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… Continue reading Vacations
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… Continue reading Summertime
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… Continue reading Assignment 25: My Photography Passion
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… Continue reading Assignment 24: Black & White Photography
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… Continue reading 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… Continue reading Mild Winter
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… Continue reading Assignment 22: Color Composition
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… Continue reading Assignment 21: End of Summer
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… Continue reading Assignment 20: Birds in Motion
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… Continue reading Assignment 19: Blue Hour
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.
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.… Continue reading Assignment 17: Rule of Thirds
This is my contribution to Scott's Assignment 16: Best Photos of 2011. For this assignment Scott is asking us to submit our best photos taken in the last twelve (12) months or from November 1, 2010 to October 31, 2011. The deadline is November 16, 2011 and I hope you will join in the fun.… Continue reading Best Photos of 2011
This is my contribution to Scott’s Assignment 15: Competition. It is one of the hardest assignments for me, and one that I enjoyed the most so far. I thought it would be interesting to photograph car racing, a sport that I knew nothing of. We visited the Hickory Motor Speedway on Sunday, the race usually… Continue reading Hickory Motor Speedway
This is my contribution to Scott’s Assignment 14: Showing Scale in Photography. When I think of scale I think of something big in comparison to myself, but for this assignment I decided to think small, just like this stink bug landing on my dad's pear. I bought the Asian Bananas yesterday at the Asian Market… Continue reading Showing Scale in Photography: Think Small
