Photo field trips and work to improve photography skills and expression
This weekend did not go according to plan. Some very wet snow, followed by a dive in temperatures brought out the wimp in me, I’m embarrassed to report. Instead of being outdoors, I went into cooking and nesting mode. Saturday, I needed to use up my remaining bread dough so I made three more baguettes,…
When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stone-cutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it would split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all…
Clutter. That’s what I’ve been dealing with lately. Not just at home, but at work where piles and piles of documents that people drop off lie on my desk in stack upon stack upon binder upon folder upon bin upon stack. Obviously, I’m a bit behind. I’m not sure that being so swamped is all…
Moodiness, looniness Mind in a fog Mirror, mirror in the pond May I be fairest More than all? Maery, Maery Most contrary Mind over Matter More and more Madness! Utter Madness! Mission impossible! Miracles do happen More than you think
I went to a local photography group gathering to play with “light painting”. I’ve been curious how photographers get those photos showing the path of lights, for example, night photos of a ferris wheel with the lights making a path through the air. I knew it had to do with a slow shutter speed, but…
My last group of photos from the Anoka Halloween parade are of the horses and dogs that were in the parade. I will definitely be on the lookout for things to use for Java’s and Latte’s costumes next year. Right now, I can envision Java as a Wookie and Latte as Yoda. (Kind of looks…
