Since I haven’t been doing anything these last few sweltering days that is worth talking about, maybe you’d like to see some more of my Picture Summer shots? The first three were here. These are all in response to daily prompts. So far, I don’t feel like I’ve taken any earth-shatteringly fabulous pictures, but for […]
Read More: Picture some more summerCategory: photography
Picture Summer
I signed up for Tracey Clark‘s online Picture Summer class today (still a few days left, if you want to join in, too!). It officially began on July 1st, so I needed three photos to catch up. one. (it isn’t summer without my beach quilt) two. (sprinkler shy) three. (the wineberries are in – summer […]
Read More: Picture SummerMulberry quest
20x zoom allowed me to capture this pretty red bird, far, far up in a tree last night. I think it’s a Scarlet Tanager. (Have I mentioned how much I love this camera??) Oh, look – the bird is in a mulberry tree! I’ve been on a quest for years to find somewhere that I […]
Read More: Mulberry questPeonies: a retrospective
I’ve had a blog since 2005, but I didn’t move to my own host until June 1, 2007. My first post in my new blog home featured a picture of our one annual peony, in a cup on the kitchen shelf. In what has become an unexpected late-May ritual, I have snapped a photo of […]
Read More: Peonies: a retrospectiveThis is my Jersey Shore
Forget what you’ve seen on MTV. This is the Jersey Shore, “Ocean City in May” style. In other words: cloudy, breezy, reading a book on the blanket, a bit chilly, quiet beach, peaceful, dipping a toe in the ocean, family-friendly, shopping, postponing bedtime to take in the boardwalk lights, ice cream, no crowds, wishing we […]
Read More: This is my Jersey ShoreSpeaking of playing with cameras
I got an early birthday present this week! Isn’t it pretty? First thing I did (aside from take a boatload of pictures) was rip apart the Canon-branded strap it came with and replace it with a new one. I made this patchwork strap from scraps that were leftover when I made my beach blanket last […]
Read More: Speaking of playing with camerasCamera play
Over the last few years – ever since I began blogging regularly, really – I’ve been working on improving my photography skills, both in the taking of the pictures, and the processing of them later. On the one hand, I think that you should be able to get a fantastic shot straight out of the […]
Read More: Camera playMy camera’s last hurrah?
We took advantage of the 50-degree weather (because compared to what it had been, 50 degrees is positively balmy) on Sunday and trekked off to the Jersey shore. We landed about an hour and 15 minutes from home in Ocean Grove, a Victorian beach town we’d visited once before. We spent time on the beach, […]
Read More: My camera’s last hurrah?Sometimes…
I think I spend more time playing with the photos than I do composing the blog post. Sometimes the pictures are ok straight out of the camera, but they almost always benefit from a little tweaking. I recently discovered a way to obtain a warm, dreamy effect. And I have been in love with this […]
Read More: Sometimes…Mornings and minutiae
It’s been ten and a half months since my first Project 365 ended. I took a picture of my feet every day for a year, if you recall. It was fun, but I was glad to see it end. Now, after a nice break, I’m jumping back into the 365 ring with a new series: […]
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