onset beach with the girls

Onset Beach

September 29, 2013

apple picking

and now for a break from all the summery flowers!

went apple picking with the sister and the nieces today.

I absolutely do NOT recommend going apple picking on a holiday.

The place was loaded with lots of rude people and kids with no manners.

BUT it was pretty and the apples were fantastic!

mum's dahlia

Not much to say...

From August 31, 2011

spiral-y macro morning glories

I'm digging these about-to-open morning glories... I love the shallow depth-of-field... Although I think the pink ones may need a square crop... maybe...

From August 19, 2011

macro morning glories part one + a dahlia

So I keep shooting morning glories, and I'm ending up with more that I hate than that I like... I kinda like these.  I think I might have a few from yesterday that I like better, but I'm still editing those... I have to say, I do LOVE the colors in these...

From August 19, 2011

Twilight? Dusk?

Is it twilight or dusk?

Not sure. Supposedly dusk is the "darker part of twilight" but I'm not sure if this is considered darker or lighter...

Either way, the sky was pretty...

Abstract Delphiniums

Just a little behind on posting- I made these images about a month ago... when I discovered I could get even closer with my mickey-moused "macro" set up... Still in the process of editing these down...

more macro

macro flowers

I need to get a little bit better at posting here, huh?
Here's a few pictures I made yesterday using my point-and-shoot-plus-old-50mm-slr-lens combo.  The "macro" focus is quite a bit limiting and I have to get so close the the subject that I end up blocking most, if not all, of the light.  But I like the challenge...

Enjoy!
Happy Spring!

location scouting

I've had this idea to photograph my nieces in this area at Borderland State Park in Easton.  One of my favorite spots in the park is the area behind the Ames Mansion.  It's a cool little rock garden with stone steps to different levels which lead down to the remains of the mansion's old swimming pool.

I went the other day to check out if the spot still existed.  It does, but it's kinda ugly right now.  Definitely have to wait until spring.  And even though I think my little Coolpix has been dropped one too many times and is dying a slow painful death, I took a few pictures and got a few more ideas for my shoot.  Below are some mostly silly pictures of my not-so-little-anymore munchkins.

We also made it down to the the Lodge- just an empty stone cabin type of building at the edge of a pond.  BUT, they did use the outside of it for a scene in "Shutter Island"!