  It is not as sharp as I thought it would be.  However, that is my contribution to the theme.

mesmerized

This is one of my Uncles idea of fun when hiding Easter eggs for the kids.  Do you see the problem here?  
Side shot
Watching the kids looking for eggs.
Tin on one of the out buildings.
Fighting for light.
Wire against the sky.
Another day shot to.......

Anyhow I hope everyone had a good Easter!!

1 2 3 4      5 6
4, 5 and 6 are done with a really cool set of itty-bitty light bulbs. :]

it's a secret
earth and sky
sky and earth
no diving
caring fairness

and then
sunrise
 no parking
empty lines
split up

  Have been gone for a long weekend and when I got on site this morning, amased at the activity the past few days..my sister will "get on to me" if I don't post the pics relating to the scavenger hunt...so here they are (all simple shots)
Bird
Candy Wrapper
 G
Light Bulb
Safe
Shell
Tag
 Straw

  Our family is having a photo scavenger shoot with the "showing" scheduled for April 15, a good way to end the tax season.
     Hope you have a good day!

I've been attending a photography workshop this week at the Santa Fe Workshop.  Here are several images from the week so far.

The first day's shoot was in downtown Santa Fe.  The assignment was shadows and light.

Shadows and Light 1
Shadows and Light 2
Shadows and Light 3

The second day's shoot was at Ghost Ranch.  A group of us hiked up toward Chimney Rock.  The assignment was Near/Far Perspective.

Near/Far 1
Near/Far 2
Near/Far 3

The third day's shoot was at Eaves Movie Ranch outside Santa Fe.  There was no specific assignment for this day, but it was suggested that we could work on portraits given that there were models there.

Eaves Ranch 1
Eaves Ranch 2
Eaves Ranch 3

Hope you enjoy these.  If you ever want to know more about the course shoot me a PM.  I highly recommend it.

From time to time, I'll aim my camera at the traffic as I drive at night -- just goofing around, not thinking much of it.  And then, lo and behold, there's a whole article on the technique in this month's Popular Photography.  Who knew?
Traffic 1
 Traffic 2
Traffic 3
Traffic 4

If you do this yourself, don't do it like I did -- Get a designated driver!
 

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I was sitting at a stoplight when I saw these cool lights along the side of a nearby restaurant.  I was intrigued, and had to look AGAIN.  I was surprised and delighted to find out that the shadows had  TRICKED me, and there was only 1 light per fixture, not two!  And just around a corner, I snapped what I like to call "A study in yellow."   It was interesting to me to see the posts across the street matched the car as well and the parking lot paint.  I know, I know... simple things amuse simple minds....

Here are a few leftovers from the barn.
Rough
Touch of color
Well used

Today I actually had a photo packed day.  Here are some of what I got.......

Snowy, sunny, cloudy day!
 Old rusty barrel
Old Ford tractor light
Amish saw-mill
 Horses
Alone

Tell me which of these you like the best:

1. ) In color, sepia or B&W?
2. ) In color or sepia?

red light!
green light!

Photographica is an interesting website.  There is a very diverse cast of characters.  Some like color.  Others like black & whites).b&w.  There are those that are masters at infrared (not me.  

Photographica has allowed me to see through the eyes of others.  I've seen both good doors,  bad doors, windows, ghosts ,pets, landscapes,  campfires,  PS creations,  zoom work, multiple exposure,  moon shots,  wildlife, sports, portraits and shadows plus many many more than I can describe.  

HOWEVER, working with light is still my favorite: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14...after all, photography is simply the capture of light.

And since I haven't ticked off anyone lately, here are a couple of oldies  @#$%^&!!! &#!@!!

because people didn't see thirds in my cat:
second thirds

The Dance

Outline

Spooky