Vacations

This is my contribution to Scott’s Assignment 27: Vacation. I would love to take a long vacation in a far away exotic land, but for now our vacation destination is wherever our RV would take us. Vacation to me is time spending with my family. We took many camping trips this year, one of my…

Summertime

This is my contribution to Scott’s Assignment 26: Summertime. I love flowers and butterflies, and we are fortunate that the Catawba Science Center has a butterfly exhibit this year.  I have been visiting the butterfly garden a few times so far. We have been camping a lot this Summer, and one of my favorite places…

Assignment 25: My Photography Passion

This is my contribution to Scott's Assignment 25: Your Photography Passion.  I have to say that I photograph everything around me whether it be plants, nature, people or events. I am a gardener and I love to photograph plants, it's fascinating to see how fast they grow from week to week. I photographed my garden…

Assignment 24: Black & White Photography

This is my contribution to Scott’s Assignment 24: Black & White Photography. I've decided to shoot in Raw and in color, then post production conversion to Black & White in Lightroom 4.  I thought it would be interesting to see vibrant subjects in Black & White so I went to visit a small backyard chicken…

Winter

This is my contribution to Scott's Assignment 23: Winter. We were calling for snow, and when I woke up this morning I was so glad Winter is finally here. Winter means ice and sleet in our area. In case you have not noticed, the white stuff on the ground is snow. 🙂 Actually we had more…

Mild Winter

We have a mild Winter again this year, and the chance of seeing snow in our area is highly unlikely, especially in time for Scott's photo assignment.  Scott's latest assignment is on Winter and it's due by January 23, 2013, check out his Assignment 23: Winter post for more detail. I'm still searching for an…

Assignment 22: Color Composition

This is my contribution to Scott’s Assignment 22: Color Composition. The assignment is to make new photos to share showing how color is used for composition.  I didn't have to go very far looking for colors, the banana tree was from my garden. I chose the autumn leaves as my background, shot at f/4 to…

Assignment 21: End of Summer

This is my contribution to Scott’s Assignment 21: End of Summer.  As we approach the end of summer and the Autumnal Equinox on September 22, Scott is asking us to submit photos showing what constitutes the end of summer to us. As for me, I can't deny that the end of Summer came and gone…

Assignment 20: Birds in Motion

This is my contribution to Scott’s Assignment 20: Motion.  I was fortunate to spot a hummingbird this evening in my garden.  As I was waiting for him to return, I spotted this yellow birth perching on my Maximilian sunflower. Then he flew away. I was hoping that he would and was able to capture him in…

Assignment 19: Blue Hour

This is my contribution to Scott's Assignment 19: Blue Hour. I discovered Blue Hour by accident a while back and didn't know what it was at the time and thought something was wrong with my camera. The blue hour comes from the French expression l’heure bleue, which refers to the period of twilight each morning…

Assignment 18: Abstract Photography

This is my contribution to Scott's Assignment 18: Abstract Photography. Abstract concept is a bit difficult for me to grasp since I'm not an abstract person and have the tendency to see things in detail. After looking around I was able to come up with 4 somewhat  abstract photos.  

Assignment 17: Rule of Thirds

This is my contribution to Scott's Assignment 17: Rule of Thirds. I hope you will join because Scott is giving away a free spot in Kent Weakley’s next eClass on Composition starting on January 20, 2012. The winner will be randomly drawn from the assignment submissions and deadline for the assignment is January 18, 2012.…