January 31, 2017 8220 Today marks the end of the first month of this project – 31 days down. I think I feel a sense of accomplishment, though I know I left a few on the field (to borrow a football phrase). There were certainly a few days that I
January 26, 2017 Hadley, MA 8114 The sun was setting and I was driving past a farm road, so I decided to pull down to see what opportunities there were for making images. While there wasn’t much of interest for landscapes, there were a few patches of field that had
January 23, 2017 8053 Canon 50D ISO 1600 @ 1/50 Pentax Super Takumar 50mm f1.4 @f1.4 More work with available light indoors – this day I switched out my Canon 50mm STM lens for the manual focus Pentax 50mm f1.4 Super Takumar. I love the speed of the lens (f1.4!)
January 22, 2017 8038 Canon 50D @ ISO 400 Canon 50mm f1.8 STM @ f5.6 Yongnuo 468II at 1/4 power @ 35mm In 30″ softbox slightly above and to the right of subject It’s been a while since I’ve shot a portrait, and without any willing subjects, I turned to
January 18, 2017 7929 Wednesday evening after dinner. Cleaning up and the shelf above the stove caught my eye. I’ve used it as a subject in the past and felt compelled to do so again. We have a few antique accessories and utensils from E’s grandmother that we keep there
January 17, 2017 7913 Shooting after dark – it’s sleeting out and quite a bit dreary. For some reason the thought of photographing a still life has popped up lately and this evening seemed like the ideal time. Although I enjoyed playing with the composition and trying different set-ups, I think
January 16, 2017 Hadley, MA 7863 Another warm afternoon in January with a warm welcoming light. These weeds are along the edge of the yard where our grass meets the farmer’s field, backlit by the sun.
January 14, 2017 7824 Our nephew’s 5th birthday and getting ready to head to the party with the cake. There was great filtered light from an overcast sky through south-facing windows in our dining room. I love the light in this room! “B” asked for a monster truck theme.
January 13, 2017 7821 Fragile (pronounced, “Fra-gee-lay”). Closeup of the fringe on my reproduction scale leg lamp as seen in the movie, “A Christmas Story.”
January 12, 2017 7814 Angular shadows in the home office – my goal this evening was to try a low key image and while I was playing around with other setups, I turned on this desk lamp to better see what I was doing and the angular shadows produced from
Seen in Time 