Daily shoot challenge –

First one is for symettry – from my garden.

this one is for “looking up” challenge. Just a different view in the city.

Where does the time go?

I’m sure I’m not more super busy than everyone else but my weeks just seem to fly by. By the time I get settled in – in front of the computer I’m exhausted and just cannot muster the energy to post. I have taken pictures – lots and lots of them but the process stops after the post production. I will try to do better. I’ve missed my blogger friends and I need to catch up on my friends blogs as well.

This spring brought new customers, new friends and new home improvement projects. I will try to update those projects in the future.

If you’re still reading this – then thank you for following along.

Elli, from project 365 Facebook posted a link to Freelensing, and it’s just what I needed. Something new to experiment with. I took several images that I am happy with but I will just share one for now.

Happy Friday!

Gotta love Spring! New beginnings. What are your new beginnings?

Alone amongst the many . . .

I laid down in a field of dandelions and my lens worked its magic or as I like to say “The Nikon Angels sang”

I only sharpened for web and adjusted levels other than that SOOC.

Simple beauty and a promise of Spring

Simply Spring Beauty. 50mm taken in my living room with window lighting.

Spring in Mono-Chrome

More flowers – this time in a grungy black and white.
Off camera flash to camera right, shot through an umbrella.

Macro shot Flower

Here is an experiment that did not work.
My blogger friend Terry has some amazing water drop reflection shots and I’ve been admiring those for a while. I attempted to duplicate those but I didn’t hit the mark. I did however end up with a very wet and very clean table. See Terry’s work here
 

Reaching for the Sun – Northwest Indiana Photographer

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

Louisa May Alcott

Studio – Portrait – Art – Northwest Indiana Photographer

Who says studio lighting has to be boring? I’m glad to be able to have creative freedom to try to play with different aspects of photography and lighting.
The idea is not original. I saw a picture of a painting on facebook and the “drama” of the image impacted me so much I immediately wanted to duplicate it. Of course that was a painting and I was creating a picture. None the less I came pretty darn close.
I used a gel light and I like the red better than the yellow.

Khalila converted this image into a painting in photoshop

Spring Fever continues . . .

The temperature is dropping again.  It’s pretty cold today.  So I thought I’d share a few more “spring”   type pictures to warm myself up.