These are but the every day for me…
Nick intently playing video games or watching a movie. Emma on her computer chatting with her boyfriend or doing research on a pending project. Dogs jumping on laps. All commonplace.
Yet in the quiet of this room amid the everyday, I find my greatest peace.
I was back in my studio today, looking out the window, thinking…
The first photo is a reflection of the windows on my computer screen. The second image is the window itself. The third and fourth images are details of photos I had already taken that are on the wall. And the final photo is the entrance to the studio with my reflection in the window.
I’m feeling kind of lost today; it shows in my photos.
I was up early for this one…
Around 6:45 a.m. I took my camera and tripod out into the cold to try to get a good shot of the amazing colors in the sunrise. I wanted to manipulate my shutter speed to control the colors so that I didn’t have to do any post-editing. The only thing that I used Photoshop for in these photos was to crop them, as they were large files.
I was able to make the photo lighter or darker depending on how slow I made the shutter speed and what ISO I used. I tend to like darker images that make the color parts stand out more. The “ray” effect was made by using a zoom lens and pulling it in or out while using a shutter speed of 2 seconds.
Folks tend to forget that you can control so many aspects of your photo in-camera and without post-manipulation. We’ve made it really easy to get funky effects by the press of a button. I just wanted to do it the old fashioned way today.
Today I learned that a dear friend is losing her battle with cancer…
I went into my studio to be alone. I looked around and saw this window, damaged yet somehow functional, which to me represents so many emotions: lightness, darkness, imperfection, beauty, ugliness, clarity.
I often process my emotions through my photography. It’s my way of dealing with the complexities of my mind.
I’m sure you’ll see more like this…
I’ve been working on my moon photos lately.
I was never any good at taking photos of the moon, but have been stretching myself to make it work. I’m learning…
It is another dark, rainy day.
Perfect, then, for taking photos of bare winter branches against the sky. I love the patterns they create.
The Garage is a special place to me.
I’ve seen many a band there in the past 10 years and it is also the site of the pop music quiz that Tony and I host. And more recently, it was the site of my 50th birthday celebration.
Tonight we saw our friend Eddie’s new duo there as we celebrated Jeremy’s 39th birthday. A lovely night indeed…
I’ve been sitting here this morning waiting on a package to arrive.
A new camera, but more about that when it gets here.
While I’ve been waiting, I watched the fantastic film Time Zero: The Last Year of Polaroid Film. If you haven’t seen it and love photography, you must watch it. It’s one of the best, most well-researched and put together photography films I’ve seen. If you have Netflix, it is currently streaming.
It inspired me to grab my polaroid and take a photo of Emma. This is that shot while it is developing.
The other photo is a tin-type-app photo I also took of Emma this morning. She wasn’t a willing subject, as she had just woken up, but I appreciate her being a good sport…
Happy New Year!
It was a bright, beautiful first day of 2015.
The first photos I will post this year will be of flowers I received from Tony last night. It was an unexpected, heartfelt gesture that meant so much and reminds me of how lucky I am…
It was a nice end to 2014.
Nick and I started the day by bringing our work (3 pieces each) to Delurk Gallery for their upcoming show “The Little Things.” This is the first gallery show that Nick has been accepted to with his photo art and he is really excited. I have 3 tin-type photos in the show as well.
After dropping off our work, we ate at Finnegan’s and had a lovely time. We ended the evening at the Tappe’s with Tony to ring in the new year while Emma went bowling with William.
2015, bring it on! I’m ready…
Mid-Century Me 