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.
Mid-Century Me 