Class of 2012 I have to confess that not all Personal Photo Projects end up being a success as I see them. This one fits into that category. I wanted to get a picture of Logan’s entire class throwing their hats in the air, but I’m just too far away… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #112
Welcome to Melbourne, Iowa On my way between State Center and Methodist I was told to meander. So I meandered to Melbourne, Iowa. It is mostly a nondescript town with the exception of an old school that is being torn down and this fascinating viaduct under the old right of… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #111
Sorrow and Gladness – 2012 My annual trip to the State Center Rose Garden was kind of bittersweet. I went earlier than normal because of how early flowers have been blooming this year. As it turns out, I probably went too early and it was definitely too windy to get… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #110
Hard to Feel This week’s project was to take a few pictures with the Partial Color Blue setting on the new camera. Here are a few more images:
Whispering Beauty – 2012 Peonies are perhaps my favorite flower that I don’t own. I’ve been considering remedying that recently, I’m just not quite sure where to put them in my yard. They are also the one flower I think that just begs you to go crazy with the saturation.… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #108
Can Upset Stomach If Eaten in High Quantity This week’s project was to photograph some of my grandma’s chives. More pictures from the Can Upset Stomach if Eaten in High Quantity Series:
Rebels This week’s project was to photograph my Mom’s columbines. More from the Rebels Series: Columbines are a very photogenic flower. I’ll have to revisit them again next year.
Valentine’s Day 2012 If I were in the frame of mind to send out Valentines this year, it would have involved this picture. Of course, I wasn’t in such a state of mind, so you get to see it late, but as they say, that is life. I also played… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #105
Portrait of a Dog I Know It is pretty well established that I like pictures of animal noses. This was simply a picture of Naima’s nose. However, since this is notoriously difficult to photograph, here are a few other attempts at dog nose from the Portrait of a Dog I… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #104
Art is Art This project was simply to do some macro photography of my rhubarb patch. My rhubarb patch did come back a bit stronger this year, then Naima started tromping on it. But it was still good enough for my grandma and aunt Annie to get quite a bit… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #103
Go for the Great This project was just to capture some pictures of storied Goeppinger Field with the fisheye lens. Hope you are enjoying the fisheye lens 1/20th of as much as I am enjoying it, because it isn’t going away. I expect you’ll see more sporting events captured with… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #102
Reason and Faith I’m not sure I ever really got the picture of Willy that I wanted, but I do know for sure that I didn’t want Naima in the picture. It is funny how a dog that has a knack for being extremely difficult to photograph, would fight her… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #101
Still Laughing 2012 There are a lot fewer tulip pictures this year, both the obvious and the weather played a big part in that. In fact, due to the fact that almost all flowers are blooming a month early this year, I’m pretty sure I will miss out on most… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #100
I only had time last year to make a handful of calendars. If you didn’t get a calendar this year, I am sorry. I only had one left and I gave it to Nader because he actually called and asked for one. If somebody begged I suppose I could print… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #99
I did get a chance to send at a few Merry Christmas Picture Messages last year, even though they were a little less ambitious than years past. Here is the picture I sent out: Merry Christmas 2011! I’m sure I’ll have to make up for weak attempt last year with… Read More »Personal Photo Project #98
Dissimilitude This project was to take some pictures with the High Contrast Monochrome setting on the Alpha 35. I probably don’t play with this setting enough. More pictures from The Dissimilitude Series: If you are wondering, I don’t know the chick in the last picture in front of Gaslamp. She… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #97
The Spice This project was to take pictures with the Partial Color (Red) setting on the Alpha 35. Many of these pictures are failed experiments. Although I don’t really think any experiment is actually a failure. Thomas Edison was once asked if he felt bad for failing on his attempt… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #96
Before the Swallow Dares These daffodils were in my Mom’s room in Methodist during Daffodil Days. If you don’t know what Daffodils Days is, let me quote from the American Cancer Society Website: You can give hope to people facing cancer and save lives by supporting the American Cancer Society… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #95
Creatively Maladjusted This photo project was to play with the low light handheld setting on the new camera. The new camera will take several pictures in a second and then combine all the pictures into one picture. It lessens the need for a tripod in low light situations because if… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #94
Intestines of the Earth I’m sure many people clicked on a link or opened up an email and thought, I didn’t really want to see macro photography of a worm. Here is the deal. It isn’t equipment. It isn’t technical knowledge. It really isn’t even opportunity that separates artists. It… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #93
The New Old For starters, I’m obviously just backfilling missing blog posts at this time. But I’m sure you’ll forgive me… all things considered… The idea for this week’s project was to photograph abandoned signs with the Retro setting on the new camera. An abandoned sign by my definition is… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #92