A little light streaking through the sky

I enjoy trying to photograph the fastest streaks of light that I can see. Of course taking pictures of lightning is fun but my reflexes are not nearly fast enough to just click the camera and catch each strike, so I just point the camera where I hope the next strike will take place and then hold the shutter open for thirty seconds unless one strikes first. The night all of these were taken I was lucky.  (Note: Some of these may have been posted before.)

Wedding Fun

Look closely and you can see that the same little decoration shape is photographed with one of the brides flowers. The clear one almost blended into the rose while the silver one stands out. I was just trying to find new ways to remind the bride of some of her decorations from her special day.

Sometimes I just wish for summer and friends

The friends part of this was really the fun part of my summers spent at scout camps. I was sitting under a tree doing paperwork on my computer and this little guy ran past me. So I grabbed my camera (since I always had it sitting there by me) and started shooting. He was fast and a lot of the images were even a little blurry but with digital I could shoot fast and at least catch him a few times. The two of us almost became friends that week as I saw him several times. There is now a big swimming pool where we played and I have wondered where this little guy is now.

Natural Light

Years ago at a scout camp I had an opportunity to photograph a couple of events late at night that involved candles. It gave me a chance to do some photographs using the candle light as the natural light. It is fun to do and takes the use of a higher ISO setting on the camera but the results are worth it.

COLORADO ROCKIES AFTER DARK (Almost)

I realize it doesn't look like it is dark outside while we are traveling through the Colorado Rockies and following a storm that had just moved through. But with camera's you can sometimes almost hide the truth with the lens and camera settings. These images were all shot with a Canon 30D with the iso set to 1250. That is why they look grainy and have lots of noise. I took the pictures though to remind me of the beauty of those majestic mountains and the newly whitewashed valleys. The snow didn't stick to the roads but did almost everywhere else. The most beautiful part though was the low clouds that were hanging half way down the hills and into the valleys. I don't mind the noise if that is what it takes to catch the memory.

Time for some flowers

I have had enough cold weather for a couple of days and since it was so nice outside today I decided that I would post a few flowers. Now they are not the ordinary type but they are pretty and I still have a hard time understanding how all of this could have possibly just evolved. Enjoy them and if you know their names please post them in the comments. I love flowers but forget their names as easily as I do my friends. (And that is not because they are not great friends it is just because my grey matter isn't connecting as well anymore.) Actually I guess I can't really classify mushrooms as flowers but never the less they are pretty as well.

Snowman update

So here is Mr snowman today. The sun is out and the south side of him is melting. Wondering which side is south, look at the shadow, it goes nearly east from Mr snowman and it is late afternoon judging from the length of the shadow and why does that mean it is the south side because the mountains on the east side of this valley do not allow shadows of that length. Besides that I said it was south and that ought to be enough. Just kidding and having fun with your mind but also trying to get you to think about light and how to use it in your photography. Have fun.