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Posted on July 12, 2010
Oh the golden light of evening! When I took my granddaughters to feed the ducks, I noticed on the other side of the road there was a field of tall grass that was quickly turning to hay and was a beautiful golden shade. I decided to take them back to this spot as the sun was going down. It was so nice! I was able to show them what you can do with a reflector and how to bounce light into a person’s eyes. My 5 year old granddaughter was holding the reflector when I took this photo of her 8 year old sister. Of course we reversed roles and the 8 year old held the reflector. She was doing pretty good at finding the sweet spot to bounce light on her sister’s face. I even let them try by themselves – each got a turn holding the reflector and taking shots of me!
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Posted on June 16, 2010
I was noticing how many lightning bugs (as we refer to them in the south) were out tonight and decided to try a long exposure and see if I could get any of the “sparks”. I didn’t have much luck with that, but when I started back into the house I noticed a lightning bug laying on the step, belly side up and still glowing. The only thing I can figure is it flew into the sliding glass door. I started to take a macro shot of it, then I thought hmmm….wonder if I could “light write” with it. I didn’t want to pick it up because I remember from my childhood how “icky” the green glowing stuff can be on your fingers, so I started trying to “write” with the camera leaving my “light” source stationary. This might not look like much, but it took me 34 shots to get this. It might be a simple initial, but it sure was hard to capture. If squiggly lines had been what I was after, it would only have taken 2 or 3 shots, but I wanted at least my first initial. Attempts at my full name failed miserably. 
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Posted on June 13, 2010
I love the “sweet light” of the sun going down, but then who doesn’t? I just happened to be out and saw this field near where I live bathed in the light of the setting sun. It ended up being a little off focus, so I decided to play with some LightRoom presets. This is what I ended up with. I like the way it took on the look of a painting.
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Posted on May 1, 2010
We’ve had very unusual weather in Tennessee today. Over 6 inches of rain has fallen in the Nashville area since this morning. There have been tornados to the west and south. We experienced the worst flooding in this area in the last 30 years. The news reported several places where the interstate was flooded and completely closed. The rain has let up for the moment, but round two is on the way. Thankfully I didn’t have to get out for anything today.
My power went out for a while and I had to eat dinner by candlelight….which resulted in today’s photo. Of course the power came back on just as I finished. In a way it was nice. No noise except the birds singing when the rain let up for a bit. I’m glad to have my cable and DSL back though!
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Posted on April 29, 2010
Theme Thursday this week was to try something new. It was late when I got home from work so I wasn’t thinking much about some of the things on my photo “to try” list. After taking a few shots of my azalea that is now in full bloom, I had an idea. I’ve been wanting to try infrared, but since it was late and I was tired, the best I could do was find a Lightromm preset to simulate infrared. Here’s two before and after examples of the preset that can be found here for free! The effect on the azalea is pretty neat but the tree branches look to me more like a true infrared photo since the sky is black and the leaves are white.
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Posted on April 27, 2010
I took a few shots of my irises this morning before I left for work. The first blooms are starting to fade but many more have opened up. I’m glad they last for a while! (Did I mention I love flowers?)
I shot into the sun and love the way the bokeh turned out. Before I started this 365 project I could see something like this in my mind and HOPE the bokeh came out as I was seeing it – now I know how to do it intentionally!!!
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